Double Monitor

[fsantello]

Hi!

How can I play with double monitors in fullscreen?
I tried everything I know, but no success. :rolleyes:

[Zarel]

...you... only use one of the monitors.

[fsantello]

But I want to use two monitors to play it.
Is it possible?

[Zarel]

No.

[cybersphinx]

I think EvilGuru ran it on two displays some time ago, so it should work. Maybe you have to set the resolution manually (see the FAQ) or adjust some graphics driver settings.

[SniperStorm]

To play games with to monitors you need to be running xp. then you need the screen set in a stretch or span across both monitors.

[Buginator]

To play games with to monitors you need to be running xp. then you need the screen set in a stretch or span across both monitors.

That should work.

Although, I have no idea why anyone would want to play wz like that.

[EvilGuru]

You can, it does work.

There are a couple of things to keep in mind, however. Firstly, your system needs to support OpenGL acceleration across all of the screens you wish to play the game on. Moreover, it is my understanding that the use of either SLI or CrossFire will preclude OpenGL or DirectX acceleration across two screens.

If you have a standard dual-monitor display (so one card, two monitors attached with the same screen resolutions) then everything should just work. Usually all you need to do is select the higher resolution in the options menu.

Should this not be available then it is almost certainly a configuration issue -- Warzone just asks the system for supported full-screen resolutions.

Playing with dual screens works reasonably well. There is, however, a bit of distortion due to the odd perspective. (It would be good if Warzone could change the visible x/y regions depending on width/height ratios for the active resolution; so 2 * the horizontal resolution would allow you to see twice as much along the x direction.)

Regards, Freddie.

[Olrox]

I imagine how it'd look odd, specially if we're talking about two widescreens put together horizontally. I'd rather have four 17" forming a square, this would sure be mean looking
Pretty good to work with CAD tools on multi-screen setups, you've got plenty of space to put dialog boxes. But for warzone, it'd be interesting only if we had floating dialog boxes, then you could keep research, manufacture, design and build menus opened simultaneously at a secondary screen and leave the other one 100% action view. :rolleyes:

If this was popular enough, we could make a 1-screen hud for those playing on multi-screen PCs.

[nobby]

No.

Actually, it is possible, as I do it. The driver I use is the NVidia Quadro driver on Windows XP with a Quadro FX 1400. I've also had it working on Linux on a NVS285 using the NVidia driver. The driver has a mode where it treats the two screens as one large frame buffer.

I can't really make any representation as to whether it works on Geforce or ATI cards, though. New Quadros are quite pricey but you can get secondhand ones fairly cheaply off Ebay.

Nigel.

[Olrox]

No.

Actually, it is possible, as I do it. The driver I use is the NVidia Quadro driver on Windows XP with a Quadro FX 1400. I've also had it working on Linux on a NVS285 using the NVidia driver. The driver has a mode where it treats the two screens as one large frame buffer.

I can't really make any representation as to whether it works on Geforce or ATI cards, though. New Quadros are quite pricey but you can get secondhand ones fairly cheaply off Ebay.

Nigel.

Unless both the screens have the same resolution, it'd look crappy. I imagine you configure it to stretch the desktop across both the monitors so that it works like one, and then configure the game via command line for it to work with double width?
Also, having this steup with two WS monitors would be weird, as the view would be a long stripe, with a weird aspect ratio (32:9? lol) :rolleyes:

[nobby]

Both of the monitors I'm using are the same spec (same model). The perspective gets a little distorted at the edge but the models certainly aren't stretched by 8:3. Works fine.

Does the 3D engine attempt to project the same view onto the view port regardless of aspect ratio or does the shape of the view port change with the aspect ratio of the screen?

Unless both the screens have the same resolution, it'd look crappy. I imagine you configure it to stretch the desktop across both the monitors so that it works like one, and then configure the game via command line for it to work with double width?
Also, having this steup with two WS monitors would be weird, as the view would be a long stripe, with a weird aspect ratio (32:9? lol) :rolleyes:

[Zarel]

...of course using hacks to make single-monitor games/apps working on two monitors doesn't count... I meant that Warzone doesn't support multimonitor natively.