Silksong Focus QoL

A mod for Hollow Knight: Silksong that improves window focus behavior.
Automatically pauses and mutes the game when the window loses focus, and unpauses when focus is restored within specified time window.

Features

• Pause the game when unfocused
• Mute audio while unfocused
• Auto-unpause when focus returns
• Configurable time window for quick tab-outs
• Supports real-time configuration via Configuration Manager

Configuration

After the first launch, the configuration file is created: BepInEx/config/com.zlq.silksongfocusqol.cfg

You can modify the settings either manually in the .cfg file (requires restarting the game), or use the Configuration Manager to adjust settings in real-time while the game is running.

Example config file

## Settings file was created by plugin Silksong Focus QoL v1.0.1
## Plugin GUID: com.zlq.silksongfocusqol

[Settings]

## Mute audio when window loses focus
EnableAutoMute = true

## Pause game when window loses focus
EnableAutoPause = true

## Unpause when focus returns
EnableAutoUnpause = true

## Time window to auto-unpause
## 0 = always unpause when focus returns; >0 = only if refocus occurs within this many seconds
AutoUnpauseWindow = 3

Installation

Requirements: BepInEx 5 is required for this mod.

1. In Steam, right-click Hollow Knight: Silksong → Manage → Browse local files.
2. Download BepInEx .zip and extract its contents into the game folder.
3. Launch the game once, then exit.
4. Open the BepInEx folder in the game directory. You should see plugins and config folders — this confirms BepInEx loaded correctly.
5. Place this mod's .dll file into BepInEx/plugins.

For easier configuration in-game, you can also use BepInEx 5 with Configuration Manager from Nexus Mods.

Changelog

See the full changelog here.