Resolution Changer | Change resolution when starting games

[darklinkpower]

Resolution Changer | Change resolution when starting games



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Description
                                                                                                                                                                             
This extension will change the resolution when starting games and restore the display resolution when the game is closed. Only the main display is supported.

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/darklinkpower/Playnit...Extensions

Installation/Download
                                                                                                                                                                             
Option A. Download from the Addons browser in Playnite.
Option B. Click here to start the install process

Usage
                                                                                                                                                                             
1. Configure plugin settings in the extension settings
2. Configure the launch resolution of the selected games in Main Menu -> Extensions -> Resolution Changer

[TobiGru]

Good idea for an extension.
Is it possible to add refresh rate to it?
I play mostly on TV and it supports 50 Hz. So to save performance i switch refresh rate at game startup by a Autohotkey-Script when the game does not offer switching refresh rate in the menu.

[darklinkpower]

Good idea for an extension.
Is it possible to add refresh rate to it?
I play mostly on TV and it supports 50 Hz. So to save performance i switch refresh rate at game startup by a Autohotkey-Script when the game does not offer switching refresh rate in the menu.

Should be possible. Open GitHub issue please.

[Gildum]

That's quite useful, especially for people with weak integrated gpus (intel HD 4000 in my case), where lowering the desktop resolution helps a lot to get to playable game performance. As there are some games that don't offer an in-game resolution setting (or it's limited) and/or run in borderless windowed fullscreen mode only. In some games I even go down to 640x360 and depending on the art-style of the game it can still look pretty decent!

Until now I have been using the following ahk script per game quite often, but with darklinkpower's extension it's now super easy to use and well integrated into playnite:

ChangeResolution(960, 540)
OnExit("ChangeResolution")
return

ChangeResolution(Screen_Width := 1920, Screen_Height := 1080, Color_Depth := 32, Refresh_Rate := 60)
{
VarSetCapacity(Device_Mode,156,0)
NumPut(156,Device_Mode,36)
DllCall( "EnumDisplaySettingsA", UInt,0, UInt,-1, UInt,&Device_Mode )
NumPut(0x5c0000,Device_Mode,40)
NumPut(Color_Depth,Device_Mode,104)
NumPut(Screen_Width,Device_Mode,108)
NumPut(Screen_Height,Device_Mode,112)
NumPut(Refresh_Rate,Device_Mode,120)
Return DllCall( "ChangeDisplaySettingsA", UInt,&Device_Mode, UInt,0 )
}
Return

source: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=12684

[darklinkpower]

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The reason for this is because it's very difficult and time consuming for me to check, keep track and reply in all the different threads for all the themes and extensions I have in the forums, which are over 30 now. I hope you can be understanding of this and I'm sorry for any inconvenience this can cause.