# \[TECH ISSUE\] Game registering touch under Steam overlay

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tech-issue-game-registering-touch-under-steam-overlay/66299>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [October 2, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tech-issue-game-registering-touch-under-steam-overlay/66299 "2020-10-02T18:47:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dalet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dalet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dalet)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tech-issue-game-registering-touch-under-steam-overlay/66299/1 "2020-10-02T18:47:26Z")

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**Platform, device version and operating system:** Steam, Surface Pro 7, game version 5.1.0r23377, Windows 10

**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:** I bought 2 flash offers and while I was using the Steam overlay to add funds to my account, the game screen underneath continued to register touch input. I lost 30 gems opening 2 event chests while unable to see the game screen.

Is that how the overlay is supposed to work? Goes without saying I needed those gems .

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**Author:** ![Ghaleon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ghaleon/32/24539_2.png) [@Ghaleon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ghaleon)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tech-issue-game-registering-touch-under-steam-overlay/66299/2 "2020-10-02T21:36:28Z")

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This sounds more like an issue with the steam overlay then the actual game.

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**Author:** ![Dalet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dalet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dalet)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tech-issue-game-registering-touch-under-steam-overlay/66299/3 "2020-10-02T22:05:03Z")

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Either way, it definitely isn’t normal, then? That’s what I really wanna know.

Oct. 2, 2020, 17:46 by [gemsofwar@discoursemail.com](mailto:gemsofwar@discoursemail.com):

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**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tech-issue-game-registering-touch-under-steam-overlay/66299/4 "2020-10-20T02:56:20Z")

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This is an issue with the Steam overlay from the looks of it.

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**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tech-issue-game-registering-touch-under-steam-overlay/66299/5 "2020-10-20T09:18:57Z")

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> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> This is an issue with the Steam overlay from the looks of it.

I rather believe it is an issue with Gems of War, it sometimes starts processing input while running in the background. The issue has been known for years, see also [this bug report](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-reacts-to-controller-input-when-in-background/55267).