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[voowe]

Ok, Ok...

I just read the posts that others have somewhat asked this same question. But I'm not sure it satisfies my particular question here. So if no one answers, then I know it's still a question that's up in the air.

No worries.

I was wondering if anyone heard of editing the "config" file text editor within BAT to include two monitors?
I have tried to figure it out. But can't.
If there is a way, could anyone let me know?

As it it is now, while using "Reshade", while I am flying within the game, my mouse cursor goes out of the monitor I am playing the game, over to the other monitor. If I click, and the mouse is within the other monitor I am not using, the game minimizes on the monitor I am playing the game, and shows my desktop again. Causing me to have to go back to the monitor I am playing the game, and click it to bring the game back up.

What I do to prevent this, is I take my monitors and make them "Dual". within windows. But that becomes a problem at times. Because I want only to see the game on one monitor. Or the game span two monitors. Not the game being played on both monitors (I get two airplanes. The same one I am flying - which is annoying). I am trying to have one airplane I am flying. And if my airplane is one monitor, then the rest of the game, like the landmass is on the other monitor. Whereby I am able to fly the whole world. Not with a copy of the same plane. Just one plane.
understand?
If not, I am happy to explain more detail if I can.

anyone have an idea?


voowe

[SAS~Storebror]

The game supports 1 or 3 monitors, not 2.
There's an edge case where Nvidia drivers can merge two displays in portrait mode together in landscape mode on a 3rd display, but that's not what you've been asking for.
Therefore: Nope, no deal.


Mike

[elot]

I have no idea if this works for a game (i have only 1 widescreen monitor), but in Windows you can set the value of monitors to Duplicate or not.
Just choose the option that is NOT duplicating the monitor on both.
You can find it by right clicking on the desktop of Windows and then choose Screen settings/Monitor settings.
Maybe this works for a game also.

[voowe]

Well thank y'all.

I suppose, I will therefore make some kind of attempt(s), to reinvent the wheel. as per se.

I am an optimist to some extent. With all the technology going on in the world - Elon Musk's Tesla; The U.S. NASA Artemas Rocket ship; Jeff Bathos's Blue Origin. There's got to be a way.  Who knows... I might just invent the THING! !!

So since the game only supports 1 and three monitors; that's cool.
Nonetheless, or however, or hopefully, I am successful in my attempt(s).

I just might do a Elon Musk invent thing.

y'all pray for me.
  
 


voowe

[voowe]

So this is what I discovered regarding this one monitor to three monitor thing that BAT only supports.

I went into "Reshade". There is a setting (settings tab) that mentions a mouse cursor fix that if your mouse is hanging outside the game, then click this fix.

It worked.

However, you get the game's cursor (BAT), and the Reshade mouse cursor as well. It's colored white. But it does not obstruct your gameplay too much.
But is a bit obscured.

Also, as you notice the mouse is trying to get somewhat far away from the game while you pause the game, or you go to the setup page of the game whereby you set how many planes or what map you want to play on. You will see both the game mouse and the Reshade mouse more acutely., trying to get away from the game mouse to eventually go over to the second monitor (that you don't want it to). So all I do is just move the game mouse a bit, and the Reshade mouse gets close to the game mouse and stays a bit, and sticks close to the game mouse. But does keep out of your way while in game. As it does throughout gameplay.

Nonetheless, I will (or have not as yet) tried the monitor setup mentioned here earlier. I will attempt that technique in windows soon.

If all fails, I will continue my research of trying to "invent the thing".

[Wolfosito]

Radeon cards also have a feature to make a single screen from several, but you're gonna have the screen bars in the middle and be generally disorienting if you only have 2. It's called eyefinity iirc, should be under the game options in the Radeon software

[SAS~Storebror]

Oh yes that looks promising.
AMD+Eyefinity definitely would solve this, provided the two monitors have the same resolution.
Strange to see how Nvidia refuses to give the same to their users - that "3D Vision" thing from Nvidia definitely doesn't cut it.


Mike

[voowe]

Well,

I googled "eyefinity iirc".

It is very interesting! I must say. Unfortunately for me, I am with Nvidia GeForce card. So Sad [for me]. 

You definitely said it right - SAS~Storebror., It is a shame Nvidia does not give such an amazing feature in their cards.

On the same note. I have explored this mouse fix within "Reshade" feature, and discovered that I can make the reshade mouse so small you'd have to eye strain to see it in the game. As well as it has an "Offset" feature that you can set. Point case:

I have the monitor I am playing the game on, on the left of the monitor I don't want it to play on (wish I could use both monitors together that spans the game world, but shows only the plane I'm flying. As I mentioned in my first post). The other monitor is on the right of the left one I'm playing the game on.
So the offset feature can be adjusted to keep the game cursor within the left monitor. Whereby the reshade monitor mouse, stays to the left of the monitor, inside the game., keeping the game cursor within the game, without going over to the right monitor that I don't want the mouse to go.

This works mostly. And I am able to play the game without issues without the game mouse going over to the right monitor. But it does not stay put for long.
The feature is pretty cool. Just wish the coder, or person who coded reshade with this feature had placed it as a constant. Not a variable. But with the option of allowing the user to give it a variable as it is needed.

Also, this Reshade feature mouse thing has a setting that you can change the color. Currently the default color is white.

Oh well. Looks like Software Engineering discussions going on here 
Pretty cool I think.

Thanks y'all, for all the ideas and feedback I'm getting on this topic. It's a great help to explore...