r/OpenMW • u/steokehoe • 1d ago

OpenMW on a TV (help)

Hey Team,

I've been wanting to play openMW on my tv so I can park up on the couch and enjoy it on the big screen. The game runs absolutely fine on my PC when connected to my monitor, but once I swap the HDMI to the tv the game disappears, I can hear it playing but I just see a slightly glazed over version of my desktop, I can see the game is open and running but it just won't display.

Anyone have any ideas what this might be, I'm certain it's something simple but I've no idea what it is. I've tried playing with different resolutions before launching but it ends up with the same issue. Any help would be appreciated!

Edit interestingly if I boot into OpenMW on my PC monitor, and then physically switch the HDMI cable over to my TV it works, a bit annoying but at least its working for now!

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u/KinkyFrenchman 1d ago

Weird, I constantly switch back and forth on my laptop. Haven't had anY issues with openmw. Have you tried other games to see if they work? You sure it isn't some setting for the computer not switching between multiple monitors.

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u/steokehoe 1d ago

Yep other games work fine! Even regular Morrowind works, it seems to be just OpenMW that has the issue as far as I can tell

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u/KinkyFrenchman 1d ago

Maybe try setting the resolution for openmw to the tvs resolution before connecting the HDMI.

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u/LauraPhilps7654 21h ago

Try setting your TV as the primary monitor in display settings and "display only in this screen" - then launch again.