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Add a brief section explaining how to show stonesense on OBS without flickering #5152

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Streaming stonesense on Windows
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If you wish to stream stonesense thru a broadcasting software such as `OBS <https://obsproject.com/>`_
then you may find that opening stonesense causes your main DF window to flicker
between DF and stonesense. While it is unknown exactly what causes this, a fix
does exist. Simply make sure that both DF and stonesense are using ``Window Capture``
and NOT ``Game Capture``. This will stop the flickering from happening and enable
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you to stream stonesense for all to enjoy. This has been tested in OBS on Windows 10 but
should work on Windows 11 and in `Streamlabs <https://streamlabs.com/>`_. Linux, having no
``Game Capture`` option should be unaffected by this issue.

Known Issues
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If Stonesense gives an error saying that it can't load
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