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bill.i.am Dec 3, 2012 @ 4:30pm

Choose a monitor for big picture?

I have a tv as a secondary monitor, can I get big picture to use this and load games on this screen? Thanks for any help!

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Satoru Dec 3, 2012 @ 4:49pm

No. BPM always launches on the PRIMARY display. This is because 95% of all games do this, therefore it makes no sense to launch PBM on the secondary, when the gaem itself is just goign to launch on the primary.

bill.i.am Dec 3, 2012 @ 5:31pm

Sorry I may not have been clear. Give steam a way to force games to open where the BPM is, making secondary tv monitors more useful

bill.i.am Dec 4, 2012 @ 9:43am

tried that but i doesnt work becasuse the res. is not the same - it doesnt matter really i dont mind changing my tv to primary monitor, it was an idea to stop the hassel with desktop icons. thanks for th help and idea though

Satoru Dec 4, 2012 @ 9:52am

BPM always launches on the primary unless you're doing some bizarre hack to make it launch on another monitor. Thus all games launch where BPM is, on the primary monitor. So I'm not really clear what you're trying to do?

Last edited by Satoru; Dec 4, 2012 @ 9:54am

bill.i.am Dec 4, 2012 @ 11:09am

i am trying to see if there is an option to choose the display it shows BPM on. as well as a monitor secection fuction (as part of BPM) to display on the tv. this is so that i dont have to do any hacks/mods. i cant see my tv screen and by desktop screen at the same time so i was just woundering, doesnt matter really. thasnks anyway :)