Dual Screen Software?

Discussion in 'Software' started by Boxcarhobo, 7 Aug 2007.

  1. Boxcarhobo

    Boxcarhobo What's a Dremel?

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    I'm currently on ultramon and i like it very much but there's the main thing i miss in it.When i'm playing a game on the main monitor and when i click on the second one the game minimalises.Is there any software or way to make the game stay so for example i can see whats going on with CS or WOW while i'm clicking and browsing on the other monitor.

    Thanks in advance!
     
  2. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    That's something specific to the way games (and most fullscreen apps) are designed to run - if they're not in focus, they minimize. Short of running the game in a window, which I wouldn't recommend for a plethora of reasons, I don't think there's a way to avoid this.
     
  3. The_Gimpy

    The_Gimpy What's a Dremel?

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    I've been using ultramon for a long time now, and I have a bit of insight.

    If you want it for playing wow, what I always did was set the game to windowed mode, but set it to maximize. It looks identical to fullscreen, however you can move your mouse right over to the other monitor, without inturupting the game at all. Very useful for changing music, instant messaging and browsing the net and whatnot. This works great, and I've been doing it for a long time now.

    As for other games such as FPS's, the problem I found experimenting with this, is that, you don't want you mouse to move to the other screen when you drag it all the way, or every time you try to turn right, your going to get half way and find your mouse on the other desktop. It may not be so bad for RTS games, but you would not be able to scroll your screen right with the mouse.

    The only thing I could suggest is try to find a way, that when you alt-tab out of the game, it prevents it from minimizing, that way you can mouse over other things, however, as said before, this is most likely not possible as the game isn't programed with 2 monitors in mind, and when it goes full screen, dosn't realise your alt-tabing to use anohter monitor, so has to minimize
     
  4. Boxcarhobo

    Boxcarhobo What's a Dremel?

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    thank you
    i'll see if i can run it windowed
     

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