Monitor going to sleep after 20 minutes when playing DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

[ninj0e]

Hello folks, so the problem only happens when I use a controller to play this specific game. After about 20 minutes of playing, my monitor goes to sleep and have to move my mouse to wake it up again. Also, I do have the "Monitor goes to Sleep after 20 minutes" option in power settings, but I don't think this is the issue because on the older Dark Souls 2 I had the same power settings and never had this problem where the monitor has to be waken up every twenty minutes... I would like to resolve this issue without having to change the power saving settings, as my PC is left afk several times a day. My specs are in the signature, I really doubt this to be a hardware or driver issue. Thanks in advance to any responses.

 

[gilbadon]

Try playing in full screen windowed mode. They computer probably does not think you are making inputs while playing the game. Also try adjust the display properties within windows to only put the monitor to sleep when the PC is off.

 

[clonazepam]

What you're experiencing is completely normal and common in many games. Your option is to roll with it (pun), or disable the 20 minute sleep feature and manually turn off your monitor as needed.

I just disabled my screensaver for the exact reason. Scholar, Cities: Skylines, and some others.