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I realize my computer system is pretty far back in the dark ages, but I have to mention that I am really enjoying playing on two monitors.

I am playing in windowed mode on one monitor; while the second monitor can hold a to do list, calculator, oneNote, cheat sheets, tracker.

Well, I haven't gotten Tracker up and running yet on the newly upgraded beast, probably this weekend. Shouldn't be hard, just get Java on it and run tracker from a USB drive.

I do have to use the keyboard arrow keys to move the in game display to the right though. Easily adapted too.

with regard to not using tracker for a while, it makes running the turn fun for a while as you enter into game screens you don't normally enter with tracker running. Makes for a little different experience.

You will rapidly get used to just clicking around on the minimap more often to move the map around.

Two monitors is the only way to computer these days. Welcome to modernity!

I love my dual monitor setup.

Absolutely. There is no comparison in productivity between dual monitor and single one. It is night and day.

I use dual monitors at work and wanted the same set up for gaming but was completely disappointed to find out it won't work with the game played in full screen mode.

You simply can't move the mouse cursor to the second monitor.

I refuse to play games in windowed mode.

Life just sucks sometimes and there is nothing to be done about it. [:@]

Why do you refuse to play in windowed mode Hans? I have a 30" 2560 x 1600 monitor I use for my main display. I setup a custom 2520 x 1525 resolution and use that
The WitP:AE map covers about 94% of the monitor and I have my second monitor I can use with ease.

ORIGINAL: BillBrown

Why do you refuse to play in windowed mode Hans? I have a 30" 2560 x 1600 monitor I use for my main display. I setup a custom 2520 x 1525 resolution and use that
The WitP:AE map covers about 94% of the monitor and I have my second monitor I can use with ease.

I have just always had an aversion to windowed mode. Destroys immersion.

I have a 27" at home and plan to add second matching one.

I hooked up my older 24" as a test case and was so disappointed I have slow balled adding the second 27".

Eventually I know I will add it for flexibility in other things than AE, but the lack of cooperation form AE in full screen mode was such a downer I now need to 'get over it' before I'll move on.

windowed mode is the only way to go. But for those of us who can never seem to get to do 2 turns in the same place, 2 monitors isn't an option.
Solution: size your windows so you can fit the game and your advisors on the same screen.

Dual screening is definitely the way to go. I feel I can keep track better of what is going on with notes and tracker on one screen and game on the other. Of course the only place I have dual screen set up is at work so it makes it harder to do ...

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

I use dual monitors at work and wanted the same set up for gaming but was completely disappointed to find out it won't work with the game played in full screen mode.

You simply can't move the mouse cursor to the second monitor.

I refuse to play games in windowed mode.

Life just sucks sometimes and there is nothing to be done about it. [:@]

I'm running AE in full screen on a 1920x1200 external monitor right now. Just Alt-Tab out of AE and you are back to normal dual monitor mode.

However you will notice AE will freeze until you click on it and activate it again.

ORIGINAL: Reg

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

I use dual monitors at work and wanted the same set up for gaming but was completely disappointed to find out it won't work with the game played in full screen mode.

You simply can't move the mouse cursor to the second monitor.

I refuse to play games in windowed mode.

Life just sucks sometimes and there is nothing to be done about it. [:@]

I'm running AE in full screen on a 1920x1200 external monitor right now. Just Alt-Tab out of AE and you are back to normal dual monitor mode.

However you will notice AE will freeze until you click on it and activate it again.

The other thing you can do is run in a window, but at your full resolution. You can tell Windows to always keep it on top of your taskbar, I think, so that way you get the full screen appearance but the behavior of running in a window.

ORIGINAL: Reg

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

I use dual monitors at work and wanted the same set up for gaming but was completely disappointed to find out it won't work with the game played in full screen mode.

You simply can't move the mouse cursor to the second monitor.

I refuse to play games in windowed mode.

Life just sucks sometimes and there is nothing to be done about it. [:@]

I'm running AE in full screen on a 1920x1200 external monitor right now. Just Alt-Tab out of AE and you are back to normal dual monitor mode.

However you will notice AE will freeze until you click on it and activate it again.

And god help you if you alt-tab in the middle of the turn replay.

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

ORIGINAL: Reg

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

I use dual monitors at work and wanted the same set up for gaming but was completely disappointed to find out it won't work with the game played in full screen mode.

You simply can't move the mouse cursor to the second monitor.

I refuse to play games in windowed mode.

Life just sucks sometimes and there is nothing to be done about it. [:@]

I'm running AE in full screen on a 1920x1200 external monitor right now. Just Alt-Tab out of AE and you are back to normal dual monitor mode.

However you will notice AE will freeze until you click on it and activate it again.

The other thing you can do is run in a window, but at your full resolution. You can tell Windows to always keep it on top of your taskbar, I think, so that way you get the full screen appearance but the behavior of running in a window.

Thanks Loka, I'll try that.

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

ORIGINAL: Reg

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

I use dual monitors at work and wanted the same set up for gaming but was completely disappointed to find out it won't work with the game played in full screen mode.

You simply can't move the mouse cursor to the second monitor.

I refuse to play games in windowed mode.

Life just sucks sometimes and there is nothing to be done about it. [:@]

I'm running AE in full screen on a 1920x1200 external monitor right now. Just Alt-Tab out of AE and you are back to normal dual monitor mode.

However you will notice AE will freeze until you click on it and activate it again.

And god help you if you alt-tab in the middle of the turn replay.

I think we have all been there and done that.

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

And god help you if you alt-tab in the middle of the turn replay.

I think this depends upon your settings. I have done it successfully many times to accelerate thru long bombardments.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

And god help you if you alt-tab in the middle of the turn replay.

I think this depends upon your settings. I have done it successfully many times to accelerate thru long bombardments.

All you need to do to accomplish that is either hit the 'Done' button in the upper right corner of the combat animation or hit the escape key.

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

And god help you if you alt-tab in the middle of the turn replay.

I think this depends upon your settings. I have done it successfully many times to accelerate thru long bombardments.

All you need to do to accomplish that is either hit the 'Done' button in the upper right corner of the combat animation or hit the escape key.

Some of the bombardments were taking forever, even with doing that. Alt tab out and then back in and the combat was resolved and the combat summary up.

Some of the bombardments were taking forever, even with doing that. Alt tab out and then back in and the combat was resolved and the combat summary up.

I'm not sure on this (haven't explicitly tested it), but I've noticed that when I do this, I [think I] seem to have more "synch bug" issues. If I had to venture a guess than perhaps alt tabbing or selecting a separate window just "skips" to the end of the combat or in some way progresses through the random numbers differently.
Don't take this on any authority what-so-ever. It is just a correlation I think I have noticed. Perhaps some day I'll get around to actually testing it.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe


I am playing in windowed mode on one monitor; while the second monitor can hold a to do list, calculator, oneNote, cheat sheets, tracker.

cheat sheets are ok but oneNote is definitely against my house rules.

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

ORIGINAL: Reg





I'm running AE in full screen on a 1920x1200 external monitor right now. Just Alt-Tab out of AE and you are back to normal dual monitor mode.

However you will notice AE will freeze until you click on it and activate it again.

And god help you if you alt-tab in the middle of the turn replay.

I think we have all been there and done that.

I do it all the time... on purpose. It:

- helps skip long combat animations, such as air battles or ground battles, even after you've hit Esc. Just click out then back in, and it should be over.

- doesn't stop the sounds from playing, so you can still hear when the actual action starts in the replay, even if you are in another window (IAW).

- doesn't really harm the game at all. You might suffer a small amount of lag coming back into it, but it's fine.