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Title: 2nd display to show controls used
Post by: Ton80 on January 13, 2008, 03:42:19 pm

   ive been away for quite awhile, but recently started working (and nearly completing my cab) again.  my question is this, i was thinking of adding a small lcd monitor that i have to the cab, and would like this to display the bottons/controls used for the current game.  (ex. game: donkey kong, and have it display "player 1 - joystick to move, button 1 to jump" or something along those lines.. anyone have a clue where i could get into something along those lines?

thx

Title: Re: 2nd display to show controls used
Post by: youki on January 13, 2008, 04:11:46 pm

How do you display texte on this screen?  Do you have an .exe that allows you to display what you want?

What is the name of this lcd device?

 

Title: Re: 2nd display to show controls used
Post by: Ton80 on January 13, 2008, 04:23:38 pm

its actually a 2nd monitor, sorry if i misworded it.. (its a tiny tcd monitor) was thinking of running it off a sep video card.

Title: Re: 2nd display to show controls used
Post by: headkaze on January 13, 2008, 04:51:22 pm

CPWizard can display controls on a secondary monitor. You would have to design a special layout file to work on a smaller screen but it should work. Only thing I havn't implemented yet is for it to display perminately on the second screen but I've been meaning to add that feature.

Title: Re: 2nd display to show controls used
Post by: Gehrig on January 14, 2008, 12:40:50 pm

Wow.. that is an interesting idea. Never even thought of that.  Where would you put the second display?