Timeline for Why do games ask for screen resolution instead of automatically fitting the window size?
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 11:00 | comment | added | Ben | I've seen quite a few games with this as an option, usually called 'display adaptor' in the menu. EVE Online is one example. | |
| Apr 22, 2014 at 19:03 | comment | added | aslum | I can't recall specifics, but I've had at least a few games take over my secondary monitor, and I've occasionally had games that changed my monitors settings ... If I've got the resolution on my monitor other than the default ... well there's probably a reason. | |
| Apr 22, 2014 at 18:17 | comment | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | Excluding windowed mode, are there any games that let you choose which monitor to run on? I've been multi-monitor for a number of years and don't ever recall a full screen game giving the the option to run on something other than my primary display. | |
| Apr 22, 2014 at 15:39 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 22, 2014 at 15:21 | history | answered | aslum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |