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Holy Crap! Dual Monitor Mame!
Howard_Casto:
Just a quick update:
I made one of those shortcuts in catalyst just to see what the syntax was. This is what the shortcut gave me:
"C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\CLI.exe" Load profilename="Computer Monitor"
So looks simple enough... to add fe support for these spanned modes (at least for ati cards) all one would have to do is call cli.exe with "Load profilename="name" with name being whatever you labeled the spanned profile in question prior to game launch and loading a more generic profile upon return to the fe.
I would very much like to hear if something similar is possible on the nvidia end of things.
If so then we need to get busy setting up a faq for both end-users, and developers wishing to do something with such a setup.
mccoy178:
Good work fellas!
nipsmg:
--- Quote from: chemame on February 06, 2006, 12:34:03 pm ---OK, this has really gotten my attention.
Curious though as to how Windows itself functions in the span mode... If I'm understanding correctly, everything Windows does will tend to stretch to both monitors?
So let's say I redesign my cab to have two side-by-side monitors, just for the likes of PunchOut... yes I'm just nearly stupid enough to try it... how much hassle is the second screen going to give me when games are NOT stretched across it? How difficuly to have single-screen games on just the left screen? What does MameWah do? etc.
Feedback is greatly appreciated, and may seriously change my plans for the month.
chemame
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For Nvidia:
If you redesign your cab to have 2 side by site monitors, you have to make sure no matter what that under nview display properties you set the span up for vertical span, not horizontal span. This is REALLY WEIRD to get used to when using it for a business setup (dropping your apps DOWN to your left monitor instead of draggning them across) but it allows you to use MAME in this fashion.
When running a game like punchout, it shows in both monitors. When running a single screen game like TMNT, the game shows up only in one monitor and the other goes black WITHOUT having to specify resolutions for the game. Just "MAME TMNT" and it only shows on one monitor.
--NipsMG
Howard_Casto:
This also works on the ati cards, but I didn't mention it because it is rather akward.
jcrouse:
I have to ask, in a practical sense, what is the big deal about this. Are we going to put two monitors in our cabinets? I must be missing something here.
John
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