It's not obvious how you can set the preferred default resolution (UX)

[cheater]

When using external displays, or when using an internal screen such as DeckHD, users would like to be able to set their preferred default resolution, rather than always start games in 1280x800 unless it's manually changed for every single game.

I am a DeckHD user and it's pretty annoying to have to set this up every time.

A system preference should be created that allows changing what the "Default" setting in the "Game Resolution" dropdown means.

This system preference should allow setting "Native" or any available resolution. If suddenly during bootup a specific resolution is not available, the Default value should fall back to 1280x800, and failing that, Native.

This is a big ergonomics boost for all DeckHD users and it would mean a lot to all of the users who see the Steam Deck as a device meant to be modified! Thank you!

[matte-schwartz]

you can set a preferred game resolution from a list or "Native" in a global override in Settings -> Display -> Maximum Game Resolution at the bottom of the menu in the Advanced section, works for both internal and external panels

[cheater]

Thank you, that works.

I seem to remember seeing this option in the past.

I think I didn't pick up on this due to UX. The names kind of follow different logic.

I would suggest the following changes:

• the names don't follow the same logic. If this drop down is supposed to affect the "Default" setting of the "Game Resolution" drop down, then it should not be called the "Maximum" game resolution. To fix this, in the Settings, change the drop down's name "Maximum Game Resolution" to "Default Game Resolution".
• Within that drop down, there is a value called Default. It means something different than the "Default" in the "Game Resolution" drop down in Game Properties. I think I understand the logic as follows: If the Game Properties Game Resolution drop down is set to Default, it will read from this "Maximum Game Resolution" drop down. If the drop down "Maximum Game Resolution" is set to Default, it will resolve to something along the lines of "the default resolution this device ships with", which in the case of the Steam Deck would resolve to 1280x800, but might be different in other devices using SteamOS. For this reason, I suggest changing the option "Default" in the "Maximum Game Resolution" drop down to "Device Default" to accentuate that those things are different.
• in the Game Properties, point out that the value of "Default" can be changed using the Maximum Game Resolution (or, after doing the above, "Default Game Resolution") drop down. For example, say something like: "The value of the Default option can be set in the Settings, in the Display area."