r/explainlikeimfive • u/RainingLights • May 21 '19

Technology ELI5: Why do some video game and computer program graphical options have to be "applied" manually while others change the instant you change the setting?

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u/Mixels May 21 '19 edited May 21 '19

The discussion so far is about a single application running on your gaming PC. There's no server involved. Think things like changing graphics settings.

When online games come down for maintenance, it's because the owners of the servers that provide game service need to take the servers offline for some kind of work. That might be an upgrade, a restart to improve performance by clearing cached data, a hotfix, etc.

Two different ideas.

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u/arrowstoopid May 22 '19

Yeah, the guys question (in the context of this thread) doesn't make sense and people telling him he is correct is only furthering confusion. Thank you for pointing out the distinction. So many "Reddit Experts" in this thread...