Off Topic - My 4 Monitors

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by zGeneral, September 7, 2013.

  1. zGeneral

    zGeneral Member

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    Sorry for the off topic, I have just finished from upgrading my PC setup with 3 monitors + projector (HT).
    I got so excited and can not wait to run PA multi-window on it.

    I wanted to share this:
    Extended PA window on all for monitors (7680x1080), here is how it looks like:
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    (projector is set as the forth screen to the right)
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  3. hahapants

    hahapants Active Member

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    I've got a dual monitor setup that doesn't come close to this, but I see that I have the same problem you have with the control bar spanning 2 screens. Looks great but becomes a nightmare attempting to use the bar across 2 monitors.

    PS: Love the projected uber-screen, you have a great wall for it!
  4. zGeneral

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    that is because we have an even number of screens (2,4..)
    if I run it on 3 screens, the control bar goes to the center screen.

    when multi-window is implemented, this problem will go away i guess.
  5. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    Having another screen even plugged in when I launch PA.exe will heavilly decrease performance. I've associated this with multi-monitor support not being in yet.
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    Woah. That's goddamn impressive.

    I don't have the specs to support that kind of multi-monitor functionality, but it's very nice to see it able to be implemented even at this stage of the game.

    My question is thus : Can you control what part of the planet each camera looks at? Also, can you make the monitors simply come together too seem like one large screen instead of multiple angles?

    I'm thinking with that kind of functionality, you could see the entire planet and never have to spin your world once. Depending on how many monitors you have, anyway.
  7. hahapants

    hahapants Active Member

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    As of now multi-monitor use is only limited to stretching the game window across however many screens you have. I wish I could have multiple views of the planet/solar system while using another monitor for a closer view of the action. This option will likely be implemented later in development as Mavor himself said 'of course there will be multi-monitor support'. Supcom had multi-monitor support with the ability to display different perspectives of the battlefield, so I would only assume that PA will follow suit with options to do so.

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