Comment on Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games)

REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I should probably know this, but what’s the deal with full screen vs windowed full screen? What’s the difference?

  Also why do people wanna play windowed? Maybe depends on the type of game…?

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Alt tab out to other apps without the game freaking out due to display settings

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh I see this makes sense. And theoretically better performance in full screen?

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      • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I never saw a major performance difference, but being able to switch windows without the game possibly crashing is great. Especially in single player games, sometimes you just need to pause and check laundry, or check email. Alt tab and good to go.

        That’s the benefit I use it for. Some games force minimize when you tab off and they can crash when you try to tab back to them.

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  • smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There used to be a noticeable performance boost to an app when in full screen mode, but that was back in Windows 7 days and may not be true any more.

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  • swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Game in one window, other things open in other windows. Game and do other things at the same time.

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• SystemL@literature.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I never understood why people prefer it over full screen.

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  • filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It enables quick window switching with no flickering. This may be a strictly Windows issue.

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    • SystemL@literature.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No issues on linux

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah you’re probably right. On Linux I just Ctrl Alt right arrow to my next virtual desktop and it’s instant and seamless.

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• Hupf@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Genuine question: what issue does this address? Are there graphics driver issues with regular full screen in some cases?

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some games minimize and try to lock your mouse to the game if you alt tab out. Windowed mode makes it pretty much seamless, pain free. No difference I ever found, just easier to alt tab out and check a map, take notes, pause and watch a video.

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