Screen resolution issue

[Mike79]

Hi developers, I would like to ask you guys what screen resolution do you use for Landscape Games in Gdevelop? The reason why I am asking this question is simply because the left and right side of my screen is covered by black blocks. Meaning the screen resolution that I chose doesn’t cover the whole screen

[Drona]

Hi, there are a few posts in the forum about screen resolutions and the black bars, e.g.:

How to set window size to match resoulution

Keep in mind the bars you’re seeing there are because you’re using a windowed preview mode. Preview mode has black bars even when at a 16:9 resolution because it is hiding the native window titlebar. You can see how it would appear if you hit f11 to fullscreen it. Separately, if you have “Update resolution” checked, it will not matter what you set your game resolution to, because it will update the resolution to whatever size window there is. This means more or less of your game scene will be s…