Game Start in Wrong monitor

[Vyndicu]

I would like to hae a way to move the game window so it start in a different monitor.

Currently I have two monitors. I have one primary ultrawide monitor connected as displayport as my main gaming monitor. The second monitor is connect via HDMI and is very old and can only be connect like that and it is much smaller than my primary monitor.

Is there any way to do that?

[RainmakerLTU]

I dunno if it`s game`s problem or system`s. But first of all I`d started with checking control panel and monitor settings, if systems recognizes monitors right, as first and second. Only my thoughts, since I don`t have multiple monitors and I`m not specialist in this area. maybe more answers in Google

[Vyndicu]

This is only a problem if the game doesn't let you pick the monitor and only select few games actually struggle with this problem and this is not my first time dealing with game that has no monitor options.

[RainmakerLTU]

Again going from my limited knowledge about that, IF there is no suitable option in videocard settings, only way to fix this is change monitor order, but that means you need to change it everytime you wanna play game... bad solution.

[Confusedus]

I hit this issue. The way that I resolved it was to place the game in borderless windowed mode, then using windows+shift+left or right arrow to change the monitor. This sized itself to leave the task bar available, but seemed to scale itself appropriately rather than it cutting part of the screen off (as I have seem some games do). Hope that helps!

[Vyndicu]

Originally posted by Confusedus:

I hit this issue. The way that I resolved it was to place the game in borderless windowed mode, then using windows+shift+left or right arrow to change the monitor. This sized itself to leave the task bar available, but seemed to scale itself appropriately rather than it cutting part of the screen off (as I have seem some games do). Hope that helps!

I did have a minor issue where the game was set to ultra wide resolution but I had to switch mode and click apply to force it to resize. But otherwise good tip to have.

[☥ Docdra ☥]

This happens when you have a dev that isn't completely familiar with coding in Unreal, as it is typically Unreal games that have this particular issue. They can either learn how to properly code to account for this or put in an option to select the monitor you want it to play on. Sometimes there are ways to bypass the issue, but it is a PITA to have to figure out which method works when the issue only crops up in a few games once every few years or so.