Openra: Allow choosing which monitor the game should use, on multi-monitor systems
This requires a bit of extra SDL plumbing to do properly, but is straightforward.
chrisforbes
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I implemented this feature and will be able to submit a pull request within the week.
I just wrote a feature request and found it would be a duplicate of this ticket. I will post my ticket contents below.
Motivation
I play on a PC that runs Debian and Gnome3 with 3 Monitors. Whenever I switch to full screen mode I cannot choose which monitor will be used for full screen display. The default choice in my case is not acceptable and I will not change my desktop setup for a single application or game.
Proposed solution
SDL2 provides all the necessary API to technically solve this problem. In the display tab of the settings menu I would like a drop down to be available if I choose full screen mode that enables me to choose which monitor I would like to display the game on (after a restart). The choice shall be saved persistently.
Side effects
Display selection should not change for users accustomed to the current behavior.
Alternatives
A user-side alternative would be to play in windowed mode, which did not work for me. I inadvertently keep moving around the window in hasty situations.
On the developer side making this configuration only available through the configuration files would be sufficient to cater for this (corner?)-case. However, I think this feature may be of value to others and should not be hidden from the people who just want to play instead of looking for hidden options.
everclear72216
on 5 Feb 2020
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I implemented this feature and will be able to submit a pull request within the week.
I just wrote a feature request and found it would be a duplicate of this ticket. I will post my ticket contents below.
Motivation
I play on a PC that runs Debian and Gnome3 with 3 Monitors. Whenever I switch to full screen mode I cannot choose which monitor will be used for full screen display. The default choice in my case is not acceptable and I will not change my desktop setup for a single application or game.
Proposed solution
SDL2 provides all the necessary API to technically solve this problem. In the display tab of the settings menu I would like a drop down to be available if I choose full screen mode that enables me to choose which monitor I would like to display the game on (after a restart). The choice shall be saved persistently.
Side effects
Display selection should not change for users accustomed to the current behavior.
Alternatives
A user-side alternative would be to play in windowed mode, which did not work for me. I inadvertently keep moving around the window in hasty situations.
On the developer side making this configuration only available through the configuration files would be sufficient to cater for this (corner?)-case. However, I think this feature may be of value to others and should not be hidden from the people who just want to play instead of looking for hidden options.