Game defaults
Settings › Game defaults holds the values every game takes until its own Game settings change them (Launch settings). Y adds the advanced rows and cards.
Display
Section titled “Display”- Gamescope, on: games run inside gamescope.
- Resolution, Refresh rate and Adaptive sync, on auto, follow the screen.
- Behind Y: Scaler, Filter, Sharpness, Gamescope arguments and Discrete GPU.
Gamescope, HDR and frame rate explains each one.
Overlay
Section titled “Overlay”- Show MangoHud, off.
- Frame rate limit, on auto: the refresh rate the game sees.
- Pause on HOME, on: the game freezes while Universe covers it.
- Hide the cursor while playing, on.
- Keep the screen awake, on: no blanking or automatic suspend during a game.
Saves and updates
Section titled “Saves and updates”- Back up after playing, on, and behind Y, Backups kept, 5 (Saves).
- Show what’s new after an update, on, the same switch as in Settings › About.
- Game updates opens the list of updates.
Game updates
Section titled “Game updates”Game updates lists the games with a newer release out. A on a game its store updates installs the update. On a game you update yourself, such as a repack, install the update, then choose I have the latest version.
Behind Y are the games Universe can’t check, because nothing tells it which build your files are. A shows your version and the date of the newest release, then It’s the latest takes the game as up to date. After that, Universe flags the next release, and once the game’s version changes it takes the game as up to date again by itself.
Behind Y
Section titled “Behind Y”- Environment: the variables every game gets (Environment variables).
- Programs: the gamescope and umu-run programs Universe runs.
- Folders: Games, where stores install games, Windows game folders, Save backups and Recordings.
- API keys: the SteamGridDB key.
- Desktop: the desktop Universe works with, found by itself on auto.
- Proton builds: names for Proton builds in folders of your own.
A picker’s first choice, “Default · …”, goes back to the default. The Proton and Wine defaults, such as Proton build and HDR, are on the runner’s page in Settings › Emulators & Proton.