u/Accurate_Fan5944

Not a game dev but this is something that I’ve always wondered about. Why is it not standard to automatically apply settings that are changed in a menu in real-time? There’s often a prompt when leaving each individual menu screen to apply the settings before you can move on or back out of the menu. There’s obviously a valid reason for why this isn’t the standard, but I do see it pulled off often enough that I can’t piece together why some games manage it and others don’t.