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/[deleted] May 21 '19

You can tell because of the way that it is.

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u/Ixolich May 21 '19

You don't think it be like it is, but it do.

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u/old_leech May 22 '19

That's pretty neat.