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Th3rmal
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O.P. Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

Ive got a dual monitor setup (24" widescreen as main and a 19" next to it) and when I play games, since I have the game resolution set to something different to my desktop resolution, my screen resolution obviously changes (on my main monitor)

The problem is, this screws up everything on my desktop and like pushes them out and changes the places of things such as widgets.

This ss is of in the game, where you can see that half my screen ahs been pushed over (firefox starts like 1/3 the way through the second monitor)

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And this is what happens when I quit the game:

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Is there any way to like temporarily disable the second monitor (without turning it off physically or wrecking anything on that screen) so that this doesnt happen? Im using Ultramon, but I havent found a way to do it in that =/

Thanks

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07-05-2009 01:12 AM

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RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

...why not just run the game at your desktop resolution?

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07-05-2009 02:38 AM

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RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

ya this happened when you run the game not at the desktop res... it happens to me as well... but i often play in windowed mode anyways so it doesnt do it then =p

07-05-2009 02:48 AM

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O.P. RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
...why not just run the game at your desktop resolution?

...because my graphic card cant take it?

quote:
Originally posted by NanaFreak
ya this happened when you run the game not at the desktop res... it happens to me as well... but i often play in windowed mode anyways so it doesnt do it then =p

I usually do this too, but running this game in particular (and a couple others) has caused me issues and caused some unwanted errors, and i actually like to play full screen =/

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07-05-2009 02:59 AM

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RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

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Originally posted by Th3rmal
...because my graphic card cant take it?

well then you've got a problem, because this is one of the many reasons you should always be running your monitor at its native resolution.

can't you just turn down the settings of the game?

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07-05-2009 03:39 AM

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RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
can't you just turn down the settings of the game?

if you couldnt tell, the game is GTA IV which is very resource heavy and i think it would be on fairly low graphics right now anyway...

07-05-2009 03:44 AM

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RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

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quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
can't you just turn down the settings of the game?
if you couldnt tell, the game is GTA IV which is very resource heavy and i think it would be on fairly low graphics right now anyway...

i could actually, and having played gta4 on the pc, i know that it lets you set the settings very low if you want them to, and even tells you how much VRAM the configuration you've chosen will take

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07-05-2009 03:59 AM

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RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

Like others have said, you have two options:

1) Run game in native resolution

2) Windowed mode

If none of those are possible, then you could always remove one monitor.

This post was edited on 07-05-2009 at 05:46 AM by Vilkku.

07-05-2009 05:45 AM

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RE: Dual monitor issues with full screen gaming

I'm using UltraMon with my dual screens, it will at least be able to restore your wallpaper and icon positions. Works fine for me with fullscreen apps, but both of my monitors are the same resolution, and i can run fullscreen apps at the native resolution too. It also has a quick way to disable the secondary monitor from the system tray if you prefer turning it off completely.

Runs on command line too, so your game shortcut could link to a batch file containing something like this to automatically toggle the second display when you launch your game:

code:
@ECHO OFF
"c:\program files\ultramon\ultramon.exe" /d
"c:\program files\game\game.exe"
"c:\program files\ultramon\ultramon.exe" /e

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07-05-2009 06:32 AM

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