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Astorothe Ono-Sensai	Posted - 2007.02.12 22:43:00 - [1] Hi dev team, Any chance of a some dual monitor support in an upcoming patch? Ast

ReverendM Forum Moderator Interstellar Services Department	Posted - 2007.02.13 00:08:00 - [2] Hi Could you please be more specific about your question? Eve already supports dual monitors to an extent. Do you mean with increased functionality? Do you have any ideas of what some of these functions might be? If you are simply asking a question, it probably belongs in General Discussion or possibly EVE New Citizens Q&A -ReverendM eve-crc.net \| Forum Rules

Astorothe Ono-Sensai	Posted - 2007.02.13 00:14:00 - [3] Specifically I mean features such as: - being able to display in game UI windows on a second monitor (such as eve markets, map, etc Have you seen what they have done with Supreme Commander? Having dual monitors is becoming more common as they become cheaper and so I wondered if yiou guys had plans for anything - hence asking in here not Gen Chat.
Astorothe Ono-Sensai	Posted - 2007.02.13 00:14:00 - [4] What support is offered at the moment?
Qsek	Posted - 2007.02.13 02:38:00 - [5] Im interested in DualMonitor Things too :D like Overview, System/Starmap or close Up views of the Target when your missle hit while seeing the next launch on your primary monitor.. would be awesome!
Astorothe Ono-Sensai	Posted - 2007.02.13 09:22:00 - [6] Devs - anything like this planned in the pipeline?
Captain TrootSky Gallente Silver Snake Enterprise Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2007.02.13 09:50:00 - [7] Aditionally what I'd like to see is: A single eve main client, which first runs, connect and loads in mem. Then a small UI loads and appear let's say like a mini task bar on ur monitor on top, where you can [a] via a menu where you can input several Accounts + Pass or [b] has a Username/Pass box in the bar. This EvE main client will then authenticate and load the desired account/char upon clicky to the preset monitor in full screen and will load the 2nd account/char to the next monitor in full screen as well. Also if ever you get disconnected or dropped, you just return to the main client and just re authenticate your account rather than need to go click close on 2-3x eve clients and reload 2-3 eve clients again a real pain. Also as being asked, the eve main client can allow for an account/char to be in one monitor and send maps and stuffs to second one. Mostly like a fully customizable EvE main client and allows you to run multiples eve accounts without the hassle of loading loads of current eve clients as we do atm.
Hell's Fury Gallente Aliastra	Posted - 2007.02.13 16:02:00 - [8] Eve dual monitor setups would be sweet. I'd love to be able to put functionality on one monitor and fly on the other. I have a 42inch monitor with 1360x768 that would be perfect for flying while I had all my widgets and module interface on my 22 inch 1680x1050 screen. /signed
Astorothe Ono-Sensai	Posted - 2007.02.14 12:32:00 - [9] Any chance for a Devs comment? Have you guys considered this? Full Dual Monitor Support
Katana Seiko Made in Germany	Posted - 2007.02.14 14:09:00 - [10] Well, all you Devs need to do is implement the possibility to shut off that stupid "feature" of the game to minimize itself when the game looses it's focus. Very simple: There's a little routine in the base code that checks if the game has the focus. If it has, the game continues as normal. If it doesn't, the game minimizes itself and maybe adds a little delay before it checks again. Now, add a little checkbox in the escape window, under adapter and device. Let it say i.e. "Dual Monitor Support". Now, if that one is checked, that little routine that I explained above, won't be executed anymore. Now, on later updates you may add more options to a second screen, but this would be the best you could do for now... --- The future begins now - in EVE we live it, in real life we create it!
Astorothe Ono-Sensai	Posted - 2007.02.14 14:46:00 - [11] Originally by: Katana Seiko Well, all you Devs need to do is implement the possibility to shut off that stupid "feature" of the game to minimize itself when the game looses it's focus. Word. I have to play in windowed mode to get around this and lose my lovely depth. Full Dual Monitor Support
Tolomea Gallente 5th Front enterprises New Eve Order	Posted - 2007.02.14 22:21:00 - [12] Edited by: Tolomea on 14/02/2007 22:20:40 one word, black I want the second monitor to be a big black space where I can dump all of the lil windows, so the IGB, the chats, the market, info boxes, mission briefings, cargo, can's etc etc, anything that shows up in a "normal" window. The other monitor can keep the 3d view, the overview, the targets, the control panel and the quick launch bar. Like that silly wide screen option, except instead of black bars top and bottom make the entire right hand half go black, reposition the overview, control panel and targets appropriately and we're done.
Aksen Amarr Paxton Industries	Posted - 2007.02.15 00:47:00 - [13] There have been several posts on this, but I never see a developer response. I've been running a horizontal span, thus can't really see my ship (UI is split down the middle between the two monitors). I imagine it would be straightforward to implement some flexibility, so it would be nice to hear CCP is at least considering it. I find it completely necessary to use both monitors for my Eve UI. There's no way I could possibly go back to stacking all my windows in one monitor. CCP, please respond!
small chimp	Posted - 2007.02.15 04:17:00 - [14] Yes i really want dual monitor support! I want all market windows and chat windows to the another window! and things like that! it would hugely benefit this game and i would like to pay even much more for dual monitor client!
Stitcher Caldari J.I.T. Enterprises Freelancer Alliance	Posted - 2007.02.15 04:34:00 - [15] I'd actually really like to see CCP just rip an idea right out of Supreme Commander's book and keep the system map permanently active on one screen, as well as being able to move things like the market, chat channels and so on over there. At the moment, I run EVE windowed on my main monitor, and keep TS, WinAmp and all the other programs I tend to run while playing open on the other. ***
Sokratesz Guardians of Hell's Gate Tactical Narcotics Team	Posted - 2007.02.15 08:22:00 - [16] /signed Market, ship info, scanner, would be so very sweet on my second monitor Suicide is bad, hmkay? (clickety clickety)
Xiza Larynx Shinra Lotka Volterra	Posted - 2007.02.15 12:03:00 - [17] I totally agree & this would be a fantastic addition, beeing able to have map, chat or whatever windows you see deemed in another monitor.
Sollunux	Posted - 2007.02.17 06:28:00 - [18] I guess I have an interesting question. I've been hunting around for a way to get EvE to run at 4800x1200. Before I finished getting the rest of my system I easily ran at 3200x1200, however this was through the use of nVidia's horizontal span which unifided the 2 outputs on my 7900 to act as 1 desktop. now that i have a 7950 and a 7900 and 3 monitors, horizontal span is no longer an option. When I loaded Eve for the first time after fiddling with drivers for 2 hours (Since I run 2003 drivers are quite a fun issue). When eve came up, it came up in 3200x900, the last resolution I was using, but I have 3 monitors each running at 1600x1200 and no unification on the desktops. So I cleverly put eve in the dead center. Eve drew across all the monitors very well. Not perfectly, but I had at least 20 frames and decided to see if I could set the resolution to 4800x1200 in the graphics options. That was a no go and ended up at 1600x1200 on accident looking for my pretty extremely wide resolution. So I decided, I know I CAN draw across all three, no to set the resolution. Most games have a cleverly placed ini or config file somewhere with resolutions. A little forum hunting and bam, prefs.ini was found along with a whole list on setting it up. But despite several attempts (another hour) the game seemed to ignore everything I tried with prefs.ini whether I was trying to set it for the basic defaults from an odd setting (which I had to set in game). The game always retained the settings from the last time the game was played. (though maybe if I reboot and clear the RAM and OS cache?). Any info on setting the resolutions up would be nice. Some other thoughts for people looking into it right now would be nVidia's Horizontal spanning or matrox's DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go
Elenit	Posted - 2007.02.18 12:45:00 - [19] I've been considering getting another monitor but have been waiting to see if CCP implements proper support for it. I'd like to be able to use both monitors with a single account and use one for the normal view - and the 2nd for chat windows, scanner, cargo, etc. I'd also like to be able to properly run (ie: NOT windowed mode) 2 accounts side by side. Something like assign the active window (the one that has focus of the keyboard and mouse) to one monitor and to keep an eye on the other account. Then with a keyboard combo - switch - so that the 2nd account is now on the primary monitor - and the 2nd account is on the 2ndary monitor.
Dora The'Explorer	Posted - 2007.02.19 06:50:00 - [20] /signed We need full Dual Screen+ support I would buy a 3rd monitor if I could set Eve up like FlightSim X and have chat windows and inventories and such on my outer displays and the ship GUI on the center main display. Would almost be like being in a starship =P
Geisha Girl	Posted - 2007.02.19 06:55:00 - [21] Yeah, something like this... /drool
Cas Furgazon	Posted - 2007.02.19 13:04:00 - [22] I agree, multiple monitor support would be excellent. > I think a main space view window on one screen and a black area which can be used to display any other windows you like to keep open: Starmap, Solar System Map, Market Data, Missions, Cargo hold, chat windows, jukebox etc. You might also be able to include a main radar screen (the bit that normally sits on the right and shows the the stations and stuff in the current solar system, this would free up more room to view the lovely in game gfx! (especially with gfx updates coming our way in the not too distant future!). > In the last post the pic of the 5 screen flight sim is a little OTT! And of course EVE has no first person/podpit view at present. That is probably covered in a nother thread I guess.
Cas Furgazon	Posted - 2007.02.19 13:04:00 - [23] I agree, multiple monitor support would be excellent. > I think a main space view window on one screen and a black area which can be used to display any other windows you like to keep open: Starmap, Solar System Map, Market Data, Missions, Cargo hold, chat windows, jukebox etc. You might also be able to include a main radar screen (the bit that normally sits on the right and shows the the stations and stuff in the current solar system, this would free up more room to view the lovely in game gfx! (especially with gfx updates coming our way in the not too distant future!). > In the last post the pic of the 5 screen flight sim is a little OTT! And of course EVE has no first person/podpit view at present. That is probably covered in a nother thread I guess.
Solomon XI	Posted - 2007.02.20 09:51:00 - [24] I have a tri-monitor setup and would also like to see functionality for all three monitors.
stoneyharrie2	Posted - 2007.02.20 11:28:00 - [25] i have eve on 2 screens, and it sucks the ship/cap and mods is split in 2 screens :( but eve supports it, as long you know how to do it in nvidia or ati driver (2 screen horizontal display) clone doenst work, dual monitor does work, but not tested by me..
Clansworth Good Rock Materials	Posted - 2007.02.21 10:19:00 - [26] Not cheap, but the Matrox TripleHead2Go is probably what some of you are looking for. It will allow 3 monitors to be driven off of a single output. Some limitations involved, i.e., analog only, and it's restricted to standard resolutions. BUT, it is pretty transparent to EVE. Even some good screenshots of Eve playing on it on the web page. Linkage Screenshots 3840x1024 FTW! Lifter, Prospector
DOGNOSH Minmatar Rage of Angels Morsus Mihi	Posted - 2007.02.22 11:12:00 - [27] My TripleHead2Go setup works excellently, and has done for over 6 months as EVE supports 3840X1024 rather than just stretch the display(aspect ratio is changed for 3840X1024 which is correct) The FOV(Field Of View) of "in space"/"in station" display has increased by about 40% at a guess and the rest is stretched, but importantly the info boxes are NOT ! so text size is normal Also one thing that worried me when I ordered my setup was the bezel between monitors, well there was no need as I don't even notice them SCREENSHOT -------------------------
Iktoe Amarr Darkspear Industrial	Posted - 2007.02.22 20:37:00 - [28] I dont want that fancy a setup. I just want to be able to open chat, market, overview wtc and still have proper viewing space for, um... space.
Xtro 2 Caldari Pre-nerfed Tactics	Posted - 2007.02.22 23:08:00 - [29] some good suggestions, dual monitor would be nice for the basic ideas mentioned. Map, Market/Basic UI Windows moved to 2nd display, maybe other things like using the 2nd display when you "Look At Target" so you can see yourself and the person/NPC you attack. The UI windows already have a button for minimising/closing and making sticky, maybe add another that jumps that window/group to the other display, same for the map etc, just add a button. Xtro 2 - Tactically Insane Tradesman. Insanity, or madness, is a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder.
Dekklin Caldari	Posted - 2007.02.23 15:07:00 - [30] Edited by: Dekklin on 23/02/2007 15:04:20 Dual-monitor support would be phenomenal. /signed
BoomShaka	Posted - 2007.02.26 21:12:00 - [31] Originally by: ReverendM Hi Could you please be more specific about your question? Eve already supports dual monitors to an extent. -ReverendM HAH! Eve has absolutely NO dual monitor support. This has been repeatedly asked for for years with no support from CCP. You can run Eve in a window on a second monitor (losing almost all of your 3D acceleration), but that is a function of Windows. Not Eve. __________ BoomShaka EveMail about freighter hauling services!
Karash Amerius Amarr O.E.C	Posted - 2007.02.26 23:36:00 - [32] I would love to be able to clear up my UI this way. Merc Blog
Espionage	Posted - 2007.03.03 13:39:00 - [33] When I take screenshots with the client loaded on my secondary display it always comes out as a thin black line. Any ideas why?
Sirenia Daptari	Posted - 2007.03.07 09:29:00 - [34] Great idea, especially since there's so much UI on the screen that it sometimes makes it hard to see/play! /signed
Danti Shidomu Gallente New Career Move	Posted - 2007.03.07 11:57:00 - [35] /signed
Ska Inni	Posted - 2007.03.10 16:33:00 - [36] Triple portrait monitor support would be even more sweet.. :-)
Eradith Gallente	Posted - 2007.03.11 03:55:00 - [37] /signed
Lance Fighter	Posted - 2007.03.11 04:37:00 - [38] I am thinking dual monitors to the point of "ohh lets look at that pritty ship" and "ohh lets look at its t1 variant next door" ... AT THE SAME TIME ... :) One monitor would be "primary" and second monitor would be "secondary" (can be set to a background and used for windows also) This would be awsome in pvp where i can use my whole widescreen laptop screen, and not have annoying other stuff in my way. -YARR... -Lance "If engineers built buildings the way (microsoft) programmers write programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization!" Shares are like chairs - useless except to sit on and w
Revolution Rising Minmatar Venture Research and Resources	Posted - 2007.03.11 08:21:00 - [39] /signed. CEO Venture Research and Resources. VRR Homepage
Ionia Advanced Manufacturing	Posted - 2007.03.14 03:42:00 - [40] Originally by: Espionage When I take screenshots with the client loaded on my secondary display it always comes out as a thin black line. Any ideas why? This is because of hardware acceleration. Turn that off for that output and youll be able to take screenies (but lose performance)
Shigawahhhhh Caldari Metalworks	Posted - 2007.03.14 04:37:00 - [41] Dual monitor support would rock for everyone. Being able to put things on a second monitor would be great. I mean if your lowsec or warring you can put up local and gang on the other window if your doing market and that kind of thing you can put that up there...drools Would also be worth me training targeting higher if we could move the overview to the second monitor. Becuase as it stands when I lock my max targets the last one is next to the edge were as if the overview was on another screen would free up space. Also not anything to do with dual monitor but if we had the option of spliting off gang and drones from the overview would be great.
Commander Stringer Caldari InterGalactic Corp. Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2007.03.16 10:24:00 - [42] Eve actually did support multi-monitors 2 or 3 years ago and had it as an option in the gfx setup, best config was 3 but it was very buggy at the time so the base code for it is already in (unless it got stripped) 3x monitor support for a single client can be had through a bit of kit made by matrox, wee black box that splits the vga signal so u kinna have uber widescreen eve. But multi monitor with ui support would be sweet. Clear up the HUD area during combat so there is no need to close/minimise chat windows etc. ........ 'Blow your own trumpet 'cuz no other fecker is going to do it for you'
Lezreth Caldari	Posted - 2007.03.16 20:35:00 - [43] Lack of dual monitor support is, to say the least, behind the times. /sign
Fitzter	Posted - 2007.03.17 16:41:00 - [44] Almost everyone in my corp has two monitors....pls work on this.
Revolution Rising Minmatar Venture Research and Resources	Posted - 2007.03.17 17:10:00 - [45] I would be happy just to maximise to screen - at the moment most of us are running windowed mode and using evemon to do that. Just make a maximise to screen option in the graphics controls and I'd be happier. I personally think the FPS would drop through the floor for most people if they actually made it use 2 monitors. RR CEO Venture Research and Resources. VRR Homepage
Scorpio Dantes Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.03.18 07:58:00 - [46] Bumping! Have run dual setups for a year now, and this game CRAVES dual monitor support. How about having the ship, the control buttons and overview on one monitor, and the ability to put chat windows, markets, map, show info boxes etc etc etc on the other monitor? Or better yet just allow the player to arrange it as he sees fit - maybe slide the overview over there, put those menu buttons down here... you get the idea. Please give us some real dual-monitor support! ________
Shigawahhhhh Caldari Metalworks	Posted - 2007.03.21 02:54:00 - [47] I might even think about not stacking all my chat windows if we could stick them on the other monitor...mmmm we need this. Also using this as a bump for this post.
Eraggan Sadarr Caldari Phoenix Tribe 5th Column	Posted - 2007.03.23 16:11:00 - [48] /signed There seems to be most demand for dual monitor support where you can stick all the windows cluttering your flight experience. Let's start with that. Then make all elements positionable, i.e. overview, market, chat channels, drone interface, gang, map, etc. Eraggan Sadarr
Clansworth Good Rock Materials	Posted - 2007.03.24 03:36:00 - [49] I routinely run two eve clients on my two monitors, without a considerable slowdown. The trick is to run in Horizontal Span mode. This gets rid of the whole primary/secondary problem in windows, as they are treated as the same to windows (splitting is done in the driver/card). This works great for two clients on two monitors, but can't really scale past that. The Triplehead2go works for 3. All they really need to do is an option to move the center of focus. If there was a way to move the center of focus to say 25%left, or 25% right, instead of just 50%, it would allow us to span it across both screens, and just move all the modal windows to the right screen, next to the overview, withough splitting the ship/modules in half. Lifter, Prospector
Chruker	Posted - 2007.03.24 03:41:00 - [50] Originally by: Clansworth All they really need to do is an option to move the center of focus. If there was a way to move the center of focus to say 25%left, or 25% right, instead of just 50%, it would allow us to span it across both screens, and just move all the modal windows to the right screen, next to the overview, withough splitting the ship/modules in half. That could also be used by people that are running EVE on very wide-screen monitors. They could clutter one side of the monitor with the static windows and then have the space view having its center somewhere else on the screen so that they can still see what is going on all the sides of the warp tunnel. ----- http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online ----- Top 3 wishes: 1: No daily downtime. 2: Updated dump of the database. 3: An update of the ingame browser, to fix ex: slow tables.
Mahtie	Posted - 2007.03.28 03:54:00 - [51] In game industry you MUST know these 3 rules: 1-Cheat, 2-Cheat!, 3- hmm? oh ! almost forgot! C-H-E-A-T !!!!!! Do NOT develop fency dual screen support! You already can play on Dual screen with the actual build ! you just need to run the game on high resolution... FPS is just fine on my x1800 (Even if Ati is a piece of crap... ) But it cause a mojor problem! ship is splitted!? and HUD too! Damn! Is it that complicated to figure out !? The problem is stupid and there is 2 solutions: a complicated and expensive one, Then the simple and "why didn't we tough about that ourself?" one. Solution 1- complicated $$$ Split the Main interface in a Dual viewport interface that you can easyly slide from left to right! , has in 3Dmax, Maya... But that could be tricky if you have engine limitation... You would need good programming ressources (lot of time and $$$) if your engine core has no such support at all. Solution 2- Simple! Instead of wasting money in rewriting the engine Core, just use the already integrated panel on the left side. Make it easy to expend from left to right by mouse drag or a button. That panel may not be ideal for enabling a 3D render, BUT since it's scripting already support content update( flashing icons and update of the wallet...) The Fonctions must already all be there in the engine to support a pre-configured Empty grey panel that when enabled, just take half of one screen. Then the user set the graphic size to one that fit it's dual screen setup. A GREY PANEL? yep! You just need to change the superposition order of the left panel so that the Chat, market and any other ANNOYING floating windows could be DRAGED OVER! SIMPLE! No additionnal render cost = no FPS drop. and CHEAP! Mahtie
Drizit Amarr	Posted - 2007.03.28 10:46:00 - [52] Originally by: Mahtie Solution 2- Simple! ...blah blah... settings that only ATI has. Do you propose that we all switch to ATI graphic cards just to play Eve, missing out on some of the things we enjoy in every other game we play? Geforce cards cannot do what you have suggested. Even having the ability to change the centre of the view by dragging the GUI to the centre of the primary monitor would help. Then stretching the view across two screens wouldn't split the gui in half. The floating GUI has been asked for many times in the past. If the external view camera was aimed at the GUI, this would give a 'car drivers' view with part of the windscreen across the passenger side. This little used viewing are could then be used to accommodate the windows. However, unless you use SLI, the FPS of the second screen is usually a lot less. My idea above allows SLI users to have dual monitor support but those of us who use a single graphics card would have a harder time due to the overall FPS drop that the second screen forces. The blanked area would enable us to use the second monitor without the FPS drop since video updates would be limited to what windows were put there rather than the view of space and whatever is flying in it. Also Mathie, you suggest that dual screen is a cheat but you then suggest a way to do it How is dual screen a cheat if CCP program the ability into the game so everyone can use it? --
Mahtie	Posted - 2007.03.28 23:07:00 - [53] Edited by: Mahtie on 28/03/2007 23:06:13 My friend, when I say Cheat I'm not talking to players! I'm talking to developper... Let me give you an exemple: If I have a 3 minute cut scene to do at the end of a game whit 3 characters... Do you sincerly think I will animate the 3 characters during 3 minutes each? For a total of 9 minutes of animation? NO! we'll find a way to use camera angles so the player see all characters in the same camera view as less as possible. so if I hear character 1 talking to character 2 I will make the camera switch between the 2 character instead of have both of them on my camera angle. instead of animating both I will animate short clips for each of them... That is CHEATING. IN the same fashion, they need to work within their engine limitations and find a cheat, a hack.. THEY need to find a way to work around the problem WHITOUT reprogramming the engine to detects both screens. ***************************************************************** *************** TO COME BACK ON DUAL SCREEN *************** ***************************************************************** What I'm telling DEV team, is that their engine must already be able to support a resolution that would fit in the pixel ratio of most standard widescreens and cards. You just need a resolution multiple of 2 screen wide and 1 of height. So instead of telling the engine what to render on what screen, (wich would mean having the engine to Manage the videocard that manages the screens !?!? ) Just modify what is rendered and where on one single window. So When a player in the settings hit that resolution, starting from the left, the engine render a really light picture half of the width, then the engine would start rendering the heavy 3D on the other half. No needs to tell the engine what to render on wich screen. Just tell the engine to render the "space" starting at a defined pixel. If you have one screen it makes no sense, but if you got 2 , you can stretch the game on both screens, having your ship and HUD perfectly fitting on one and all the other annoying little windows on the screen that render barely nothing. Little Frame rate loss since half of the pixels are rendering text and static pictures. For sure, Higher resolutions would need better videocards whit Dual-DVI You just need to find the better resolution that would fit the engine and most videocard, and use what is already in the engine to save time and momney
Drizit Amarr	Posted - 2007.03.30 03:34:00 - [54] Originally by: Mahtie Edited by: Mahtie on 28/03/2007 23:06:13 My friend, when I say Cheat I'm not talking to players! I'm talking to developper... My apologies, I misunderstood your intent. I stand corrected. Cheating from a programming point of view is fine when used as with your cutscene analogy, it's the kind of thing that's used in the movie industry all the time. However, as a programmer myself, to make changes in this way by hacking and jury rigging is a major no-no. It has to be done properly otherwise the whole thing falls over for some users and causes bigger problems than re-writing the original engine would have done. Theere are as many players who have been asking for a floating GUI as there have been for dual screen support. This would be an ideal opportunity to make both camps happy. Allow for the floating GUI with the option to have the camera centred on it and also allow for a parent info window to be opened to provide an opaque backdrop for the other windows (scanner, local and such) and also the overview if necessary. Personally, I find that being able to click on objects behind the overview can get really annoying when you want to target something from the overview in a busy environment, also the fact that a light background and/or target lines makes it hard to read the overview. Both of these make it necessary to move the camera view to remove external view interference. Having it on an opaque backdrop and free from external view interference would be a bonus. --
The Perpetrator Caldari Life Without Parole	Posted - 2007.03.31 07:41:00 - [55] I definitely agree on all counts with the dual monitor UI support ideas. One other thing I haven't seen mentioned would be the ability to run a normal ship view (with or without controls) on one monitor and a zoomed out technical overview layout on the other. I find that I usually fight with the overlay on zoomed out to about 50k or so, and it would be cool to have another monitor showing the closeup view with no controls (ala CTRL-F9), especially for capturing video or entertaining friends watching over your shoulder.
Krxon Blade Caldari Apogee Group	Posted - 2007.03.31 09:37:00 - [56] Signed! (again) As I signed before, and even posted own thread about that issue. Atm EVE does not support real dual monitor system. It only extends one window over another monitor. And like others says we need option to move ingame panels outside of main Eve window. I would also like to point again on main overview issue: when you are in biger gang and or using drones, it is becames too crowded. --
Eve Bay	Posted - 2007.04.03 02:07:00 - [57] /Signed Here is an idea that might help, but might also be very open to hacks: The eve client runs some sort of local IRC server so that normal IRC clients can be configured to connect to it. You only & minimize all the channels you want to connect to in your eve client & them become avalable to ur IRC client. This would mean that all the chat's could be run on a secondard monitor. Other option is secondary Cleint that connects to the main client, that is an cut down eve irc client. Note: one can do some thing similar atm, via having Eve Log chat to file. The twp problems are: - file changes every time you log in to eve - can not reply to change, only see chat. You need a text view that will see updates to the file on the fly. got to run now, might update with more info later. enjoy
Axe 2Gr1nd Minmatar Ponymen of Perdition Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2007.04.03 03:58:00 - [58] Edited by: Axe 2Gr1nd on 03/04/2007 03:54:46 /Signed Here is an idea that might help, but might also be very open to hacks: The eve client runs some sort of local IRC server so that normal IRC clients can be configured to connect to it. You only & minimize all the channels you want to connect to in your eve client & them become avalable to ur IRC client. This would mean that all the chat's could be run on a secondard monitor. Other option is secondary Cleint that connects to the main client, that is an cut down eve irc client. Note: one can do some thing similar atm, via having Eve Log chat to file(this option is listed as some thing that will increase ur LAG). The twp problems are: - file changes every time you log in to eve - can not reply to change, only see chat. You need a text view that will see updates to the file on the fly. got to run now, might update with more info later. enjoy -------------------------------------------------- To be put to the grind stone, To Sharpen One's Skills. -------------------------------------------------- -POP- Fear the pony men.
Bellatorius	Posted - 2007.04.03 16:44:00 - [59] Just re-upped my account and was immediately reminded of one of my biggest pet peeves about EVE: the appaling lack of real estate on the screen for all these damn windows! EVE absolutely screams a need for Dual Monitor support. Hell, I came to this forum not really wondering if support existed, but how to enable it. It seemed like a no-brainer that it would already be there. Guess not. /bump
Shigawahhhhh Caldari Metalworks	Posted - 2007.04.05 11:16:00 - [60] So how do we bribe a dev to write this eh?
Archaelos	Posted - 2007.04.18 15:02:00 - [61] Edited by: Archaelos on 18/04/2007 14:58:47 /signed Pretty much completely agree with everything that's been said.
Alexa Stryker	Posted - 2007.04.21 12:56:00 - [62] A like this idea.. .And I want it signed
Equipment Warehouse	Posted - 2007.04.22 18:43:00 - [63] /signed IIRC dual monitor support used to be there but got removed somewhere along the way. I know I've see pics of it That said, Eve would be fantastic with the ability to assign chat boxes, over-view, cargo hold, scanner, system map ... all that popup stuff over to a supplimentary monitor. Just imagine your main Eve display on a HD monitor in glorious 40'' plus (as some-one suggested already), with one or two supplimentery TFT displays for the rest of you needs. E.W.
Drakin030	Posted - 2007.04.24 01:29:00 - [64] /signed No responce from a dev yet?
Osric Wuscfrea Gallente Icarus' Wings	Posted - 2007.04.26 13:39:00 - [65] Edited by: Osric Wuscfrea on 26/04/2007 13:37:00 I don't think I have played anything that supports multi monitors correctly. I have used Dual Monitors for about 5 years. I experimented with triple for a while, but dual suits my normal usage perfectly. NVidia is ok with two using horizontal span, but the bezel sits in the middle of your FOV. Triple makes more sense for gaming, but is nigh on impossible to get working. Obviously the graphics card also take s a hammering and games don't support the 2nd card. I did hope that PCI-E would address this, but to no avail. I also read up about Matrox Triple head, but you are limited to monitor type and resolution, i.e. 1024x 768 x 3, analogue. Ok for games, but I want better in daily use. I for one, have just about given up hope of ever seeing it implemented in any game. My new cunning plan is to massivly increase monitor real-estate instead. I'm going to say hello to a 30" widescreen next month... -- Rgds Mike WWW.Dead-Fish.com Deep Sea Daddies...
Garr Anders Minmatar Eve University Ivy League	Posted - 2007.04.26 15:47:00 - [66] Originally by: Osric Wuscfrea I also read up about Matrox Triple head, but you are limited to monitor type and resolution, i.e. 1024x 768 x 3, analogue. Ok for games, but I want better in daily use. [/quote Actually, Matrox just released digital version of their dual and triple head to go. The digital dual head to go in addition now also supports two 1680 x 1050 screens. And regarding the older models of the DH2G and TH2G, they are supporting Resolution Refresh rate 2048 x 768 60, 75, 85Hz 2560 x 1024* 60Hz for the dual analog and Resolution 2048 x 768 (2x 1024 x 768) 60Hz 2560 x 1024 (2x 1280 x 1024 60Hz 2720 x 768 (2x 1360 x 768) 60Hz 2880 x 900 (2x 1440 x 900) 60Hz 3200 x 1200 (2x 1600 x 1200)* 60Hz 3360 x 1050 (2x 1680 x 1050) 60Hz 3840 x 1080 (2x 1920 x 1080)** 60Hz 3840 x 1200 (2x 1920 x 1200) 59Hz for the analog. Just to clarify this, for more just check matrox http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/home.php Garr Anders - Minmatar
Jawas Gallente	Posted - 2007.04.26 20:02:00 - [67] Originally by: Osric Wuscfrea My new cunning plan is to massivly increase monitor real-estate instead. I'm going to say hello to a 30" widescreen next month... I'm waaaaaay ahead of you there, I got a projector and watch Eve on the wall at a massive 125 inches. Talk about FULL immersion, any bigger and I could actually sit in the pilots seat of my ship. -- Sig design in training: Remaining time 30 years 20 days, 4 hours, 10 mins, 15 seconds.
Krynn Darkhold	Posted - 2007.04.26 20:33:00 - [68] Edited by: Krynn Darkhold on 26/04/2007 20:30:02 I want to add my support for dual/multi monitor support. I see few games that actually warrant this but EVE definitely does. I think if we could simply float any of the overlay windows from the sidebar into another monitor it would be a great thing. Nobody has mentioned the Corp screens which can take up a lot of space themselves since some of the scroll buttons don't work right and we have to widen the screen just to see all the data. If you have the corp control open, market, item/ship comparison, any combination of chats,wallet, fitting, etc. it does get quite cluttered and you can entirely lose windows. Eve is a very complex game and one of few that I see a real need for utilizing multiple monitors. ---Krynn Darkhold Darkhold Enterprises CEO
NetHawk Net Inc.	Posted - 2007.04.27 21:02:00 - [69] I completely endorse this product and or service. Been running dual monitors for years myself. I do about the same with windowed mode and everything else on the other screen. Would be good to be able to DECIDE what goes on the auxilary screen as having the system name and stuff like that on the left and the overview on the right with the modules in some sort of split would Suck with a capital S.
nighthawkcm Minmatar German Kings The Fifth Race	Posted - 2007.04.29 09:10:00 - [70] /signed
Viro Melchior	Posted - 2007.04.30 02:11:00 - [71] Anyone else curious why the first reply was a mod, but there hasn't been any non-player comment since?
Krynn Darkhold	Posted - 2007.05.02 14:14:00 - [72] Edited by: Krynn Darkhold on 02/05/2007 14:11:00 The mod reply was simply asking clarification. The point I get is that since the question was posed and we have made more specific comments that they're simply compiling the information. I know several devs from several companies and they simply can't respond to everything. In cases like this someone usually just farms the data and keeps track of how many people are interested versus not interested. I'd not expect any comments (though I can hope) unless one of three things happens: 1: firm no way is decided 2: more details are wanted 3: it's a comfirmed addition in a patch so you'd see it in a patch announcement If they pop up their head otherwise someone's going to start shooting at it LOL This is EVE and I know someone's camping the thread with a battlecruiser ;) Who knows maybe some of the comments above are from their player alts :)
WGAnubis Marrith	Posted - 2007.05.03 17:34:00 - [73] Id like to definitely see dual screen ability for eve. One screen be for piloting the other for everything else. I could imagine the sheer usefullness it would be to have the full map being displayed while in route.
Verlane Succorso	Posted - 2007.05.04 03:23:00 - [74] I use dual 19" LCDs to play most games. EVE looks excellent on two screens but having the ability to offset the ship off-center would be a nice touch.
Jack Forge Gallente Prox XII Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.05.21 17:21:00 - [75] Quote: Id like to definitely see dual screen ability for eve. One screen be for piloting the other for everything else. I could imagine the sheer usefullness it would be to have the full map being displayed while in route. agree /signed __________________________________________________ Stupid is as stupid does...
Shaddn Arakh	Posted - 2007.06.01 13:44:00 - [76] Quote: Id like to definitely see dual screen ability for eve. One screen be for piloting the other for everything else. I could imagine the sheer usefullness it would be to have the full map being displayed while in route. /signed dual screen is a must and everybody else has it..
Ezeon	Posted - 2007.06.01 17:54:00 - [77] /sign the whole thing. Too much stuff in EVE for one monitor.
Bambi	Posted - 2007.06.04 15:00:00 - [78] Dont hold yer breath this has been requested since 2002. Who knows with the DX10 client though things might get a kick start.
MolRob Caldari HUN Corp. HUN Reloaded	Posted - 2007.06.11 14:15:00 - [79] I just thought i will start a thread about dual monitor support but i found this one. i relaized today how much i hate the chat windows, the market window and stuff. i always try to drag them to my other screen, but i cant. So. If all the things in the left bar could be opened on a second display or something, that would be awesome. no wait. its actually must have.
K'reemy G'udness Gallente Delicious	Posted - 2007.06.12 00:27:00 - [80] Originally by: Verlane Succorso I use dual 19" LCDs to play most games. EVE looks excellent on two screens but having the ability to offset the ship off-center would be a nice touch. So THATS their idea of "dual monitor support". GHEY! I'm with you guys, I want to be able to throw map and other ui windows on another screen. And I don't want my ship split between 2 screens. Thats just tarded beyond belief. I contacted that mod who spanked the OP to get him to come back and explain himself. He won't show though, I'd bet isk. Sincerely, K'reemy --- Recruiting
XiticiX Gallente Kudzu Collective Knights Of the Southerncross	Posted - 2007.06.12 01:18:00 - [81] /signed ~~~ This is my sig. Do you like it? ~~~
Cori4n	Posted - 2007.06.12 01:48:00 - [82] /signed I could probably get dual screen to "work" with my ship cut off in the middle. But I'd much much rather have real dual monitor support.
Vorketh Mordanil	Posted - 2007.06.13 16:52:00 - [83] Originally by: Jawas Originally by: Osric Wuscfrea My new cunning plan is to massivly increase monitor real-estate instead. I'm going to say hello to a 30" widescreen next month... I'm waaaaaay ahead of you there, I got a projector and watch Eve on the wall at a massive 125 inches. Talk about FULL immersion, any bigger and I could actually sit in the pilots seat of my ship. I really don't know how comfortable you would be in a pod :P Just stick with your uber projector. As far as dual monitor support, I just bought another monitor so that I can run two accounts, one in each. I knew in advance it would be in windowed mode, but having them not overlap is better than overlapping on one monitor, so I'm one step ahead, but I do wish that maximized or full-screen support for dual accounts existed, along with an off-set car driver view that has been mentioned already for running one account along both screens beautifully! You've got my support, and I'd really like to see this by Rev 3. Thanks V
Spy4Hire	Posted - 2007.06.13 21:33:00 - [84] Having all the UI info on another display (same monitor or another monitor) that would not be recorded in FRAPS would be just peachy...
Sam Bacon KAOS. KA0S Theory	Posted - 2007.06.18 22:11:00 - [85] /signed, does anyone have experiance on how to get eve running over 3 screens, such as equipment ect. At the moment im thinking a nvidia pci-e card which can hold 2 screens and adding a pci gpu card for the 3rd screen, would this work?
PsyMan Absolutely No Return	Posted - 2007.06.21 16:25:00 - [86] /signed Most windows apps can support all of the other windows on a 2nd monitor, would be great to see eve support it as well. I have come to the conclusion that it would be better to develop this functionality before working on more eye candy as to play the game properly I can't see the eye candy anyway through all of the other required windows. Imagine being able to keep usefull stuff open AND play the game at the same time, that would change everything
Orisi	Posted - 2007.06.21 20:48:00 - [87] /signed with blood. I have been running a tri-monitor system for years, and would love being immersed within the eve hud system, just like flight simulator. Eve has so much useful information, and I would love to be able to see/monitor it all.
Tung Caldari NET Profit Trading	Posted - 2007.06.21 21:15:00 - [88] /signed also with blood I have 2 monitors and for a long time wished i could have my info and chat windows on my other monitor while i had a clear view while in space. Has anyone of the devs also thought about having a modable HUD? (i.e. being able to resize different parts and all parts)
Igian Furus	Posted - 2007.07.12 17:29:00 - [89] Why does it seem to me, that no-one in dev reads the forum... all the good ideas for enhanced gaming experience seem to go unnoticed by the devs. And is that a way of saying: "make a petition"? Well, at least as I'm concerned, the dual monitor support would be like a gift from heaven. And as the many said: Ability to split the gaming area to 2 or 3 zones which would be asily resizeable. Then anyone could make the game look and feel as they like to play. The way I would personally use my dual setup, would be to get all windows to the second display and the 3d view to first.
Ziggy Smalls	Posted - 2007.08.08 03:26:00 - [90] If by some luck this does become a strong consideration by the dev team, I'd like to see full customization of the UI as far as which monitor it belongs to. What I'd like is to be able to have everything but the ship HUD with its modules movable to a second window or tray, if one so wished. I'd also like an option to put the tactical overlay in a second monitor. For instance, you're piloting your ship on the first at a relatively close range, but on the 2nd is a view zoomed out to various presets (25km, 50km, etc) with the tactical overlay applied and all overview settings duplicated.
Selquita Imperium Technologies Firmus Ixion	Posted - 2007.08.08 10:20:00 - [91] Info: I play EVE spanned across two 15" crt monitors. It's not bad, took some getting used to, but overall it makes EVE playable. Idea: It was broached a couple times by people about adjusting the UI itself. That would be the first and easiest step in terms of implementing Dual Monitor Support. WoW (I hate to use it as a reference) had great support for customized UI's, but more importantly, many of the UI packs allowed for movable UI objects. Shortcut bars, bags, unit frames. Such would be excellent for EVE. We already have something similar for the chat windows, ie: pinning. Something similar could be setup for other ui elements such as targeting, ship ui, market info, ect. Though, Market, Fitting, and other such windows are already floating and fully movable. But when playing spanned, the ship ui gets cut in half and on a crt monitor, the bezels between each can make it difficult to see the important information. I think a more robust UI, with limited customization options such as position, element size, and visibility, would be a major bonus to many of us who are playing across multiple monitors. A future enhancement would definitely need to include the usage of a second 'child' window where we could pull up or move pertinent information to it. And given the flexibility of DirectX, that shouldn't be too hard.... maybe? ====================================
Biometrics	Posted - 2007.08.08 11:05:00 - [92] /signed agree, duel monitor support might bring us into the digital age, since it looks like most of us that play EVE have 2 or 3 monitors at our disposal :D It would be awesome
orex repus	Posted - 2007.08.13 19:07:00 - [93] /signed i agree as well... dual monitor support is really needed.. with all the little chat windows inside eve cluttering up the view.. and more and more people having more than 1 monitor connected to their pc would seem like the most obvious thing to do... just have to see what ccp does with the suggestions.. just hope it doesn't all just get ignored by the devs-team and is really something they pickup on
Kiffo	Posted - 2007.08.13 19:12:00 - [94] Originally by: Astorothe Specifically I mean features such as: - being able to display in game UI windows on a second monitor (such as eve markets, map, etc Have you seen what they have done with Supreme Commander? Having dual monitors is becoming more common as they become cheaper and so I wondered if yiou guys had plans for anything - hence asking in here not Gen Chat. /signed!
Blackback Starkiel	Posted - 2007.10.02 09:41:00 - [95] I would think the simplest way to implement this in windowed mode would just be to allow the client to spawn extra windows (map, market and communications comes to mind). That way one can use the Windows desktop directly and arrange your windows however you like. In full-screen mode I guess the best solution for two-monitor setups is to keep the 3D stuff on one monitor and have an empty area on the other monitor to where you can drag the windows you like. . Griatch Holographic gallery of my artwork
Padreic ICE is Coming to EVE Tau Ceti Federation	Posted - 2007.10.02 10:41:00 - [96] As said previously in this topic, DoubleHead2Go or TripleHead2Go from Matrox is the solution to play fullscreen over 2 or 3 screens. You will get enough space to keep opened all the windows that you need.
Blackback Starkiel	Posted - 2007.10.03 21:46:00 - [97] Originally by: Padreic As said previously in this topic, DoubleHead2Go or TripleHead2Go from Matrox is the solution to play fullscreen over 2 or 3 screens. You will get enough space to keep opened all the windows that you need. Isn't the problem with this that the two-screen version will place your ship right in the center "between" the two screens so to speak? . Griatch Holographic gallery of my artwork
Braeriach	Posted - 2007.10.04 20:14:00 - [98] Edited by: Braeriach on 04/10/2007 20:15:08 /signed in blood This would really set the game apart. I'd like to have one screen for the 3D lovliness and ship control; anything that is related to moving or activating ship modules on one side. On the other side I would like a tactical overview. Have some room to spread the overview out and get all the useful data on there, room for a less cramped chat window, and maybe even other stuff such as drone control. At the moment I have maybe a third of my screen for looking at the good graphics, and as much as I'm looking fwd to Trinity 2, I'm also wondering how much of it I will get to gawp at. Melodrama over. Seriously, it'd be like having nuts of gold.
sg3s Caldari O.W.N. Corp FREGE Alliance	Posted - 2007.10.04 20:28:00 - [99] I have had dual monitors for a long time and I would cry whenever I concluded another game didn't support them, however nof i just bought a 26" screen supporting 1920x1200px, does the trick for me.... I't rather go a step further here and ask for tripple monitor support, for the balance in my case... Anyways I'm in for the idea!
Red Harvest	Posted - 2007.10.05 07:02:00 - [100] Im fine if the graphics only show on one screen and all the chat/market/2nd overview/scanner/map windows get displayed on the 2nd monitor. Like someone else said take a look at how "Supreme Commander" makes use of dual-monitors, its really nice once you get accustomed to it. Main Screen: Ship GUI, drone control, 1st overview Sec. Screen: Chat Channels, Maps, 2nd overview (different settings and with multiple rows), market/contract window
Kolloth Merch Industrial GoonSwarm	Posted - 2007.10.05 09:25:00 - [101] I've been working on my own 3d engine off and on (mostly off to be honest, coding A.D.D. itt) and the last feature i added was support for dual monitors. I haven't quite finished it as yet, i've had some problems with window positions if the primary monitor is the right hand screen, rather than the left, but i can tell you it's more complicated than simply creating another window. There are all sorts of problems you need to consider. It's probably not feasable to try to implement it in the current engine, however i would be disapointed if they haven't at least tried to work it into the new engine they have planned. It is the kind of thing you need to design in early on. ps. Dear CCP. Start a small offshoot development site in northern ireland. I'll work for you.
Snowcrash Winterheart2 Gallente Federal Navy Academy	Posted - 2007.11.14 13:11:00 - [102] /signed. Dual monitors, even only on the full Windows client, would be a major bonus for managing convo's, overview and the map. ----- Four paws... four sets of claws.
nyogen Gallente Ninmu Seijaku Legionnaire Services Ltd.	Posted - 2007.11.14 13:53:00 - [103] /signed
Sarah Aubry Caldari School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2007.11.20 04:06:00 - [104] I would like: centre monitor: main UI controls, ship left monitor: map, chat windows right monitor: overview (on far left side), more chat windows etc.
Laice Caldari The Greater Good Novus Aevum	Posted - 2007.11.27 16:16:00 - [105] /signed maybe gravedigging with this thread but i think it still applies especially with trinity in the works. Whats better than a gorgeos game? A gorgeous game on 2/3 screens :) I have a really nice signature. It doesnt exceed the 24000 byte limit, or the height restrictions - Laice
Self Medicated	Posted - 2007.11.30 01:30:00 - [106] /sign
BtHatch	Posted - 2007.12.09 09:29:00 - [107] We got nothing new in trinity... And why do we have to use external application (eve launcher) to be able to use fullscreen windowed mode? (actually it just strips borders from eve window). Dual monitor support, improving user interface and of course fixing existing bugs without adding new content should be priority.
Archivian Specialatus Amarr Fairlight Corp FOUNDATI0N	Posted - 2007.12.09 14:37:00 - [108] /signed ------------------------------- bring back Eve TV
Towneh Icarus' Wings Daedalus Hegemony	Posted - 2007.12.13 02:19:00 - [109] Personally, I've felt that the most practical application of wide screen support in EVE goes pretty much like: Link Or, if you're feeling particularly sadistic and want to make your graphics card cry, you can also do this: Link Having the ability to separate a star map (or various components of the UI) from the in-game view without having to render 3D across both monitors and destroying performance in the process, would be quite a handsome feature that I wholeheartedly support!
Mr John22ta Galactic Terran Command	Posted - 2007.12.13 02:56:00 - [110] /signed I now care because I'm running dual 22 inch LCD's
Aurael Drakewing Legio Immortalis Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2007.12.13 03:34:00 - [111] Edited by: Aurael Drakewing on 13/12/2007 03:34:39 Originally by: Vorketh Mordanil Originally by: Jawas I'm waaaaaay ahead of you there, I got a projector and watch Eve on the wall at a massive 125 inches. Talk about FULL immersion, any bigger and I could actually sit in the pilots seat of my ship. I really don't know how comfortable you would be in a pod :P Just stick with your uber projector. As far as dual monitor support, I just bought another monitor so that I can run two accounts, one in each. I knew in advance it would be in windowed mode, but having them not overlap is better than overlapping on one monitor, so I'm one step ahead, but I do wish that maximized or full-screen support for dual accounts existed, along with an off-set car driver view that has been mentioned already for running one account along both screens beautifully! You've got my support, and I'd really like to see this by Rev 3. Thanks V I just had a really sick idea if CCP ever gets around to full multi-monitor support: 1 projector, 2 19-21" touch-sensitive screens. Main flight UI on the projector, with only 3-d content (space view), split the ship interface (modules, cap, etc), overview, and other combat controls to one of the screens, with full ability to use the touch screen to activate/deactivate modules, target other ships, etc. The other screen would have all of your modal dialogs, chat boxes, etc. Maybe something like this? Fear my leet MS Paint skills!
Kyra Felann Gallente Red Eye .Inc.	Posted - 2007.12.13 07:25:00 - [112] Originally by: BtHatch We got nothing new in trinity... And why do we have to use external application (eve launcher) to be able to use fullscreen windowed mode? (actually it just strips borders from eve window). It doesn't strip anything--it moves the window so it exactly takes up the full screen. I still see the borders on the edge of my other monitor.
Vinnessa Andrusia Faulty Solutions	Posted - 2007.12.16 18:13:00 - [113] For those of us that use Vista there is no way to do it at all. There is no longer the span option for multiple monitors, and an external device is not an option because my monitors are two different sizes(1920x1200 and 1600x1200) I would love to just be able to set the screen to 3520x1200 and run in full mode. My ship would still be on one monitor because of the size difference. --------------------------------------------------
Arcayan	Posted - 2007.12.17 07:04:00 - [114] /signed I'd be happy with 3D on center screen and 2D windows and other stuff on left and right displays. Ideally being able to script what goes where would be, well, ideal. I run a 27" center and two 19" side displays rotated into portrait mode. Anyone interested in some serious multi monitor setups should checkout Digital Tigers
Ikonz Silver Snake Enterprise SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.01.04 11:42:00 - [115] It would be awesome if we'd be able to run a client on each monitor, with windows however, this isn't possible... A client that can run multiple accounts could be a solution, it'd probably save a lot of workload for the computer and also make it more likely that people buy another account, win-win
Krollin Minmatar Ki Shoda	Posted - 2008.01.04 12:03:00 - [116] /signed. Though this thread has been going for some time without any response from CCP! I am sure its not that difficult to do, plus your cashcow (macro miners and farmers) would love it, only joking Kro
Havreth Ordnox	Posted - 2008.01.17 04:16:00 - [117] any updates? anyone having success getting eve on dual screen with vista?
Elenath Gallente Aliastra	Posted - 2008.01.17 04:55:00 - [118] /signed
OzDeaDMeaT	Posted - 2008.01.17 23:05:00 - [119] I can span Eve across my 2 24" monitors no problem. The only problem is that the ship is in the middle of the screen and thus half on one screen and half on the other. What would be handy is if you could shift the ship so it was in the center of the left screen or the center of the right screen. It would warp one side of the screen so it looks abit like a big fish eye lens but lets face it, If u got all ur market and evemail and other windows opened who cares.
Clansworth Point-Zero SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.01.18 06:12:00 - [120] Originally by: Vinnessa Andrusia For those of us that use Vista there is no way to do it at all. There is no longer the span option for multiple monitors, and an external device is not an option because my monitors are two different sizes(1920x1200 and 1600x1200) I would love to just be able to set the screen to 3520x1200 and run in full mode. My ship would still be on one monitor because of the size difference. Vista seems to work fine with spanning the window across monitors for me, they got rid of span mode in vista, because it was not needed. A window can span multiple displays on the same GPU without the performance hit of previous windows versions. In Your case, what you need to do is create a custom resolution at 3520x1200. Don't actually use this resolution, but just having it in the list should make it available for choosing windowed mode size. Then just position the window to the borders, and you should have your dual monitor gaming. Prospector Class
Demona Diabolicus Minmatar	Posted - 2008.01.18 21:33:00 - [121] I have Vista and Nvidia 8800GT and 2 monitors with 1280x1024 resolution and EVE does offer only 3 screen sizes: 1024x768, 116?x???, 1280x1024. There is no option to set the EVE's window to something like 2048x960 something. Btw. as I play EVE only in windowed mode (because disabling Outlook, Firefox, Excel, MSN, Skype, etc etc isnt an option when playing eve fullscreen) and I would like to benefit from 2 screens, I would like 2 separate EVE windows for one client. So I can view the normal space view in one and have starmap or solarsystemmap constantly open in another. Another good use for those 2 (or more?) window mode is that if you actually happen to have more than 2 monitors, you can freely move them to whatever monitor you desire. And rightclick on any of the eve's windows header should allow to "send to screen X" extra use for 2 views option -> the normal 3d space view should be allowed to render from slightly different angles so one could use those 3D glasses or helmet so that for both eyes are rendered separate picture. UPGRADE TO WINDOWED MODE 1. Please make the EVE window borderless (or give us option to set them borderless). Borders are horrible and specially horrible in Vista. They serve no purpose for EVE, since you can't actually resize the EVE window anyway from them. Just for having the minimize and close button on the titlebar is good enough reason. Also for moving the window around you could assign other regions of screen for that. 2. Give us more (or even better, with self configurable X and Y variables) window size options. 3. not sure if this is doable at all, but I would like to move EVE's in-game windows OUT of the EVE window. What I mean is that I would like to move, for example, market/chat/items/cargo etc. windows to another physical screen out of EVE's window...
Demona Diabolicus Minmatar	Posted - 2008.01.18 21:36:00 - [122] Edited by: Demona Diabolicus on 18/01/2008 21:36:48 Originally by: Vinnessa Andrusia In Your case, what you need to do is create a custom resolution at 3520x1200. Don't actually use this resolution, but just having it in the list should make it available for choosing windowed mode size. and how exactly you do that?
Clansworth Point-Zero SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.01.19 04:21:00 - [123] Originally by: Demona Diabolicus extra use for 2 views option -> the normal 3d space view should be allowed to render from slightly different angles so one could use those 3D glasses or helmet so that for both eyes are rendered separate picture. This is already possible using NVIDIA's Stereo3D drivers. Just about any DirectX 3D game will work with them, the only complications arise from how the game uses 2D elements (like the HUD, target reticle, etc) which eve does just fine. Prospector Class
Clansworth Point-Zero SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.01.19 04:24:00 - [124] Originally by: Demona Diabolicus Originally by: Clansworth In Your case, what you need to do is create a custom resolution at 3520x1200. Don't actually use this resolution, but just having it in the list should make it available for choosing windowed mode size. and how exactly you do that? The easiest way is to use a tweaking program, like Powerstrip. It has the ability to create custom resolutions. You won't be able to actually USE this resolution, as your monitors don't really support it, but it should add it to the list of available window sizes in Eve. Prospector Class
Saelyth Nightwish Gallente Stormriders	Posted - 2008.01.25 18:26:00 - [125] I completely agree with this idea. In fact i think this should pretty much be top priority. My screen is completely cluttered with UI junk (chat, people/places, overview, drones, fleet & broadcast, system information targets, quick buttons, ship readout, mods ect..) Thats a lot of junk on the screen. Would be nice to move everything movable and not combat related to an other screen. ----------------------------------- Suggestions Smartbombs vs. Cloak
Shaka Quatuic	Posted - 2008.01.25 22:32:00 - [126] Edited by: Shaka Quatuic on 25/01/2008 22:34:28 I hereby slash my finger and sign with blood. Ive got 2 monitors and not being able to use both of them just for all the extra little windows - chat, system and starmaps, market, corp etc. - is annoying the hell out of me all those windows should be independent of the main GUI as it is.
Eragorn Shadowkiller	Posted - 2008.01.25 22:50:00 - [127] /signed It is a shame that EVE STILL does not support multiple monitors
Krxon Blade	Posted - 2008.01.25 22:51:00 - [128] Signing this again. Although it is much better playing experience on 24'' @ 1920x1200, than on 19'' @ 1280x1024, which I had when signed this post last time :) -- EVE offline game
MadOne69	Posted - 2008.01.26 08:16:00 - [129] I also agree I would love to have 1 sceeen ONLY with the space / station view and the OTHER screen only for all the windows inside (chat, market, char specs etc) and be able to tell the client where to place things. I wouldnt even care if it was a separate client to do it! I would make the experience of eve so much nicer.
Sanduleak	Posted - 2008.01.26 09:19:00 - [130] Edited by: Sanduleak on 26/01/2008 09:22:34 OK, for the nVidia 8800 Series on XP, I just figured my own out. Yes, custom resolutions are possible! Note: My instructions will read as if I'm a little gruff, but that's because I don't write operational orders to be poetic. Here's the salt: Note: You will, from this moment forward, run EVE windowed, not full-screen. Note: Only a cherry runs it full-screen anyway. Note: What you're doing is fooling Windows into thinking that your monitor supports whatever resolution you're about to create. Note: EVE is dumb. It simply interrogates Windows to find out what resolutions to offer you for EVE's client window. Note: This is why you're going to tell Windows you have a custom size, so that that custom size will be available to the EVE client. Note: DON'T EVER SELECT THAT CUSTOM RESOLUTION FOR WINDOWS ITSELF TO USE. YOU MIGHT IRREPARABLY DAMAGE YOUR MONITOR / GRAPHICS ADAPTER. Note: What you're doing is telling THE EVE CLIENT WINDOW to use that resolution after you start EVE. So, here goes: 1: Install the latest nVidia drivers from the site. 2: Install the nTune driver from the site. 3: Install Coolbits ForceWare registry modifications from guru3d.com. 4: Reboot now just because I said so. 5: Open the 'nVidia Control Panel \ Display \ Manage Custom Resolutions.' 6: If you have more than one monitor, pick one. 7: Click the 'Create' button, then the 'Advanced' button. 8: Drop the 'Timing Standard' droplist down and select 'Manual.' 9: Remember the current setting for the 'Desired Refresh Rate.' Change the 'Desired Refresh Rate' to something like 56. 10: Then change the 'Horizontal Desktop Pixels' and 'Vertical Desktop Lines' to the resolution you want the Window-Mode EVE Client to run. 11: Before step 12, know that you can potentially damage your monitor (unlikely) or see a black screen (not very likely) when you do step 12. 12: Click Test, and hopefully you will see a confirmation box whose 'OK' button you can quickly click so as to return your monitor to a proper refresh rate. 13: Now go return the 'Desired Refresh Rate' to whatever it was before you changed it. 14: Now click 'OK.' 15: You will be returned to the nVidia Control Panel and you should see your new resolution in the 'Custom Resolutions' for that monitor. 16: Rinse and repeat for any other monitor. Note: I have two monitors, a 24" and a 22". I made my custom resolutions such that the EVE clients running on any given monitor have EXACTLY the dimensions that fit the available space remaining after the other things I want visible (such as my Windows taskbar). SO THIS WORKS or I wouldn't be running 1914x1072 on the 24" or 1674x1022 on the 22" monitor. Note: If you have more than one monitor, then you have more than one logical display adapter in Windows - one for each monitor. When you start EVE, go to the 'Display and Graphics' tab and drop the 'Display Adapter' droplist. Notice you have more than one logical display adapter. You will select, for the EVE client window you've just started, the proper logical adapter corresponding to the monitor upon which you'll be running that particular EVE client window. Once you do that, voila, you'll see the custom resolution(s) you defined available for EVE to use on that monitor. They'll be different for each logical adapter if you have different monitor sizes like I do. OK, so now, to all the smart arses who answered people meanly about this process: If you had any dalls, you'd try to help people. Only an insecure, rubber-spined fartknocker tells people 'you should know how to do it.' I've been in IT for 15 years now and I had to figure this out with my new box. I guarantee I know more about Windows than you do. So next time you go to post, make sure you're not wasting forum space. To those with the 8800 issue, I hope this helps you. I'm running three copies of the client concurrently at weird-arse resolutions as I type this. Rock on!
Xindi Kraid Caldari	Posted - 2008.01.26 09:20:00 - [131] /sign. I like to have the market and ship info open when traveling but it blocks the ship and interferes with navigation and would cause me die if I had them open during combat. Also when putting together a new ship I end up getting lost on the way to pick up each part so being able to have the starmap up on the side would be a plus. Then I can see where I am going AND use the stargate/watch the activity in the system at the same time --Bird of Prey: Forum God 1. War 2. 3. Profit
Grytok moon7empler Ev0ke	Posted - 2008.01.26 09:46:00 - [132] When CCP? When are you going to give us multi-monitor-support for EvE? Like so many others said, just make the second screen a blackboard, where we can put our chats, market, etc... I run different resolutions on my 2 screens, so the split-thingy was never an option, and who likes to have his ship and UI splitted anyways? . CCP gave us shiny new graphics. Too bad they removed Anti Aliasing for me :\
Rhitick	Posted - 2008.01.26 21:19:00 - [133] definately singed for dual monitor setups.
neamiah	Posted - 2008.01.27 03:23:00 - [134] Edited by: neamiah on 27/01/2008 03:24:34 Maybe someone already said something like this in this thread but I'll just reinforce the comment if there is... With the way EVE is already moving with having the ability to move in-game modules (windows) around, it seems that a second monitor should be able to do a few different things. Being able to choose which monitor you want the ship centered on would be nice. This might leave a blank screen on the secondary monitor or better yet a nice "module background" with some sort of EVEish textures. no matter what is chosen, I would still like to have option of having whichever modules a player wanted on the flight screen as everyone has different playing styles. My two cents...
Zev Torban Minmatar Vendetta Underground Rule of Three	Posted - 2008.01.31 11:46:00 - [135] Agreed on the multiple monitor support (not just dual). Anyone who's used Photoshop has probably noticed that your palette windows can be moved around, independant of Photoshop's main window, even if Photoshop is maximized. AND, those palettes will remember their location next time you open PS. Not sure if that's do-able with a 3D game, as I have not seen ANY 3D games that will let you bounce between apps without the "OMG, we lost focus, minimize the game quick and flickers the screens annoyingly" affect. But if you could just open the game, and then move the chat window clean off the Eve client window to anywhere on your desktop, that would be workable. You can move every palette window from Photoshop to as many different monitors as you want, so that the entire Photoshop main window is uncluttered except for the image you're working on. Not as good as having a checkbox for declaring monitor x as the "Hud" or "Utility" window, dedicated to map, chat, etc, but it would be a step in the right direction. Signature file size to big, please keep it under 24000 bytes - Petwraith
Thargat Caldari North Star Networks Triumvirate.	Posted - 2008.01.31 12:04:00 - [136] Edited by: Thargat on 31/01/2008 12:05:10 It would be nice with multiple monitor support (like photoshop). I'd move chatwindows, overview, fleet, broadcasts, drones, scanner, starmap and cargohold windows and arrange them on the other monitors (if I had the chance). Also it would be sweet with some kind of savable worksheets that one could easily switch between. Say that for combat I only want certain windows open and on certain locations (like scanner, fleet, overview and such, including specific overview setups). I could arrange the windows and save them as "Combat" for example. I could then arrange other windows (trade, map, contracts) and so forth and save it as another worksheet. Switching between worksheets could be linked to keyboard shortcuts or small buttons in the interface. So if I press "hotkey1" then all windows would re-arrange, new ones would open and my overview would automaticly load the overview settings saved in the worksheet. edit: added worksheets and corrected spelling There's only one sig that matters... and that's Radius.
Trade1	Posted - 2008.02.11 10:49:00 - [137] Edited by: Trade1 on 11/02/2008 10:53:15 hi i am looking for a solution to make tiny windows un eve online like 800x600 or lower. trying ntune, powerstrip, riva turner, softth, changing resolution in pref.ini. i can have those resolution in windows but nothing works in eve online client ?? someone had solution ?
soima	Posted - 2008.02.13 22:51:00 - [138] For me it also would be nice if there is a camera offset mode for keeping the 3d action stuff away from the center (where actually my monitor frames are). Maybe controlled by slider to define the offset direction and distance.
IIIsun trackerIII	Posted - 2008.02.17 18:22:00 - [139] Originally by: ISD Victor Spade Hi Could you please be more specific about your question? Eve already supports dual monitors to an extent. Do you mean with increased functionality? Do you have any ideas of what some of these functions might be? If you are simply asking a question, it probably belongs in General Discussion or possibly EVE New Citizens Q&A -ReverendM It has now been over ONE YEAR since a Dev has replied in this thread. I think the community has been specific enough regarding the question at hand. THIS is what we want. Seriously -- No more elaboration is needed. Regards, -Austin
Ryo Jang Central Defiance Insurgency	Posted - 2008.02.17 23:02:00 - [140] /signed my eve screen is far too cluttered. i would love to be able to display all my overview, ship status displays, everything that isnt the space around me, on my secondary monitor.
Ryo Jang Central Defiance Insurgency	Posted - 2008.02.17 23:09:00 - [141] Originally by: Demona Diabolicus Btw. as I play EVE only in windowed mode (because disabling Outlook, Firefox, Excel, MSN, Skype, etc etc isnt an option when playing eve fullscreen)-snip- install evemon and use the fullscreen window mode option. works wonders.
Dancing Sun	Posted - 2008.02.22 18:01:00 - [142] Showing my support of the multiple monitor option within EVE! /signed
Anita Blonde	Posted - 2008.02.25 22:18:00 - [143] +1
Strykr X Silver Snake Enterprise SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.02.29 18:07:00 - [144] I'd like to start a petition to allow choices of different FOV angles. If not a selectable choice, then please at least a specific default FOV for each resolution. Problem: Using a triple-monitor display on 3840x1024, planets all look like flattened eggs if not directly in the center of the middle monitor. A wider default viewing angle on higher widescreen resolutions would be immensely appreciated. /sign
Emil Vakk State War Academy	Posted - 2008.03.27 00:13:00 - [145] /signed
Inconstant Moon Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.03.27 16:29:00 - [146] Here is my setup: desktop screen is 1440x900, main screen is 1680x1050. I have it apparently round the wrong way due to having the main display switchable from PC to TV, but still needing to see my windows taskbar etc on the other screen. I'm using vista and do not have nvidia nview because it's not yet available. Unfortunately this confuses Eve somewhat. I play in windowed mode, and Eve starts up on the desktop screen, sized to fit. If I'm not watching TV then I'll drag the Eve window to the main screen so I can see it better. Now it is too small, being sized for the small screen I use for the desktop. The problem is, I cannot make it any bigger. There is one higher resolution but it's not a widescreen one and hence doesn't fit. If the 1680x1050 option was available (and windows already knows it is available), or I could resize the window by dragging the corners, that would be great. -- CONCORD provides neither consequences nor safety.
FuQue Imperial Academy	Posted - 2008.03.27 16:32:00 - [147] Yes CCP this won't die until we get some sort of dual screen support. The ideal situation would be: 1) That my ship isn't centered across the whole 2 screens - just centered on 1 monitor of my choosing 2) That the other monitor is used for window management. With the UI getting more complex each patch, it is becoming VERY difficult to manage the UI effectively.
Astria Tiphareth School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2008.03.28 14:45:00 - [148] I wholeheartedly agree with the idea. At a bare minimum I'd want to have the system map on the second screen, ala Supreme Commander default. At a second level, I'd want to move UI portions off the first screen onto the second e.g. chat, overview, any floating window. Ideally, I'd want what Supreme Commander does but better, which is where both views are the exact same 3D view, with interchangeable 2D UI on top, with independent control. In other words, in that game, I can zoom in to two entirely different areas of the map independently on either screen. It's important to note that spanning is not dual monitor support, at least not by any usual graphics definition, as that requires no support in the application and just ends up with a widescreen version split across several monitors - in the case of two, your ship ends up split down the middle of the screen. ___ "If you can't debate using logic & fact, and at least recognise other people's point of view, don't waste time posting on forums. It only makes you look like a teenage idiot."
Lord Bleu MisFunk Inc. Daisho Syndicate	Posted - 2008.03.28 15:37:00 - [149] I like the idea and would personally welcome dual support but my concern would be that daul screen players would have a significant tactical advantage over non dual screen players. (Just like in supreme commander btw) ------- I came, I saw, I drank all the beer!
Avocazo	Posted - 2008.04.08 10:39:00 - [150] /Sign, As a 2 month old EvE player I gotta say that i like the dedication and resources CCP spends on EVE just really surprised by the lack of Dev. feedback on an issue like this.
FuQue	Posted - 2008.04.08 16:24:00 - [151] Originally by: Lord Bleu I like the idea and would personally welcome dual support but my concern would be that daul screen players would have a significant tactical advantage over non dual screen players. (Just like in supreme commander btw) There would be no 'significant tactical advantage' by moving chat windows and things like market, asset, and such to the 2nd monitor. I don't suspect people would actually move their overview and dronebay over there, as it's better to have them in the same screen as the action that is unfolding.
Shirrath	Posted - 2008.04.12 09:43:00 - [152] /signed. Having a "blackboard" where I can put all of my non-flight-related windows would be great for a trader/hauler.
Sage Eveo Interwarp Plexus	Posted - 2008.04.15 12:41:00 - [153] Edited by: Sage Eveo on 15/04/2008 12:41:37 Read through this entire post to find a reply from CCP... left hanging at the end of my seat with no resolve :( *signed Would also like to see dual monitors supported by the client CCP =)
Wasp	Posted - 2008.04.16 18:35:00 - [154] I run 5 clients at one time on one pc. I have the top intel quad core processor, max ram. Three nvidia 8600 video cards each feeding a single monitor. I split the 5 clients amonst the three monitors. You have to be careful to associate the right client with the right video card (and monitor). Once you get it worked out, this setup works great for things like group mining, etc. It is not a good setup for pvp. This setup worked in XP and now in Vista. You do need to kill unneccesary backgroud processed to free up system resources. So it is possible to run multiple clients on a single pc with the right hardware setup....
Clansworth Point-Zero SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.04.16 20:34:00 - [155] Wasp: Not quite wat the thread is talking about. Eve has for a long time worked fine with multiple clients on multiple monitors. The request here (over a year ago, i might add) is for a single client to effectively use multiple monitors, to alleviate some of the screen clutter. You can currently span the game across two screens, but you end up splitting th action down the middle, which doesn't work very well. I they gave the ability to either move the center of action to the left or right 1/4 point, it would leave a whole second monitor's worth of space to place aux windows (chat, mail, market, etc.)
Katana Seiko Gallente	Posted - 2008.05.01 14:02:00 - [156] So, the one and only thing CCP did about this so far is saying "EVE has a dual screen support to some degree" (Really? Where??) and linking it into "commonly proposed ideas"... I guess, that last thing - the link - shows that CCP isn't really considering that dual screen support... --- "Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign for a diseased mind." -Terry Pratchett
CallMeSnoop	Posted - 2008.05.03 02:08:00 - [157] Originally by: Astorothe Originally by: Katana Seiko Well, all you Devs need to do is implement the possibility to shut off that stupid "feature" of the game to minimize itself when the game looses it's focus. Word. I have to play in windowed mode to get around this and lose my lovely depth. same.... the 'EVEMON' program helps, but you're still in fake fullscreen mode
islador	Posted - 2008.05.07 22:50:00 - [158] I would love to see an expansion on the "full movable UI". Like dragging my map over to screen two and leaving it open allowing me to play on screen 1 and navigate my fleet from screen 2. Move my guns, and speed UI around and be able to get multiple views from my camera drones (listed in several of the stories). By that I mean having a view of my ship on screen 1, and screen 2 cut into 4 squares each overlaying my map as my map slides below these 4 new windows. (like photoshop's layers) On each of these 4 squares are 1 of my camera drone's point of view, each on a dif target going from secondary, to third and fourth.
Gage Fox	Posted - 2008.05.08 02:28:00 - [159] /signed even though i don't have dual monitors right now if eve goes dual i will prob end up buying a second just to beable to play it on two because i hate the clutterness
Atla Jones Errant Adventurers	Posted - 2008.05.14 20:42:00 - [160] /signed Why isn't there even a "We're looking into it" from the devs? Is this being addressed elsewhere?
Nirenia	Posted - 2008.05.14 22:39:00 - [161] /signed It would be cool to have a camera centered on your own ship, and then have a cinematic monitor that would be centered on a drone. Or at least thats how I would use the second/extra monitors. Additionally, There is just SO much comparison making in Eve. Constantly looking at stats and making choices when suiting up your ship, its needed. The having more monitors is like having a bigger desk, more room to work in -> more fun.
androne C.R.I.M.E	Posted - 2008.05.14 22:53:00 - [162] /signed Using dual monitors, want more specific functionality. thx
therealdhs	Posted - 2008.05.22 04:54:00 - [163] If I want to read the chat, I have to make it big. If I want to use the market, I need to make it take almost all of my monitor. Those two alone in another monitor would be a great help. -------- Bender: Ahhh, what an awful dream. Ones and zeroes everywhere... and I thought I saw a two. Fry: Don't worry, Bender: there's no such thing as two.
Armos Daggerspine	Posted - 2008.05.22 15:47:00 - [164] I'd like to see this implimented, I've just brought a 2nd monitor and was distraught to find I have to split my ship in half in order to make user of them both, Id much rather have a blank area I can drag parts of the UI onto, much like there is a player mod to do in World of Warcraft. (as much as I hate to mention that game, its relevant in the fact that there are mods availible to allow you to use two screens, and WoW doesnt even need two screens!) Minmatar Jury Rigging - 10+ to duck tape stickiness per level.
Raknor Fuchi Industries	Posted - 2008.05.22 22:22:00 - [165] This feature is long overdue. /signed May your gunÆs strike truth into those who wish to oppress it.
Stryker Wright	Posted - 2008.05.27 15:52:00 - [166] I have two 19inch monitors and an 8800 GTX superclocked. Dual monitors works fine with windows, but when I try to start eve in horizontal span mode, it does some crazy small resolution so I can't see everything on the menu (ie, can't change gfx settings) and it actually just turns off the second monitor. Am I missing something? HELP!
Commoner Emergent Chaos Bedlam Consortium	Posted - 2008.05.27 16:01:00 - [167] Signed! Would be lovely to have the option of moving all screen clutter to a 2nd monitor! The worst pvp'er in EVE :
Erratic Spacegnome	Posted - 2008.05.28 01:53:00 - [168] Quote: Originally by: ISD Victor SpadeHi Could you please be more specific about your question? Eve already supports dual monitors to an extent. Do you mean with increased functionality? Do you have any ideas of what some of these functions might be? If you are simply asking a question, it probably belongs in General Discussion or possibly EVE New Citizens Q&A -ReverendM It has now been over ONE YEAR since a Dev has replied in this thread. I think the community has been specific enough regarding the question at hand. THIS is what we want. Seriously -- No more elaboration is needed. Regards, -Austin 1.25+ years and still no reply. How long does "Multiple Monitor Support I" skill take to train ? Oh wait, level I is only 1 screen Indeed "No more elaboration is needed", a very large number of players have highlighted how very useful this functionality would be. No word from a Dev on whether this is acknowledged or being considered ? Hullo? Anyone home ? knock knock
Sushi Osu	Posted - 2008.05.29 14:49:00 - [169] /signed As advanced as EvE is in some areas of graphic (widescreen support long before mainstream games), I'm really surprised they haven't provided this support long ago.
Black Necris Einherjar Rising Cry Havoc.	Posted - 2008.06.13 20:00:00 - [170] Originally by: Erratic Spacegnome Quote: Originally by: ISD Victor SpadeHi Could you please be more specific about your question? Eve already supports dual monitors to an extent. Do you mean with increased functionality? Do you have any ideas of what some of these functions might be? If you are simply asking a question, it probably belongs in General Discussion or possibly EVE New Citizens Q&A -ReverendM It has now been over ONE YEAR since a Dev has replied in this thread. I think the community has been specific enough regarding the question at hand. THIS is what we want. Seriously -- No more elaboration is needed. Regards, -Austin 1.25+ years and still no reply. How long does "Multiple Monitor Support I" skill take to train ? Oh wait, level I is only 1 screen Indeed "No more elaboration is needed", a very large number of players have highlighted how very useful this functionality would be. No word from a Dev on whether this is acknowledged or being considered ? Hullo? Anyone home ? knock knock Lolz and it will be 3 years and not reply... if there is sumting i learned about eve its they dong give a crap about what players want and what their comunity demand, its more like lets make the game looks better, even if the core its rotten as hell, like those nasty descyncs they claim its not lag from their server, WE DEMAND ANSWERS GAD DAMMIT! /SIGNED
xconspirisist	Posted - 2008.06.20 17:39:00 - [171] PLEASE add dual monitor support! A black screen on the second monitor would do just so we can dump all the chat windows, market, etc on a monitor separate from the one with the ship on. EVE's gameplay is especially suited for something like this! /signed
Nikita Alterana	Posted - 2008.06.20 18:52:00 - [172] has anyone raised this issue to the CSM yet or can I do that? __________________________________________________
Dragchain	Posted - 2008.06.21 01:17:00 - [173] Please add duel monitor support /signed
Aloriana Jacques Royal Amarr Institute	Posted - 2008.06.21 07:16:00 - [174] I would love PROPER dual screen support. - - - - - - - - -
Iatas	Posted - 2008.06.21 15:48:00 - [175] I have two 24" 1920 x 1200 screens at my disposal... and I HATE it when the playing screen is cluttered full of different windows. Or is this dual screen support never gonna happen? Same as the bigger font issue what has been on the table like years now? Or is the CCP good enough with players complaining but still playing? /Signed
Kurbanis Araeleus Suicidal Tendencies Ltd	Posted - 2008.06.23 20:16:00 - [176] /Signed How can anyone who has more than 1 screen not want this. it would make combat alot easier. ~ *I have never lost a fight by running away, but my enemies have when i return with reinforcements!* ~
Darklandz dark influence	Posted - 2008.06.25 23:06:00 - [177] As a dual screen user myself, i would even pay if it's decent, you could sell it as an EvE addon and i'm sure a lot of eve fans would buy it. It would be very appreciated if we could get some input of the devs, are there plans for dual screen support ? do you want more input from us EvE fans ? share some of the light with us :)
Ryau Caldari	Posted - 2008.06.27 13:48:00 - [178] Yeah THIS is what we want. Answer the question!
Maar T'Kmel Minmatar Free Galactic Enterprises Violent-Tendencies	Posted - 2008.06.27 14:11:00 - [179] Don't just think of a dual monitor setup for screen clutter cleanup. One nice feature of the Star Trek: Armada game, which supported dual monitors, was that the 2nd monitor was an "action" monitor, with a cinematic-like view of the game. Would be a nice way to see what is going on in battles. Do your thing in the left monitor, and you can poke your head over to your right monitor to see a nice cinematic view of two of your buddies in Ruptures flying around a hostile Domi shooting their autocannons at it point blank. With camera rotating around the Domi for a nice view.
Tristaynia Dam'Ildain	Posted - 2008.06.29 01:08:00 - [180] Most definately signed. Infact why stop at two... why not be the first in the industry to allow me to use all 3 (technically 4 actually) of mine? :D But yeah, two would be a start. A couple of different formats I'd like to see. A black screen where maps and chat windows etc could be dragged would be fine, but as well as a black backround it would be very cool to have a 'zoom' screen that allows you to look at your target just like clocking the appropriate button, whilst leaving your main screen on your own ship. One of the things that annoys me above EVE combat is how impersonal it can be blasting away at 50km when your target is a few pixels on the horizon... much nicer to be able to see your beams hit home :D
Jawas Gallente	Posted - 2008.06.29 03:35:00 - [181] Originally by: Ryau Yeah THIS is what we want. Answer the question! I'd be just as satisfied with only two monitors but that sort of idea. Viewing area for flight on one and the market, cargo, chat and stuff on the other monitor. Since local, scanner and other windows are a MUST in lowsec and 0.0, Eve may as well not have graphics because we can't see much of them anyway. -- Sig design in training: Remaining time 30 years 20 days, 4 hours, 10 mins, 15 seconds.
Lep Erd Minmatar Pator Tech School	Posted - 2008.07.15 01:02:00 - [182] Originally by: Ryau Yeah THIS is what we want. /signed do want do want do want.
Lord KesH Nymphetamine Junkies	Posted - 2008.07.16 18:05:00 - [183] / Signed ------------------------------------
Vittorian	Posted - 2008.07.24 16:35:00 - [184] Edited by: Vittorian on 24/07/2008 16:36:10 pls, put this in.. eve's ui is not really the summum of ui design. You get cluttered with so many different windows which all contain relevant info. Pls the ability to move those widgets to a second monitor would help so much.. Also other ideas in this thread like having 2 3d views (one close, one long range battle view) are very nice, but have a lower priority imo.
Vittorian	Posted - 2008.07.26 00:19:00 - [185] Edited by: Vittorian on 26/07/2008 00:20:49 but, but..eve should be playable on 1 monitor!! Well tuff luck guys, you screwed up with the current ui. Harsh words, I know, but sadly the truth. Imo ui should have major focus atm, cuz simply it's the weakest link. For new peeps trying out eve seeing the un-robust, un-clear and quite frankly un-professional ui, is a major turn off. This is a thread about dual monitors. I still would love to see proposed features for multiple screens :)
Kyra Felann Gallente Noctis Fleet Technologies	Posted - 2008.07.26 03:52:00 - [186] Originally by: Katana Seiko Well, all you Devs need to do is implement the possibility to shut off that stupid "feature" of the game to minimize itself when the game looses it's focus. Congrats on having no clue what you're talking about. All full-screen applications do this. This is not just Eve. Complaining about this is like complaining about Eve closing when your power goes out. Neither are Eve's fault. Run in windowed mode and set EveMon up to reposition your window so it takes up exactly the whole screen. Problem solved.
xconspirisist	Posted - 2008.08.11 12:17:00 - [187] What's the next step with this? Should we file a petition or raise for the council to suggest or something?
Ydyp Ieva Caldari Amarrian Retribution	Posted - 2008.08.11 14:28:00 - [188] Originally by: Kyra Felann Originally by: Katana Seiko Well, all you Devs need to do is implement the possibility to shut off that stupid "feature" of the game to minimize itself when the game looses it's focus. Congrats on having no clue what you're talking about. All full-screen applications do this. This is not just Eve. Complaining about this is like complaining about Eve closing when your power goes out. Neither are Eve's fault. Run in windowed mode and set EveMon up to reposition your window so it takes up exactly the whole screen. Problem solved. Not fully, better to go look for a program called eve-launcher. At least that one supports to put a client on each screen. Evemon puts ALL clients on ONE screen.
Scouteye Locasta Tactical	Posted - 2008.08.11 14:38:00 - [189] EVE Launcher FTW, although its a bit buggy sometimes on Vista (update mr EVE Launcher coder??) It really is a very very good tool, i run 2-4 accounts at once and it makes this very easy.
BigWhale Gallente Three WiseMen Association	Posted - 2008.08.11 21:19:00 - [190] I just use Linux client and I told KDE to put EVE on Desktop #3, on the primary monitor. I would, however, want a client that could open a map on the secondary monitor and keep it open. :) -- R, U & Y are letters, not words...
Flanneh Prime	Posted - 2008.08.12 17:04:00 - [191] Yes i really want this option, it would be amazing. Just posting to show CCP that there is another dual monitor user over here! Support us!
Flapjack Peso	Posted - 2008.08.12 17:46:00 - [192] I am joining the teh signing of this. I want Dual monitor support badly, any way to help relieve some of teh clutter of trying to browse the market and talk to people while mining or mission running or whatever. This is the one area and am disappointed with ccp for lagging behind. I dont want a stretch, I want to be able to set up at least two monitors on separate resolutions and be able to drag things between the two, or use the map on one and still be able to fly with teh other. Thank you.
Mina Lecour Gallente Aliastra	Posted - 2008.08.13 07:29:00 - [193] /signed! I can't believe we're getting no response from the devs, in a game like this with so many windows, stats and information to keep track of it would be an obvious feature to add dual monitor support!
Stephen Pershaw	Posted - 2008.08.19 08:49:00 - [194] Yeah i would love to have this... WHY don't we have this?!?!?!
Yao Gallente Parental Control	Posted - 2008.08.21 10:41:00 - [195] 100% signed. I just had a dual monitor running and tho as it is now it comes in handy for 2 accounts,it should support it for both players that run multiple accs or just 1.As a guy previously mentioned EVE has by far the most windows and panels you need to manage and organize all in one screen and as we all know many times it turns out very annoying.
Stumandu	Posted - 2008.08.23 18:55:00 - [196] Edited by: Stumandu on 23/08/2008 19:02:53 /signed I'm tired of playing this game "in the fog". When I undock I get a good look at my ship 'cause I know I'll be covering her up with a window. 1) minimum of dual screen support for eve ingame window relocation please. 2) It would be nice to be able to make window buttons larger for easier clicking when action is hot, but then with windows on a 2nd monitor this wouldnt be needed. I dislike having to "target" those teensee weensee buttons to minimize or close a window just so I can "target" those little lines to engage my drones. Give us some macro support. (shift-F1 = send in the drones)(shift-F2 swap all laser crystals at once) etc. 3) I'll settle for the dual monitor support. Ive come to the point where hearing that there will be more variety in missions will be a great thing, however the reason I cancelled my account for 8 months last year was because I was sick of the screen clutter. Had I been able to utilize my 2nd monitor for local, maps, etc., I would have surely stayed to try out pvp and o.o systems. I havent had to put this much imagination into a game since Zork...well, maybe something more recent than 30 years ago..
Palmer Eldrytch	Posted - 2008.08.31 22:16:00 - [197] /signed At this I'd settle for being able to run EVE in full screen mode and be able to use my other monitors for EVEMon/EFT/Firefox/iTunes/etc. without having EVE minimize and then freak out and re-minimize every time I click on something after restoring focus to it though...
Srg Thor	Posted - 2008.09.06 12:31:00 - [198] So much input... and not single response from CCP... i¦m sorry but thats pathetic.
Masuke	Posted - 2008.09.09 16:11:00 - [199] I would really like to have dual-screen support. Pretty please with sugar and a huge cherry on top?
Zaust	Posted - 2008.09.14 02:12:00 - [200] signed here too - would love to be able to spread my clutter across 2 monitors
Joe Flow	Posted - 2008.09.16 11:49:00 - [201] /Signed. It would be great to have all the utility windows on a different desktop. Does anybody know if there is a topic in the assembly hall about this?
Ratchman	Posted - 2008.09.16 12:18:00 - [202] I would have to agree to this. It would be fantastic to be able to put most of the interface functions on the second monitor display. It would then allow us to appreciate the beauty of the graphics without the overview, fleet, watch list and chat cluttering up the screen.
Aarin Wrath Caldari	Posted - 2008.09.16 13:59:00 - [203] Originally by: Ryau Yeah THIS is what we want. Answer the question! yeah that would be awesome. /signed. Screen 1: Ship, Targets, Overview, HUD. Screen 2: Chat window(s), Market Window, Gang Overview. ... that would be fantastic ...
Juggurnaut	Posted - 2008.09.30 08:53:00 - [204] /signed
Keal	Posted - 2008.09.30 14:12:00 - [205] /signed
FreeBird2k	Posted - 2008.10.01 15:46:00 - [206] Something like my setup? http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii219/Freebird2k/Deskspace.jpg
Lanu 0utbreak	Posted - 2008.10.04 17:11:00 - [207] /signed
Khaldarik	Posted - 2008.10.11 08:01:00 - [208] /signed. Get with the times guys!
Sinooko	Posted - 2008.10.18 08:29:00 - [209] Dual Monitors ftw. I would love to have my cool ship in one monitor and EVERYTHING ELSE in the other monitor.
Cat Molina Minmatar Psychotic Inc.	Posted - 2008.10.18 08:46:00 - [210] Signed.
Batser Caldari Rising Force Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.10.20 10:56:00 - [211] /signed
Lilith Order	Posted - 2008.10.20 11:02:00 - [212] If Eve has dual monitor support, couldn't you dedicate one monitor to IG windows and not the other now? Tabing between windows to allocate preferences? No idea, just asking..
Neremac Caldari Geological Excavation And Industrial Corp	Posted - 2008.10.28 22:50:00 - [213] I'd personally like to see the ability to remove the minimize issue when running multiple clients across 2 monitors. I have two accounts, and would like to monitor them both simultaneously, rather than having to Alt-Tab back and forth all the time.
Ace Kazama	Posted - 2008.11.13 19:26:00 - [214] /signed I would really appreciate dual monitor support, hopefully the devs reply someday to this (lengthy) thread.
Daevonar Minmatar Starfish Operating Syndicate	Posted - 2008.11.13 19:31:00 - [215] Ok, specifically. The option to have your station/space display on one monitor, and other windows such as market, chat channels, fitting, drones etc, be able to display on another monitor with a pictured background (ideally a second station view if you ar ein a station or a **pit/inside of ship view if you are undocked). The option to move panels between displays. Dae.**
Gisander Amarr Sane Industries Inc. Ursa Stellar Initiative	Posted - 2008.11.15 15:46:00 - [216] / signed. Originally by: Silver Night So a newbie pilot clone is made out of vegetable stems and spit, and keeps 1m SP. My clone, on the other hand, best be made out of the Amarr Empress's pet kittens and bottled vir
Red Kaily Gallente Snake Eyes Inc	Posted - 2008.11.16 02:37:00 - [217] Originally by: Neremac I'd personally like to see the ability to remove the minimize issue when running multiple clients across 2 monitors. I have two accounts, and would like to monitor them both simultaneously, rather than having to Alt-Tab back and forth all the time. I would like to see this implemented also it is not possible to run two accounts both on full screen mode and be able to use them normally.
Bob Niac Gallente freelancers inc Pupule 'Ohana	Posted - 2008.11.16 03:36:00 - [218] Originally by: Red Kaily Originally by: Neremac I'd personally like to see the ability to remove the minimize issue when running multiple clients across 2 monitors. I have two accounts, and would like to monitor them both simultaneously, rather than having to Alt-Tab back and forth all the time. I would like to see this implemented also it is not possible to run two accounts both on full screen mode and be able to use them normally. here here. If nothing else can we get it so we can re-center the ship camera?
Quanah Maquinna	Posted - 2008.11.17 15:59:00 - [219] /signed has there been any update on this at all?
Dinochrome	Posted - 2008.11.18 07:33:00 - [220] /bump I am using 2 1680x1050 monitors to run my 2 pilots and it works acceptably (1 classic graphics and 1 premium graphics). However, I have to run them in 1600x900 resolution as that's the only option to keep the whole clients onscreen. I would like the option to either a) dynamically resize the client window by dragging like other windows apps, or b) the ability to set a custom resolution so I'm not losing any screen real estate around the borders. Anyone else have any thoughts along this line?
Slim Mat	Posted - 2008.11.27 12:35:00 - [221] Edited by: Slim Mat on 27/11/2008 12:35:59 Loved the ideas in the 7th post. Had all the dot points. Please do. Signed Slim
Rogue Lilly	Posted - 2008.12.29 18:12:00 - [222] 17 months and still no reply! get with the times! we need one oe both! 1. one client 2 monitors 2. one client per monitor. Please stop ignoring us! Atleast tell us to p!$$ off!
AccesiViale Gallente Vox de Lucis	Posted - 2008.12.29 21:38:00 - [223] Edited by: AccesiViale on 29/12/2008 21:40:33 I really cared about this much more when i was only using one client and wished i could apportion all that ui stuff and map things to differnt moniters but now i just run one client per moniter as i have multiple accounts. Just run windowed and put the clients where you want them respectivly. signed but i dont see it happening anytime soon. An option for ingame option for AA or AF would be higher on my list...but wont be getting that either anytime soon EDIT: Dual moniter support would be easier for them if they changed to dx10 but im sure they have bigger things to do right now then overhaul the engine again The sky was blue but there was no god.
Stanislo	Posted - 2009.01.07 09:06:00 - [224] I upgraded to Vista to be able to run 3D acceleration on second display.. BUT.. I find EvE has limitation of full screen mode I just want functionality of: Dual Monitors, NO SPAN, NO CLONE, independant desktops - EvE#1 run on Monitor 1, full screen - EvE#2 run on Monitor 2, full screen Two seperate clients... Two seperate screens... full screen At the moment if I full screen my eve client running on second monitor, it goes full screen on the first monitor :( So It is not possible to run two at once in full screen have to use windowed mode Other functionality like people mention (such as one client on two screens with info windows on second display, or a full screen map like supreme commander) is probably a good idea to think about implementation as well... dual screens are becoming MUCH more popular now that they are VERY CHEAP and finally we have hardware acceleration on second screen thanks to Vista
xxxak	Posted - 2009.01.13 02:39:00 - [225] signed!
Psihius Caldari Atomic Scrapyard	Posted - 2009.01.13 08:53:00 - [226] Signed for dual monitor support too. 1st for the flying, second for interface windiows. I use a pair of 20" wide and 19" monitors. I would really like to have flying on first one (with menu on left side) and move all windows to second monitor (maybe except overview). That chat window really annoys me, I have to resize it all the time - make little when flying (especially in combat) and make bigger to chat with my corp.
Masuke	Posted - 2009.01.13 09:34:00 - [227] I would really like to see a dual screen support with the space/station view in screen 1 and marked, chat, assets etc. in screen 2. This would really be helpful for the dual screen, single client players (like me). Of course a dual-screen, dual fullscreen client support would be appreciated by the dual client players here. So once again i beg you dev team. pretty please, with sugar, cream and a huge fracking cherry on top... please respond to this thread.... Or just impliment it as a supprise update. If you do I will do something nice to someone... perhaps by not stripping the next time i get drunk...
rantuket Caldari legion industries ltd	Posted - 2009.01.13 10:17:00 - [228] would be great to see this functionality added in. with the low cost of monitors these days it is pretty common to have 2 at work and at home. signed!
kangwo	Posted - 2009.01.15 13:23:00 - [229] /signed
Colonel Xaven Decadence. RAZOR Alliance	Posted - 2009.01.15 13:24:00 - [230] /signed. Proud member of RZR - Decadence.
Kellaen The Hull Miners Union Primary.	Posted - 2009.01.16 04:33:00 - [231] Bump & Signed. The ability to maximize an eve client window would go a long way to helping those who run dual monitors. I am not talking about fullscreen, just maximized windowed mode like many other games currently offer.
Dizii	Posted - 2009.01.16 12:52:00 - [232] /signed I would crave some dual monitor support. Main client on one monitor, and being able to position all ui windows on second monitor
Stubek Cogito Facio Fio Wildly Inappropriate.	Posted - 2009.01.16 22:39:00 - [233] Running multiple eve clients in maximized windowed mode on multiple monitors is already possible, stable, and even performs well. The trick is to use seperate client installs for each client that you plan to run concurrently. (IE: If running 2 accounts at once, two installs, even if using 6 accounts, total.) When I was in XP, I ran my main in premium, and my alt in classic, but since QR released, I switched to Vista, and now can run both with premium graphics, and everything turned up, in just about anything but a 100v100 fleet brawl. If running XP, look for a piece of software called Eve Launcher. Its absolutely wonderful, and I wish the author would update it to run in Vista. If running Vista, I suggest ShiftWindow, although there are other options. However, back to the OP, I fully support the request for true dual-monitor support, IE: Having space open on one monitor, and data windows (wallet, market, overview, etc) open on the other, in one client. /Signed for that.
Camilo Cienfuegos Earned In Blood	Posted - 2009.01.17 00:30:00 - [234] Sticking my name down for multiple monitor support. Recently got my third monitor, would dearly love to stretch eve across them all!
Karrade Krise Galatic P0RN Starz	Posted - 2009.01.17 01:12:00 - [235] /signed. I'd much rather have this kind of stuff than ambulation...but that's just me.
Gaskell	Posted - 2009.01.20 20:02:00 - [236] /Signed too!!
Tarantoga	Posted - 2009.01.22 17:17:00 - [237] /signed
Camilo Cienfuegos Earned In Blood	Posted - 2009.01.28 00:32:00 - [238] I gave up on waiting for multiple monitor support and I'm not rich enough to go out and buy a matrox triplehead, so instead I got SoftTH to work. Want multiple monitors? see my signature. One client: Three Screens!
203 Gallente	Posted - 2009.01.28 15:47:00 - [239] Put Ambulation back in the Drawer, give us a native Multiscreen Support. I want to build myself a Pod out of Screens!
Tauren Bloodhoof	Posted - 2009.02.03 11:40:00 - [240] Yes please please add Dual Screen support - I like both ideas, the 'drag n drop windows to the second monitor,' and the 'not make EvE minimize when it loses focus'. thanks,
Colonel Xaven Decadence. RAZOR Alliance	Posted - 2009.02.03 11:57:00 - [241] Would be nice to have it. Meanwhile I'd look at the Matrox DualHead2Go or TripleHead2Go.
Siygar Frenor	Posted - 2009.02.06 20:53:00 - [242] Much needed feature. A lot of people have or are close to having 2 monitors.
Fennore	Posted - 2009.02.07 08:32:00 - [243] I have 2 Gateway 32" HD1600 I would love to use at the same time with Eve. /signed
Iviv	Posted - 2009.02.09 11:03:00 - [244] Found this thread through a google search. Please do it, you can never have too much screen space!
SteeleResolve Bulls on Parade	Posted - 2009.02.12 06:27:00 - [245] SOLUTION: --------- No matter what gfx card you have, download the program called powerstrip (google it). Install, and add a new resolution that is the combined width of your monitor resolutions, or whatever resolution you want really. Restart your PC and the new resolutions will be available to select in eve. I have crossfired ATI 4950's and works great for me. Here is a screenshot Hope this helps people, he only thing I wish for is being able to control where the centre of the client is, ie where the centre of gravity is of the ships.
Sean Roach	Posted - 2009.02.15 19:27:00 - [246] No, I didn't read 9 pages before placing this. Slave client, and slave window. For those who have multiple boxes, and the desire to do so, set it up so two Eve clients can "run" the same character. One can be left with all the HUD clutter removed, and the other can have all the HUD clutter visible, (and completely obliterating the view,) for a dashboard. For dual monitors, do the same thing. Set it so one view can be locked relative to another, (with overlap if desired, or even an entirely different angle.) For those with multiple machines and the desire to immerse more fully, one could set the first monitor on the best machine as a forward view, leaving only the guages visible, (modules hidden,) the second monitor could host low-latency tasks such as the chat windows, inventory, and the overview. The monitor on the second computer could then be used to lock in another angle of the same scene. Perhaps blown way out to watch for bogies, or left on the system map, while the main one is pretty much used as a near space view. Perhaps this has been suggested before. Perhaps not. And hey, for those who want to go full out and fill their old bean-bag chair with the jel from hundreds of wrist rests, this could allow them to finish their own plywood pod.
Sinfull	Posted - 2009.02.18 16:04:00 - [247] Dual monitor. Fly and pvp on one screen, full map on slave screen. This is what id like to see. Oh, and Dramaking wants real jamming devices, like the one they use in Spaceballs.
Ichiro Sanchas	Posted - 2009.02.19 21:18:00 - [248] /signed Please implement this. While I agree there are lots of kludge work-arounds, none solve the basic problem of wanting to concentrate all combat/mining/task at hand information on one screen with "everything else" on the other.
Xyfu Minmatar The Nietzian Way	Posted - 2009.02.21 00:11:00 - [249] I saw, at fanfest, them running EVE over two screens, and bragging about FPS. This leads me to think it works. The only thing I yearn for, in such a situation, is a customisable center-screen. Allow me to explain. You can move all your windows, and you can align your sidebar left or right (thus changing which screen it's on), you can move your neocom (if that's what it is, the little thing that tells you how much HP you have, Cap, modules, etc.) and align it top or bottom, and you can move targeting origin, (look for the little crosshair near the first target, mine was hidden under the overview, might help to click in space, then press Tab, anyway, find this crosshair and drag it about. You can align targets vertically, too.) The only problem with that would be for me, I'd have my chat channels, inventory, market, overview, F11 map, etc., all open on my left screen, and look around space on my right screen, but my ship is split in half across two screens. I wanna choose where the ship appears, and therefore, a center-screen. I'd then place it on the center of the right screen. The view of space would still persist on my left screen, though, so if I click in space and press Tab, I have an extended viewpoint, which I can think of no use for currently. _____ ^ That is a sig line. It should be there without me having to put one in. [right]http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/testgen/6199/[img]http://stat.rumandmonkey.com/tests/9/9/6199/
Riddick DarkFurian	Posted - 2009.02.26 22:35:00 - [250] I have 19" dual monitors with vista 64 and my issue is that Eve always start in full screen(mode), even if I set it to windowed (mode).Does anyone know the solution for this? Thanks for the help
Saelyth Nightwish Gallente Duragon Pioneer Group GoonSwarm	Posted - 2009.02.28 06:19:00 - [251] Wow.. STILL no Dev replys.. They look at it once, and forget about it? How sad. You would think with everyone begging for this, they would take a serious look. /bumped. ----------------------------------- Suggestions Smartbombs vs. Cloak
Jesum Amarr Viziam	Posted - 2009.02.28 06:39:00 - [252] /signed ____________ [-..-] Jesum
Lia Leonadro	Posted - 2009.03.03 11:58:00 - [253] /signed this feature would be great !!!
UKSimbady	Posted - 2009.03.03 16:20:00 - [254] /signed
Trellish The Perfect Storm Controlled Chaos	Posted - 2009.03.03 16:31:00 - [255] It's been possible to run eve across multiple monitors since the very beginning of eve. We're not asking for that... we can already do it. What we want is control of it. I like the pretty pictures... I want to be able to have the picture all on one screen and then put all the buttons/chat/etc on a different screen. For you guys that are simply talking about running EVE on 2 monitors though, we've been able to do it forever... the bummer is that since your ship is in the center of the screen, your ship basically get's divided by your monitor beveling which is just plain annoying.
Camilo Cienfuegos Earned In Blood	Posted - 2009.03.03 16:56:00 - [256] Quote: For you guys that are simply talking about running EVE on 2 monitors though, we've been able to do it forever... the bummer is that since your ship is in the center of the screen, your ship basically get's divided by your monitor beveling which is just plain annoying. Buy a third screen. The only function you're missing using TH2G and three screens is the ability to have your map open at the same time as your main client. For that, I'm force to use a laptop with client running or dotlan up - no big deal really. I would love native support for multiple screens, but it IS possible without bothering CCP. - Originally by: The Cuckoo Good luck in defending idiotic and greedy noobs, as far as I'm concerned, you are their champion.
Airatt DeathRattlers	Posted - 2009.03.03 22:24:00 - [257] great ideas listed in the posts.. /signed
Paridoth	Posted - 2009.03.05 19:21:00 - [258] /signed please please please i want to have two eve clients, both running in full screen mode, one on each of my monitors. currently i have to have two in windowed mode which looks like crap. if i put them both in full screen mode only one will have focus at a time, if i try to bring them both up they just switch =( also the whole have all you extra stuff on one monitor and the important stuff on another that would be awesome to =D
Hatshepsut IV	Posted - 2009.03.07 08:27:00 - [259] Let us change the POV frame Reference point. So instead of seeing half the ship on the sides of each LCD we can assigned it biased to one side.
Solid Reaver Caldari Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2009.03.10 17:18:00 - [260] /Signed I dont understand why CCP 'in all its glory' hasnt commented on wether its possible or not. I would love to have a multiple display option to pan eve across my monitors. It aint happend in the latest patch so I hope it does in the next. ---------------------- To Life Immortal!!
Chamirra Caldari Eve University Ivy League	Posted - 2009.03.16 17:19:00 - [261] /signed here also. Eve is just too big for one monitor. Like others, I'd love to be able to put all the chat windows and such on my second monitor. Even the overview...so I can stuff all the things I want to in it and still be able to drag it wide enough to read it all.
Miller900	Posted - 2009.03.19 21:30:00 - [262] Any progress regarding this? Ta Miller
thehaggis	Posted - 2009.03.23 00:30:00 - [263] /signed Indeed, a worthy cause.
Ivanna Nuke Gallente	Posted - 2009.03.23 07:42:00 - [264] /signed
Lemmy Kravitz	Posted - 2009.03.23 11:24:00 - [265] I would love to be able to throw all my eve windows onto my other monitor.
David LeBatas Deep Core Mining Inc.	Posted - 2009.03.27 10:32:00 - [266] It is amazing that CCP just seem to be happy enough to ignore this. I guess their main focus is to grow the client base, and they figure little boxes in stores and plenty of new noobs is the way to do it. well ... Anyway, it can't be that hard to put a little bit of attention to this topic and at least engage into a DIALOG about it? Hello Devs! Anyone reading this? Apart from supporting the idea of multi-monitor support for one client, I would like a simple feature that stores client window location in the settings. There should be no need for tools like EVE Launcher and EVE Mover (neigher of which work right for me (Vista 64). I use three screens, for three clients at the same time. Way better than using three PCs. But my screens are not the same sizes and each time I start a window I need to resize it and drag it to the correct screen. It can't be too hard for the devs to store these values in the settings, so at least I can launch each client on its own monitor.
Sekh'met Caldari	Posted - 2009.04.06 04:04:00 - [267] For my first post ever. /signed, please look at this again CCP! :(
Arm Calcaria	Posted - 2009.04.06 11:36:00 - [268] signed
Kronossan Minmatar 1st Steps Academy Tread Alliance	Posted - 2009.04.10 08:20:00 - [269] a fake fullscreen mode would be nice as well, so the game doesn't minimize when clicking somewhere on my other monitor which has firefox opened no clue if this has been mentioned before, if it has been consider it to be a reminder :p _________________
kangwo	Posted - 2009.04.14 17:06:00 - [270] holy ****, please add this to eve cpp...hundreds of post like this been posted...hundreds if not thousands of players want this damn it!!!! signed to hell-
Arimathea Anthalas Corp 1 Allstars PuPPet MasTers	Posted - 2009.04.14 17:15:00 - [271] /signed
DikiyDomashniyKenguru	Posted - 2009.04.15 08:26:00 - [272] /signed
Wrhaistek Zhelocomeir	Posted - 2009.04.16 12:37:00 - [273] /signed This feature is long (LONG) overdue. Your customers are screaming for proper dual monitor support, why are you not listening CCP? Eve has so many windows and so much information that it simply CRIES for this feature. Which feature you ask? Fully positional windows and task bars which can be positioned in any place over the span of two monitors.
Sturdy Girl	Posted - 2009.04.16 13:11:00 - [274] I agree. I use 2 monitors myself and would find this invaluable. Except. Its not that simple. Multiple monitors are generally achieved in different ways, depending on your graphics cards, drivers, etc. Providing support for this with 100% perfection on all possible multi-monitor setups is not easy. In fact, it is sodding complicated. As I understand it, CCP did used to have some basic multi monitor support in EVE, but it was buggy, and caused more headaches than it solved. so it was taken out (it would take up a huge amount of GM support time to deal with the huge number of people trying the feature out, then whinging that it isn't 100% of what they expected... and this would still happen if CCP added it as a quiet, undocumented, unsupported 'beta' feature to be used at players own risk).
Wrhaistek Zhelocomeir	Posted - 2009.04.16 14:58:00 - [275] I see your point Sturdy and fair enough but the same could be said for walking around in stations or any major new feature yeah? There's 10 pages of supporters in this thread alone, yet I don't see a single response from a developer or anyone with any authority taking the time to reply to paying customers (unless I missed it). Not particularly good customer support.
Clansworth Good Rock Materials	Posted - 2009.04.16 17:18:00 - [276] It woudl go a long way just to implement a way to shift the focus to the left 25% or right 25% point on the screen, instead of right at 50%. This would at least allow good use of horizontal span mode, without splitting the ship at the seam. Also, DirectX handles multiple drawing surfaces very well, if the program is designed to use them. Performance might be degraded in XP, and depending on your drivers, but it would work well for the 'secondary display' requests (moving non-3D windows to the secondary display). System Influence
Nova D'Ark	Posted - 2009.04.18 00:33:00 - [277] long overdue /signed
River McNamara Caldari Project Aquarion	Posted - 2009.04.18 17:44:00 - [278] I use EVE in fake full screen on 1 monitor with SHIFTWINDOW, a free software that fit the "Windowed mode" client like a Full screen. It is fantastic! I can play eve and use other monitor without eve-minimizing. I think is possible open 2 client e fit them on both monitor in fake full screen. Sorry for my English. River McNamara Logistics Energy Emission Systems
pht	Posted - 2009.04.23 17:03:00 - [279] Please eve devs, at least let us know why aren't you responding... this looks pretty bad!
Fille Balle TachyonTubbies Dark Taboo	Posted - 2009.04.23 19:18:00 - [280] Originally by: pht Please eve devs, at least let us know why aren't you responding... this looks pretty bad! They have, and they are looking in to it. Not sure how much work it needs etc. It would require a very large revamp of the UI which means other matters get a lower priority if this where to become the FOTM. A hint: read the CSM minutes. Will save you a lot of poasting ideas that already have been suggested, and you get an idea of what they are doing.
BringerOf Death	Posted - 2009.04.23 20:00:00 - [281] Edited by: BringerOf Death on 23/04/2009 20:00:35 /signed
Jolly Sophy	Posted - 2009.04.25 16:48:00 - [282] This is exactly what I'm missing, EvE just has SO much info /signed
Mahakali	Posted - 2009.04.25 22:36:00 - [283] /signed
Major Reach Gallente Death of Virtue	Posted - 2009.04.26 08:19:00 - [284] /signed
Mysterious Deteis	Posted - 2009.05.03 14:28:00 - [285] /signed ^ 2
666wayz2die	Posted - 2009.05.05 02:46:00 - [286] /signed Id love to see this implemented just simple drag and drop functionality in a black window on the second display. Hope it happens.
Syzygium	Posted - 2009.05.06 12:50:00 - [287] /signed. Dual Monitor Support is a nice feature that adds no lag/load to the server and imho a "must have" of an up-to-date spacesim-sandbox.
Jmarr Hyrgund Imperial Shipment	Posted - 2009.05.06 13:29:00 - [288] /signed Me wants. Pirate - Blogger - Rifter Pilot
Praetor Novak Macabre Votum Morsus Mihi	Posted - 2009.05.06 15:32:00 - [289] /signed Multi-monitor support, i.e. I'd like to drag a window of the EVE map to one monitor. A view of my toon WIS on another and a market window to a 3rd monitor.
Trimutius VI	Posted - 2009.05.06 16:50:00 - [290] They showed dualmonitor client on the Fanfest in November 2008, or i missing something? But actually i use only one monitor, so i don't really care...
Fenraxx	Posted - 2009.05.08 10:01:00 - [291] /Signed This is a must for a game which just has soo many things you want to have open at a time.
Sorel Ra	Posted - 2009.05.09 02:00:00 - [292] /signed I agree that this feature is long over due. I would also like to see a way to increase font sizes in the UI (not the chat boxes), as I don't like to sit a foot away from the screen to read things. Thank you
Hawk Firestorm	Posted - 2009.05.09 10:24:00 - [293] I would ask is it worth the dev time to implement a feature when so few have dual monitor setups? I'm not disputing they are out there though I do question their number to make such a feature worthwhile.
Tag Heuer Gallente	Posted - 2009.05.09 16:28:00 - [294] I approve of this thread. /signed
R3tro	Posted - 2009.05.11 18:42:00 - [295] /signed
Killshandra Tides of Silence	Posted - 2009.05.13 16:05:00 - [296] /signed
Bloodfin Tides of Silence	Posted - 2009.05.13 17:17:00 - [297] /signed
Mother Deane	Posted - 2009.05.15 10:21:00 - [298] /signed
Miilla	Posted - 2009.05.15 12:01:00 - [299] Fix the fonts to be scalable before even doing multi monitor stuff, fix the basics before adding glitter.
TuRtLe HeAd KrayZ Inc Arcane Alliance	Posted - 2009.05.15 13:18:00 - [300] I have 2 Monitors, I don't Dual Screen Eve because its pointless. However if the functionality were to change tot the OP's sugggestions I'd Bother using eve on Both Screens ! Whether its viable or not is not the communities business, We come up with the project, CCP Workout if they can implement it :) /signed
Adehlea	Posted - 2009.05.15 16:18:00 - [301] Having the ability to drag windows offscreen would be nice. But to be honest, right now, I would settle for being able to run EVE full-screen (1920x1200) on my 24" screen, and be able to keep my other screen up for other tasks. Just removing EVE minimizing itself when it loses focus would be great. Or is that already possible, and I jsut havent found it? At the moment I'm running eve in windowed mode, which looks "icky", and given how pretty Eve is, i'd like to be able to enjoy it without having the window borders.
Kypud Zeus Enterprises	Posted - 2009.05.16 18:17:00 - [302] Signed
Splagada Minmatar Tides of Silence	Posted - 2009.05.16 22:50:00 - [303] very signed, id love that, to have like a real 3D screen, and a "toolkit" screen ------ Tides of Silence
Cameron Jomiro	Posted - 2009.05.17 00:57:00 - [304] It would be VERY nice if we could resize the window to any dimensions we like. Right now I run dual monitor setup with eve on one and eft/eve-agents etc other info on the other, but I can only really use the 1600x900 resolution for windowed mode as using my native res for windowed causes some of the game screen to be off of the monitor, inaccessible. That extra space I could get from manually increasing the resolution to fit snug against my task bar would be invaluable. As it stands I have to go to full screen for fleet ops because I just don't have enough room windowed.
Clansworth Good Rock Materials	Posted - 2009.05.17 01:20:00 - [305] Originally by: Cameron Jomiro It would be VERY nice if we could resize the window to any dimensions we like. Right now I run dual monitor setup with eve on one and eft/eve-agents etc other info on the other, but I can only really use the 1600x900 resolution for windowed mode as using my native res for windowed causes some of the game screen to be off of the monitor, inaccessible. That extra space I could get from manually increasing the resolution to fit snug against my task bar would be invaluable. As it stands I have to go to full screen for fleet ops because I just don't have enough room windowed. You can actually use any resolution you want, by adding a custom resolution to your video card. The choices of resolution is derived from the video drivers via DirectX capability queries, so adding a custom resolution ends up adding it to eve. It doesn't even have to be a working resolution, just being in the list will work (though if it is working, you don't want to switch to fullscreen in that size). Intel Boost
Hekla Fairhaven	Posted - 2009.05.18 01:13:00 - [306] Signed for maximized mode! EVEMover does a nice job of making it workable, just having this feature built-in to simply remove borders would go a long way.
Malloway PAIN AND PLEASURE LLC	Posted - 2009.05.18 02:47:00 - [307] /signed The ability to drag windows such as chat, market, character sheet, etc to a seperate moniter is all I ask for. Please CCP support this!
Raemi	Posted - 2009.05.18 20:03:00 - [308] /signed
Banstyle	Posted - 2009.05.18 21:17:00 - [309] DO WANT. /signed
Tripoli XenTech	Posted - 2009.05.19 00:10:00 - [310] I'll throw my name in on this one. Dual monitors are the only way to go, and I want better support for it, with cool bells and whistles. --- All 390 skills trained.
Tinmanaca	Posted - 2009.05.19 00:57:00 - [311] yup
Clansworth Good Rock Materials	Posted - 2009.05.19 01:05:00 - [312] Originally by: Tripoli I'll throw my name in on this one. Dual monitors are the only way to go, and I want better support for it, with cool bells and whistles. Won't really help you much trip, until they add a columns feature to the character sheet so YOU can USE that extra space... Intel Boost
illford baker	Posted - 2009.05.19 03:31:00 - [313] signed, c mon ccp, its in its 11th page! this is something people want! the only problem i see about one account on 2 screens is the edge of the monitor, there would be a gap, but i would probably get over it.
Ausser Cybertech Industrials Agency	Posted - 2009.05.20 19:22:00 - [314] signed
Krxon Blade SandStorm.	Posted - 2009.05.20 22:40:00 - [315] Lol, this thread is still alive. !!!!SIGNED!!!!! again, like I already did 2007.03.31 09:37:00 on 2nd page. EVE haz too many (important) windows to be on one screen. When in fleet in drone ship, even my 24'' screen looks small with all those panels open: fleet, gang, aliance, corp, cargo, local, search, drones, overview, broadcast, gangmate watch... CCP: GIVE!!! Obey! Or some other whiner will quit and EVE will die. -- Eve battle simulator EVE character creator Eve offline game
Cat Calrissian	Posted - 2009.05.29 23:18:00 - [316] /signed!!! Removing EVE minimizing itself when it loses focus would be great! Can¦t play in windowed mode, as the games becomes very unstable and slow - even on a newly set up system.
RagingAsain	Posted - 2009.06.01 22:13:00 - [317] /signed Would love dual monitor support. Eve is a complex game which is why I like it. Two screens would allow us the players to make better use of all the features that are available in eve which will make us all more happy. Happy customers = more money :) Raging
Ark Elachus	Posted - 2009.06.02 13:44:00 - [318] /signed The ability to move windows to a second monitor would revolutionize my Eve experience.
StainLessStealRat Divine Retribution Sons of Tangra	Posted - 2009.06.04 13:33:00 - [319] Needed
Riikena Sykes	Posted - 2009.06.05 13:53:00 - [320] /signed Though Triple / DualHead2Go would be ideal...its far too pricey... Gief multi monitor support!
ghostfall Amarr New Hanseatic Holdings Beyond Ascension	Posted - 2009.06.05 14:04:00 - [321] ive used matrox for years sadly they stoped suporting games for a breif spell of about 2 years i think if you are after more then one or two screans use them i have started using ATI they arnt as good for some of the things i do but ok for others (rembers been quated ú1000 for a dual 16mb gfx card)
Tesh Sevateem	Posted - 2009.06.05 14:20:00 - [322] I've been looking at a screen replacement for a while now. I'm sure if CCP announced proper dual-screen support in an upcoming patch, I'd be 100% sure to get an additional display. So bring it on! :)
Jack Tremaine Caldari The Bastards	Posted - 2009.06.07 16:55:00 - [323] YES PLEASE
Karth Mentis	Posted - 2009.06.07 19:32:00 - [324] Signed with blood and tears
AeXu Caldari Obscure Violence Obscure Syndicate	Posted - 2009.06.08 07:43:00 - [325] /signed
Maggeridon Thoraz	Posted - 2009.06.10 01:39:00 - [326] /signed
Malus Erus	Posted - 2009.06.10 04:37:00 - [327] /signed
SFX Bladerunner Minmatar Black Serpent Technologies	Posted - 2009.06.10 10:12:00 - [328] /signed
Glucoseivan03K64	Posted - 2009.06.16 00:10:00 - [329] I would love this.... or at the very least be able to stretch the windowed mode across my other 2 screens (3 total screens). That fixes the gap in the center problem.... I would buy you a "Box of Joe" to fuel your programming efforts
Hettana	Posted - 2009.06.18 12:12:00 - [330] Originally by: Katana Seiko Well, all you Devs need to do is implement the possibility to shut off that stupid "feature" of the game to minimize itself when the game looses it's focus. Very simple: There's a little routine in the base code that checks if the game has the focus. If it has, the game continues as normal. If it doesn't, the game minimizes itself and maybe adds a little delay before it checks again. Now, add a little checkbox in the escape window, under adapter and device. Let it say i.e. "Dual Monitor Support". Now, if that one is checked, that little routine that I explained above, won't be executed anymore. Now, on later updates you may add more options to a second screen, but this would be the best you could do for now... This. No other game I have ever played minimizes itself when you click outside the game window when running in full-screen mode. For me this is the most important change of any kind. Champagne for all devs at CCP if they fix this bug. How to reproduce this at CCP? Take any PC @ CCP with EVE and 2 screens. Run EVE. Set it to full screen mode. EVE now occupies one of the two screens. Move the mouse to anything on the other screen and click. Boom! Eve minimizes itself. From a financial point of view, I would think that more people would get 2nd, 3rd, 4th accounts if this were fixed. P.S. I work with stuff like this and it's almost certainly 2-3 lines of code in an event handler as Katana Seiko points out. If I had access to that piece of code I'd even volunteer to fix it myself for free.
Mercspector	Posted - 2009.06.18 12:19:00 - [331] /signed PS maybe i've got an idea: You are able to use dualscreen but you can see the space on both monitors but your ship is moved to the left one (or right one) or just one black screen where you can put your windows and stuff.
Quivering Palm	Posted - 2009.06.24 11:56:00 - [332] /signed
Valkyrie Valhalla	Posted - 2009.06.24 17:55:00 - [333] I run 2 accounts with a fairly standard computer on medium graphic settings with out any problems or lag, my 2 X 22" TFT monitors do the trick... and I would't like this display to overlap.
Lanester Mortis Angelus Strip Mining Club	Posted - 2009.06.24 18:18:00 - [334] /signed This is a feature that would be so useful.
Lord AtTiLAs Legion Du Lys GoonSwarm	Posted - 2009.06.25 15:18:00 - [335] /Signed Especially with new graphic minimum requirement, regular laptop now can't be used decently to run second account. Remove that Auto Minimize feature when in full screen mode.
Miney Prospector Caldari Standards and Practices	Posted - 2009.07.03 02:13:00 - [336] 1. poasting to confirm that CCP Doesn't care. 2. How about 3 monitors ? then your ship in the middle isn't cut in two and you can slam all the crap out to the sides. I'm not saying anything, I'm just sayin'
Norifur	Posted - 2009.07.03 08:33:00 - [337] EVE needs another display mode ... it's called windowed full-screen without borders ... that's the way WoW does it ... in this mode you can have EVE on Monitor 1 and you can click on your 2nd monitor and play around in winamp/browser/play a movie use an OFF-Game-EVEMap-Client without the EVE-Client closing up ... I play in windowed-mode but have to use a smaller resolution than my 1st monitor is set to because of the borders ... if the borders are displayed on the 2nd monitor I experience a massive drop in fps ... about 40%, which is simply unacceptable ... multi-monitor support as mentioned before would also be awesome ... because I could stop using out-of-game EVEMaps (great job btw.) considering the direct connection to the game and it would considerably increase in game playing experience and fun-factor and ui-usefullness ... so CCP ... it's your call now ... DO SOMETHING PLEASE !!! It's about time ... *PS (off-topic):* and at least allow more keybindings ... for example: all buttons of the overview should be accessable by keys ...
Patricia Heringer Deep Core Mining Inc.	Posted - 2009.07.03 22:35:00 - [338] Seems they really don't care, but... Signed
Feijoa	Posted - 2009.07.10 08:52:00 - [339] Come on, this can't be too hard right?
Okonaa	Posted - 2009.07.13 15:07:00 - [340] definately signed, why does eve minimize when i click the desktop on my other monitor?
The Pear Sebiestor tribe	Posted - 2009.07.14 00:39:00 - [341] /signed would be good to see this feature implemented soon __________________________________________________ Pears?
Liesha	Posted - 2009.07.19 09:26:00 - [342] bump! My main monitor is 1920 by 1080, still cant fit everything on it! Id kill for dual monitor support, where I could move stuff liek chat and scanner to second screen, maps, journal etc.
honour Gallente Smegineer's	Posted - 2009.07.19 21:07:00 - [343] dual screen is possible. i have run twin monitors for a couple of years u need an nvidia card with 2 outputs, 2 monitors and windows xp 32 bit use the nvidia drivers and goto multi monitor display use horizontal span this effectivly splits your screen across the 2 monitors and eve allows you to have a greater screen size. im testing windows 7 ,horizontal span not allowed, same for vista as well apparently, back to the ol XP we go. honour
Mammanpoika	Posted - 2009.07.19 23:34:00 - [344] Originally by: honour dual screen is possible. i have run twin monitors for a couple of years u need an nvidia card with 2 outputs, 2 monitors and windows xp 32 bit use the nvidia drivers and goto multi monitor display use horizontal span this effectivly splits your screen across the 2 monitors and eve allows you to have a greater screen size. im testing windows 7 ,horizontal span not allowed, same for vista as well apparently, back to the ol XP we go. honour This is still not the same as OP suggested: to have the 3d graphics / combat stuff on the 1st screen and the chat windows/market/other stuff on the 2nd. Furthermore, running a setup like this has nothing to do with eve client, its all about gfx drivers & your operating system. Would be also awesome if you could run two clients on separate screen as full screen aswell.
Ydyp Ieva Caldari Amarrian Retribution	Posted - 2009.07.20 12:32:00 - [345] Originally by: Mammanpoika Originally by: honour stuff This is still not the same as OP suggested: to have the 3d graphics / combat stuff on the 1st screen and the chat windows/market/other stuff on the 2nd. Furthermore, running a setup like this has nothing to do with eve client, its all about gfx drivers & your operating system. Would be also awesome if you could run two clients on separate screen as full screen aswell. Another problem with using driver/Operating system would we that your ship can be split up. And for the last remark there are a few solutions out there that do exactly what you want. Look for eve-launcher or similar. ---------------------------------- None of yet!
Stephen Pershaw Gallente Kessel Moria Syndicate	Posted - 2009.07.22 21:36:00 - [346] I would LOVE dual monitor support, Just ship on one with map and chat and stuff on the other it would be awesome!
ZapStar253	Posted - 2009.07.22 22:39:00 - [347] Edited by: ZapStar253 on 22/07/2009 22:42:20 yes. please 2 screen support! Thanks any using http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Matrox_TripleHead2Go_(Featured_Review) or dual head? with Eve...i probably should have used search..thanks for any feedback
Tau Dades Caldari Sileo In Pacis The Space P0lice	Posted - 2009.07.23 17:38:00 - [348] Originally by: Norifur EVE needs another display mode ... it's called windowed full-screen without borders ... that's the way WoW does it ... multi-monitor support as mentioned before would also be awesome ... so CCP ... it's your call now ... DO SOMETHING PLEASE !!! It's about time ... /signed
kayentelva Minmatar Masuat'aa Matari Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2009.07.23 18:20:00 - [349] Originally by: Norifur ...I play in windowed-mode but have to use a smaller resolution than my 1st monitor is set to because of the borders ... er, gamers window relocater ?
Ragnar Foulberg	Posted - 2009.07.24 05:24:00 - [350] Originally by: Liesha Id kill for dual monitor support, where I could move stuff liek chat and scanner to second screen, maps, journal etc. Yes, absolutely! Microsoft Flight Simulator has had this capability for years and I would love to see it in EVE. It's really hard to overstate how much this could improve the game because players would have the option of putting all the information windows on a separate monitor. To be perfectly honest, I'm actually a little surprised this hasn't made it into any of the expansions yet.
Vulkyn Amarr SandStorm.	Posted - 2009.07.24 06:05:00 - [351] /signed
Cayell	Posted - 2009.07.24 07:39:00 - [352] /signed It's always bugging me that I can't see most of the beautiful space CCP has given us - because it's all obscured by various windows. Just flying around ratting in nullsec, I have the following open: Minimised Sidebar. Local Chat. Cargo Hold. Chat Stack (Corp/Alliance/Intel). Loot Window (When applicable). Command Bar. Selected Item. Overview. Drones. Add to this fleet and broadcast windows, and the fact that many of these have minimum sizes, and 60% of my screen is taken up. Please, CCP. Give us something!
Ydyp Ieva Caldari Amarrian Retribution	Posted - 2009.07.24 10:34:00 - [353] Originally by: Cayell /signed It's always bugging me that I can't see most of the beautiful space CCP has given us - because it's all obscured by various windows. Just flying around ratting in nullsec, I have the following open: Minimised Sidebar. Local Chat. Cargo Hold. Chat Stack (Corp/Alliance/Intel). Loot Window (When applicable). Command Bar. Selected Item. Overview. Drones. Add to this fleet and broadcast windows, and the fact that many of these have minimum sizes, and 60% of my screen is taken up. Please, CCP. Give us something! A bigger screen and better gfx-card, so you can play on a higher resolution Oh well got the same problem as you. Especialy on my second clidnt that runs on a 19 inch screen, lesser so with my main clidnt on the 22 inch wide. So for me the suggested dual screen wouldn't help solve my problem. But giving us more posibilities to rearange the UI would help, like moving the ship move away from the central view of the screen. ---------------------------------- None of yet!
Cayell	Posted - 2009.07.24 10:42:00 - [354] Originally by: Ydyp Ieva A bigger screen and better gfx-card, so you can play on a higher resolution GFX card is fine (9600GT), and while I am looking to upgrade to a 22 wide very soon, my current 19 wide (@ 1440x900px) should really be enough to fit what I need on. Like you say though, the entire problem could be solved with some UI tweaks. A UI scale slider would solve SO much by itself, as would the option to pick a font that's clearer at smaller sizes. Right now I have trouble spotting the difference between zero and eight, or five and six, without cliking the +A several times.
Tagami Wasp	Posted - 2009.07.24 13:23:00 - [355] bump, cause I can haz 2 screens and I like it.
HereItIs	Posted - 2009.07.25 00:24:00 - [356] /Signed...
Drodar Caldari	Posted - 2009.07.25 00:39:00 - [357] /sign With three monitors (and the projector as a forth) its really annoying when I click on something out of game and eve minimizes. I really with the game would let me get it on all three screens. maybe make it a skill to train. there has got to be a way to do it. and there is definitely enough people here (in this thread alone) to justify it. Please CCP, give us multiple monitor support!
Victor Maximus Quantum Realities	Posted - 2009.07.25 07:58:00 - [358] I run two clients on two different monitors. Those people complaining about the border in windowed mode should Google a program called eve mover. It removes the border and lets you use every spare pixel on the monitor for EVE. For those who have played wow it essentially recreates the 'maximized windowed mode'. It can be a little quirky at times but I would love CCP to implement something similar as a first step towards multiple monitor improvements. Especially since it is a quick modification that doesn't require a larger change like the requests to extend one client over two screens. -Vic Aeon of Strife
Nystul	Posted - 2009.07.25 08:27:00 - [359] Man, it would be so awesome if I could have the star map full screen on my 2nd monitor!
Miroven Caldari Heaven's Avatars	Posted - 2009.07.28 15:38:00 - [360] /signed fantastic idea, it would be supremely nice to dedicate one monitor to a "sratch space" where you can either drag and drop overview, chat windows, cargo hold, or display maps, routes, etc.. without cluttering up the actual game display. with everything int he background going on, it's nice to see more than slivers between windows and a piece of a ship in the middle of the screen every once in a while....
Noferatu	Posted - 2009.08.01 13:26:00 - [361] /signed and signed again I use a 24" Dell - fab screen, but ALT-TABbing is a PITA. I've recently added a 19", and while I can use both screen windowed for my dual accounts, it's just a shame that when I'm running one account I can't move the chat/people & places/other clutter out & away from the main action.. Eve is a windows-based UI, so it can't be too much hassle to start implementing these features surely? Come on Devs - get with the program!
Nathan WAKE	Posted - 2009.08.09 03:36:00 - [362] Edited by: Nathan WAKE on 09/08/2009 03:39:00 Signed of course. Two things I'd like to had : First of all We can choose between multiple overview settings by clicking a tab. Why not associate this feature with different screen configs. Example : I choose the PVP overview tab, my chat windows, local chan and cargos or whatever, switch to one screen, letting only my scanner and what I really need on the screen I have chosen as "primary". Switching to another overview-tab-settings would move my windows to the places I have previously setup. In other words, make the client remember my windows default positions. (single or multiple screens) Second : Maybe we missed something, and maybe what we are asking for is not technicaly possible (due to some reason in the 3D engine or whatever). But at least CCP, tell us why this silence. If it's not possible at the moment, we are able to hear it and understand... with a little explaination. To all of you following this thread : look at the top of the forum ! It's written "the world's LARGEST game univers" right ? That's already true in terms of game contents. Let's extend that one step further shall we ?
Norah Sin	Posted - 2009.08.09 15:48:00 - [363] /signed... as a trader I need this bad. I can't see my ship!!!!
Dansel Gallente	Posted - 2009.08.09 18:53:00 - [364] This should have been in the game from the beginning. Just add an option to eiherway set it to not minimize when not in focus, or give me a black screen where I can drag all m stuff like chatwindows, Markets and stuff. Could even make it so I keep the mapbrowser upon the second window, might be pointless but could be useful... ----------------- Yay!!
Basheron	Posted - 2009.08.14 17:30:00 - [365] Yes, I would love CCP longtime if we could get multi-monitor support. It doesn't have to have the graphical game on multiple monitors, just be able to drag windows and interface features onto other monitors.....spread out the goodness for the ultimate sci-fi simulator :D
TexasWARlord	Posted - 2009.08.14 19:33:00 - [366] Signed...... Totaly agree It would be nice to have dual client support, but I agree I would settle with a place to drag OV and chat boxes....
Amanokage	Posted - 2009.08.19 19:50:00 - [367] /signed. Yes please. Dual monitor madness would be my favorite food group. :)
Kilvil Assisted Genocide	Posted - 2009.08.23 22:56:00 - [368] GUI screenshot Check out the screen shot. Yes its a titan kill... but I don't care about that. How does this guy move his ship control panel to the left of his GUI? I've split Eve across two monitors previously and it work fine, except that the ship control panel is right in the middle of the display so is split between the two monitors. Seems this bloke was able to move the ship control panel to the left somehow. Any help appreciated.
Dominik Miethling	Posted - 2009.08.24 14:47:00 - [369] Click on the Ship Control Panel and move it left. Welcome to 2009. I would like to have fullscreen-mode on both monitors :X
Prime Switch	Posted - 2009.08.27 10:05:00 - [370] Bumped for great justice. I just got a new second screen, and reeeeeaaaallly wanna put it to proper use. C'mon CCP, where's the love?
Bojanga	Posted - 2009.08.31 14:04:00 - [371] I have a MAC, and a PC both that i play this on, and both are setup for 2 screens. Is this an option that can be enabled? or are you work on developing this? because what i could see would be to have the main game on the one, and the other would be all these windows, like -market - journal - character sheet - ect. basically allowing us to drag it to the other screen. This would clear up our gameplay screen and make it more enjoyable. let me know. Thanks. - also i see that you are semi close on the MAC because when i take the screen shots i get 2 pics, one of the game, and the other a BLANK black screenshot - and that is what shows on the secondary screen. lol thanks again and hope to one day get this dual screen useable.
Inanna NiKunni	Posted - 2009.08.31 15:38:00 - [372] agree - dual monitor support would be great /signed
Te Hari	Posted - 2009.08.31 16:21:00 - [373] bring us duel monitor ability this would be fantastic. /sign
Crosskeys	Posted - 2009.08.31 18:44:00 - [374] Even being able to move only gui elements onto the second monitor (As opposed to in-game graphics rendered across both) would be a fantastic addition /signed
singh	Posted - 2009.09.01 01:24:00 - [375] bump Three screens here. I find running synergy from source forge, across three systems, with eve running windowed at screen res works well for multiple accounts, but I'd rather have multiple monitor options that allowed me to relocate the market, chat, maps, scanning...all off to a second utility monitor. After all, EVE is pretty, I like to watch.
Krystal Flores	Posted - 2009.09.01 05:28:00 - [376] i agree as i run dualies
Ivanna Nuke Daralux	Posted - 2009.09.01 10:55:00 - [377] signed this NEEDS to be sorted CCP, not more options for EVE which we don't use. LISTEN TO YOUR MEMBERS.
Harleen QuinzeI	Posted - 2009.09.01 20:04:00 - [378] It's a mystery how this can't be supported yet, there can't be one game that would benefit more from dual monitor support.
EmmerTemp	Posted - 2009.09.02 11:43:00 - [379] / Signed Whould be perfect if I could clean up my main monitor, and put things like chat/fleet windows/scanner/drones/fleet broadcasts etc... on my secondary screen. So I can keep a good overview on my main screen.
TheSmokingHertog	Posted - 2009.09.06 16:13:00 - [380] /signed
PaF Daddy Caldari	Posted - 2009.09.07 08:24:00 - [381] Signed! Dualscreen support would be the top of the mountain
Ekantrike	Posted - 2009.09.10 11:43:00 - [382] Signed/ I just started playing this game. And with all that information that you get and need to have control of in this game, it is quite weird that dual og tripple monitoring isn't supported. And i don't understand that CCP haven't heard on you guys on this and made this a "must do" on their next patch or something like that.
illford baker Pilots of Damnation death from above..	Posted - 2009.09.10 11:57:00 - [383] idk about having the whole background and ship run across the gap between the monitors, but having some of my windows like market,chats and such on another screen would be great!
Lee Talray	Posted - 2009.09.10 15:21:00 - [384] /SIGNED !
Brutalis Furia	Posted - 2009.09.10 17:23:00 - [385] Edited by: Brutalis Furia on 10/09/2009 17:23:51 /signed I'd also like to see support for non-equal dual screen setups.
Malakai Asamov	Posted - 2009.09.11 02:04:00 - [386] FFS /signed
Altus Morningstar Minmatar	Posted - 2009.09.11 16:00:00 - [387] /signed I've been wanting to offload chat, market and especially the map to a 2nd or 3rd screen forever now. While not difficult to flip between the map and normal screens it would be a lot easier to plan and execute flight plans on the fly for a roaming gang if I could have it up on a 2nd screen constantly. The end is extremely f'ing nigh.
slimewarden	Posted - 2009.09.11 18:43:00 - [388] /signed AND solved SOLUTION I've managed to shift the viewpoint on two other DX9 games to test a theory, just took a quick look at EVE using a dependency checker and she's DX9 so there the same technique applies. I can write a small loader which essentially centres the worldview on ONE monitor. METHOD Use IAT (Import Address Table) patching to trampoline several DX calls, in particular the calls to set up the viewing frustrum. In trampoline, ignore any cameras being used for prerendering to texture (by profiling the render loop by it's rendering params) and then recalculate the frustrum to shift it to the left or right to centre it in a nominated side of a dual-monitor setup. Some artifacts are expected. Depending on how CCP do their culling, some objects (but NOT the skybox) might cease to exist somewhere past the midpoint of the 'peripheral' monitor... not a biggie since all your windows will prolly end up filling this monitor anyway. Not being a DX expert, I'd need to check : 1. Whether the lookat vector was a unit vector as in my current tests or just the coordinates of the ship... this is important to keep the ship centred in the primary monitor, but not essential as there is a workaround. 2. I assume that the UI is drawn in screen coordinates (ie, transformed) ... this is just common sense, bt it is an important assumption because we don't want them moving when we shift the viewing frustrum. 3. If the lookat vector of the viewing frustrum is a unit vector, then the new lookat vector for the modified frustrum is harder to calculate... however, I have a cunning plan for establishing a reliable lookat vector for the transformed frustrum where the distance to the object of focus along the lookat vector is unknown. SUMMARY So guys, if the folks at CCP don't mind me trapping a few DX9 calls I can get you people what you want. Moving the ship controls is less important... but it is actually a much simpler proposition since they are identifiable by their rigid geometry, their screenspace nature, and the ease at which we can transform such geometry on the fly. DISCLAIMER (For CCP peeps) This is all *theoretical* but with very strong indicators of success. I have NOT tweaked EVE yet as a matter of courtesy only... I will *NOT* tweak EVE unless a DEV okays it first. So, please be assured I'm NOT tampering with your proprietary code or your game protocol stream nor have I attempted to debug it beyond mere dependency checking whilst the client was NOT running. The code I would write is standalone and would NOT modify ANY of the client code, nor would it modify the DirectX installation... it will merely act as middleware... it's only changes being restricted to the IAT, although if the IAT is to be untouched also then I can reorganise it as a DXWrapper which is completely non-invasive. However, if you insist that I stop and abandon the idea completely then I will. However, It would be nice if such an instructon should be balanced with a statement on when the feature will be implemented by your own team. k, last hurdle... get CCP to actually READ THIS THREAD. -GaryC
Cayell Alternative Realities	Posted - 2009.09.15 23:42:00 - [389] Bumped, because a 13-page thread with no CCP response seems silly.
Argias Nulliant Dole Premium Bananas	Posted - 2009.09.16 04:53:00 - [390] 12345 /signed definitely the dual box full screen idea..
Karaun Xavura Gallente	Posted - 2009.09.16 09:16:00 - [391] /signed
Jeremy Riddick	Posted - 2009.09.16 15:36:00 - [392] I know this topic has been discussed to the point of overkill but I feel that it is that important to have dual monitor support. As I find myself getting deeper and deeper into the EVE universe I find an inherant need to have dual monitor support. With multiple interactions going on it would be nice to have all my chat and information windows on one screen while continueing to fly / fight on a second window. In todays day and age I don't believe were asking too much when we ask for dual monitor support. Please make this happen so we can all continue to grow and enjoy EVE as it was meant to be enjoyed.
Bojo Prinz	Posted - 2009.09.20 12:07:00 - [393] /signed I want multi monitor support, too! I think, using a couple of monitors is even standard today like a dual core cpu, 2 gigs of ram and a high speed internet connection. CCP should note this - it is absolutely no geek wish! Got three screens running and would love to use at least two of them in eve. Could someone make an official online petition? Board posts dont seem to be enough impressing...
Snicke	Posted - 2009.09.21 13:49:00 - [394] /signed Where there is pleasure, there is always some pain. -Snicke-
Washell Olivaw	Posted - 2009.09.21 15:02:00 - [395] Originally by: Bojo Prinz I think, using a couple of monitors is even standard today It isn't. 14.4% of steam users (gamers!) use dual monitors. Reason for this is very simple, most games simply do not work right on 2 monitors. The action/croshair/cameracentre gets centered right on the bezels of the displays. For multimonitoring to work out of the box you need a minimum of 3. This involves a 2nd videocard or matrox triplehead and it quickly becomes cheaper to buy a 30+ inch monitor to get an equivalent stake of real estate. Originally by: Signature Everybody has a photographic memory, some people just don't have film.
Bojo Prinz	Posted - 2009.09.21 23:25:00 - [396] Edited by: Bojo Prinz on 21/09/2009 23:27:24 Prove that your number from steam is reliable and up to date. I suggest, you should read the whole 14 pages first to get known to what we want to have. But let me explain my opinion in other words: Two thirds of the people I know do have at least a dual monitor set - as often claimed by others within this "proposal"-thread, too. Of course, they do not have it out of gaming purposes, they re working with it - as I do. And of course, they re gaming sometimes. Probably you should try a dual- oder triple-monitor configuration and you ll never miss it - even when you had just only one lone 30'' screen before. However, most people here didnt say that they need more space panorama. The majority wants a second screen enabled, where they can put chat boxes, market information and star maps. If you still dont believe what eve players want here a small sum up from the first 20 posts: Originally by: Hell's Fury Eve dual monitor setups would be sweet. I'd love to be able to put functionality on one monitor and fly on the other. I have a 42inch monitor with 1360x768 that would be perfect for flying while I had all my widgets and module interface on my 22 inch 1680x1050 screen. /signed Originally by: Tolomea Edited by: Tolomea on 14/02/2007 22:20:40 one word, black I want the second monitor to be a big black space where I can dump all of the lil windows, so the IGB, the chats, the market, info boxes, mission briefings, cargo, can's etc etc, anything that shows up in a "normal" window. The other monitor can keep the 3d view, the overview, the targets, the control panel and the quick launch bar. Like that silly wide screen option, except instead of black bars top and bottom make the entire right hand half go black, reposition the overview, control panel and targets appropriately and we're done. Originally by: small chimp Yes i really want dual monitor support! I want all market windows and chat windows to the another window! and things like that! it would hugely benefit this game and i would like to pay even much more for dual monitor client! Originally by: Sokratesz /signed Market, ship info, scanner, would be so very sweet on my second monitor Originally by: Xiza Larynx I totally agree & this would be a fantastic addition, beeing able to have map, chat or whatever windows you see deemed in another monitor. Originally by: Elenit I've been considering getting another monitor but have been waiting to see if CCP implements proper support for it. I'd like to be able to use both monitors with a single account and use one for the normal view - and the 2nd for chat windows, scanner, cargo, etc. I'd also like to be able to properly run (ie: NOT windowed mode) 2 accounts side by side. Something like assign the active window (the one that has focus of the keyboard and mouse) to one monitor and to keep an eye on the other account. Then with a keyboard combo - switch - so that the 2nd account is now on the primary monitor - and the 2nd account is on the 2ndary monitor. And this goes on for about almost 400 posts now - nothing controversal, just one clear statement. So, whats your problem with our wishes - or did you just want to tell about steam statistics? ps: got a 32'' hd-display, too. Im running a quad-monitor config, to be honest. The 32'' works good as a movie screen, but I really dont want to have it on my working desk.
Washell Olivaw	Posted - 2009.09.22 03:34:00 - [397] Originally by: Bojo Prinz Prove that your number from steam is reliable and up to date. I suggest, you should read the whole 14 pages first to get known to what we want to have. Survey is done every month, august 2009. Up to date enough for you? But ehm, why do I have to prove my 14% while you're allowed to pull "it's standard" out of your ass? I suggest you also read the whole 14 pages again and find my posts popping up here and there. Originally by: Bojo Prinz But let me explain my opinion in other words: Two thirds of the people I know do have at least a dual monitor set - as often claimed by others within this "proposal"-thread, too. For everyone of you, there's someone like me, someone who knows no-one using dual monitor. Not counting the workplace. You're confusing that "everyone you know" actually matters when it comes to 300k EVE accounts worldwide. Example: Almost everyone I know lives in the Netherlands. But that does not mean that there are 6 billion people there. Originally by: Bojo Prinz Probably you should try a dual- oder triple-monitor configuration and you ll never miss it - even when you had just only one lone 30'' screen before. I've had dual. I've gone to the bigscreen instead of triple. Haven't regretted it for a minute. Especially since vista/win7 canned the horizontal/vertical span modes. Originally by: Bojo Prinz So, whats your problem with our wishes - or did you just want to tell about steam statistics? None what so ever. My problem is with you claiming it's standard. I'd love to see CCP implementing this, would actually get me to use a 2nd monitor again. But the reality is that this is a project that would effect about ~42k EVE players. Potentially a lot less if multi-account users don't use the functionality in favor of a second account on the second display. It's a matter of CCP investing resources where they can get the best return. Originally by: Signature Everybody has a photographic memory, some people just don't have film.
Cayell Alternative Realities	Posted - 2009.09.23 15:40:00 - [398] Quote: It's a matter of CCP investing resources where they can get the best return. The thing is, this could be solved with two very simple changes. First, allow for custom sizing of windowed mode. Second, allow players to lock their camera off-centre. Hey presto.
J4Sanders	Posted - 2009.09.24 03:29:00 - [399] Originally by: Washell Olivaw Survey is done every month, august 2009. Up to date enough for you? But ehm, why do I have to prove my 14% while you're allowed to pull "it's standard" out of your ass? I suggest you also read the whole 14 pages again and find my posts popping up here and there. I would love for you to explain your 14% number. The way I read that report, the most popular dual monitor resolution is 2960 x 1050 with 14%. If you expand the details, all of the dual monitor resolutions add up to 100%. That's 14% of gamers with dual monitors run at 2960 x 1050 - there is no indication on that page as to what percentage of gamers have multiple monitors.
Bojo Prinz	Posted - 2009.09.24 17:02:00 - [400] Originally by: Washell Olivaw Originally by: Bojo Prinz Probably you should try a dual- oder triple-monitor configuration and you ll never miss it - even when you had just only one lone 30'' screen before. I've had dual. I've gone to the bigscreen instead of triple. Haven't regretted it for a minute. Especially since vista/win7 canned the horizontal/vertical span modes. Still a couple of disadvantages left. Imagine the span modes combined with multiple monitors. A quarter of a 30'' inch screen isnt the same as a single 19'' display ... but yes...who cares... Originally by: Bojo Prinz So, whats your problem with our wishes - or did you just want to tell about steam statistics? Originally by: Washell Olivaw None what so ever. My problem is with you claiming it's standard. I'd love to see CCP implementing this, would actually get me to use a 2nd monitor again. But the reality is that this is a project that would effect about ~42k EVE accounts. Potentially a lot less players if multi-account users don't use the functionality in favor of a second account on the second display. It's a matter of CCP investing resources where they can get the best return. No. You didnt get the difference between stating facts and stating opinions and subjective points of view. Oh, and you did not realize the efforts to state or interpret a fact, too. Sorry. Finally...why are you putting counterarguments on the table? If there's no disadvantage for you...then its not your job - it s only CCP's job to tell us which reasons prevent them from picking up this reasonable request for more than 2 years now. Originally by: J4Sanders Originally by: Washell Olivaw Survey is done every month, august 2009. Up to date enough for you? But ehm, why do I have to prove my 14% while you're allowed to pull "it's standard" out of your ass? I suggest you also read the whole 14 pages again and find my posts popping up here and there. I would love for you to explain your 14% number. The way I read that report, the most popular dual monitor resolution is 2960 x 1050 with 14%. If you expand the details, all of the dual monitor resolutions add up to 100%. That's 14% of gamers with dual monitors run at 2960 x 1050 - there is no indication on that page as to what percentage of gamers have multiple monitors. Thank you very much ^^ Washell Olivaw: Dont bother cuz you tried to be the smart ass this time. Since we all agree that multimonitoring would be a very nice feature - what about signing this request, too?
Bojo Prinz	Posted - 2009.09.24 17:18:00 - [401] You should note, that this thread is, regarding the number of replies, at #3 compared to the sticky discussions - though its obviously no controversial topic at all...
Ashley Thomas Veneratio Venator Alliance	Posted - 2009.09.24 19:44:00 - [402] signing again because i cant see anything through my windows Veritatum Cognoscere
Neona Jaqua	Posted - 2009.09.30 19:30:00 - [403] /signed
Ivanna Nuke Daralux	Posted - 2009.10.01 01:16:00 - [404] Edited by: Ivanna Nuke on 01/10/2009 01:16:18 /signed
coolzero Gallente Lone Star Academy Lone Star Partners	Posted - 2009.10.01 19:45:00 - [405] Edited by: coolzero on 01/10/2009 19:45:37 signed just installed dual screens...really wish i could move some ui parts to the other screen Jack of all trades, master of none... Horizon-Inc (dutch only)
Bruder Falke	Posted - 2009.10.02 13:37:00 - [406] i would love to see multi monitor support too
Tomoko Hayabusa	Posted - 2009.10.02 13:38:00 - [407] me 2!!
Lord Meriak Amarr Amarrian Retribution	Posted - 2009.10.04 00:58:00 - [408] This was shown off at the fanfest on eve tv with 3 monitors :) but did get to hear when ( buffering ) Did any hear when ?
tronbone	Posted - 2009.10.04 01:53:00 - [409] well some time ago i saw a picture with a person playing in share screen of 9 monitors. XD
Perry Amarr The X-Trading Company RAZOR Alliance	Posted - 2009.10.04 07:36:00 - [410] I want to play EvE on this.
Bojo Prinz	Posted - 2009.10.04 13:49:00 - [411] Originally by: Perry I want to play EvE on this. And i would like to play eve using two or three of them! We really need multimonitor support.
Eliax Gallente Sankkasen Mining Conglomerate Emergence.	Posted - 2009.10.04 15:46:00 - [412] /signed Make some people happy with dual monitor support.
Neona Jaqua	Posted - 2009.10.06 23:26:00 - [413] I was told that they showed this feature off at Fanfest! Apparently they had it running across three monitors. Does anybody know where I can find a video of that? It's not in the Keynote video they uploaded to youtube. I'm dying to see it!
Bojo Prinz	Posted - 2009.10.06 23:29:00 - [414] Edited by: Bojo Prinz on 06/10/2009 23:29:04 Dont know anything about what has been shown. But maybe they ve just been using a Matrox Triple Head 2 Go.
Jokiller Gerius Gallente	Posted - 2009.10.07 16:55:00 - [415] Originally by: Neona Jaqua I was told that they showed this feature off at Fanfest! Apparently they had it running across three monitors. Does anybody know where I can find a video of that? It's not in the Keynote video they uploaded to youtube. I'm dying to see it! don't know why you did not see it but it was in the keynote speech for fanfest 09
Neona Jaqua	Posted - 2009.10.07 16:58:00 - [416] Originally by: Jokiller Gerius Originally by: Neona Jaqua I was told that they showed this feature off at Fanfest! Apparently they had it running across three monitors. Does anybody know where I can find a video of that? It's not in the Keynote video they uploaded to youtube. I'm dying to see it! don't know why you did not see it but it was in the keynote speech for fanfest 09 Ah, my bad. The first video they posted, the one I watched, was not the keynote. Apologies for my hasty alarm. Should have been patient :P
Washell Olivaw	Posted - 2009.10.16 17:01:00 - [417] Edited by: Washell Olivaw on 16/10/2009 17:05:30 Originally by: Signature Everybody has a photographic memory, some people just don't have film.
LymeM Ars ex Discordia GoonSwarm	Posted - 2009.10.22 06:58:00 - [418] Edited by: LymeM on 22/10/2009 06:58:53 Ok, I didn't read the whole thread, or most of it. Suggestions for multi-monitor support. 1) Being able to run the eve client windowed on a monitor without window borders/controls. In order to best do this, adding the functionality to have the client snap to screen edges, and set which monitor your running on would be required. This enables moving between the eve client window and other applications easily, rather than through using alt-tab. This functionality is similar to what eve-mon offers. 2) Being able to move/relocate (detach) in game windows (chat windows, fitting screen, map, production screens, etc) out of the eve client screen space on to the general desktop space. The paint.net photo editing software (free download) offers this functionality, simply drag the toolbar out of the paint.net window. In order to best implement this, it would be advantageous if these detached windows were either tied to the eve client such that when the client had focus they were all brought to the top (so they are not hidden below other windows), and/or the option to set them to float above other windows, and/or being listed individually in a task bar like list so that they can be found and brought to the top. (Visual Studio 2010 lets you do much of this).
Lemmy Kravitz	Posted - 2009.10.22 07:04:00 - [419] Dual monitor support!!!! omg please get it done!!! new mimi tweaks + dual monitor support. it must be getting close to christmas =)
Zoddd	Posted - 2009.10.22 16:30:00 - [420] How about 6 display support? You can do that now with ATI Eyefinity http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx
Serenalen Caldari HelpMyMissioners	Posted - 2009.10.31 15:54:00 - [421] Yes, please support one client stretching over dual monitors! Tried the nVidea "horizontal span" feature, but "The ability to stretch the desktop across both displays using Horizontal or Vertical Span modes is not available under Windows Vista."
Tomarrion Altor Amarr Special Operations Corp	Posted - 2009.11.01 19:23:00 - [422] /signed It would be nice just to get any official reply to this, at least the reason why it can't be done.
Dors Venabily	Posted - 2009.11.01 19:43:00 - [423] you guys didn't see the keynote at fanfest they had atripple head ther with on clien stretched over 3 screens
Maeve Trinity	Posted - 2009.11.07 02:31:00 - [424] Truly!??? I hope they weren't just teasing and they plan on implementing it in game!!! Lots of people on multiple monitors now... and EVE has LOTS of windows!!!!
NAICOM	Posted - 2009.11.20 05:12:00 - [425] /signed 1 monitor for flying, 1 for div management. i have to much windows :P would be very fine
Zeredek	Posted - 2009.11.28 19:59:00 - [426] /signed I was watching the Dominion trailer on a 47" LCD monitor connected to my laptop, and i was like: WOW this s*** is the best!! It made me want an option to extend the eve client so that the spaceships are on the monitor, and the UI on my laptop screen. CCP, please implement this now and i will buy you a beer! _________________ rawr
Guotman	Posted - 2009.11.29 12:44:00 - [427] *sign
Bhag Vandas	Posted - 2009.11.29 23:12:00 - [428] SIGH....N
Lykouleon Trust Doesn't Rust Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2009.11.30 05:27:00 - [429] signed Quote:* CCP Mindstar > Sorry - I've completely messed all that up. lets try again
Jouet	Posted - 2009.11.30 14:53:00 - [430] /signed
Ciaa Gallente The Executives IT Alliance	Posted - 2009.11.30 18:49:00 - [431] Edited by: Ciaa on 30/11/2009 18:49:40 ppl..... Look here fanfest at around 47:00 DON'T PANIC!
Sara Zaristos	Posted - 2009.12.03 10:21:00 - [432] Originally by: Dors Venabily you guys didn't see the keynote at fanfest they had atripple head ther with on clien stretched over 3 screens This really is not the problem. Spanning over an uneven (3,5,7 etc...) number of screens is no problem and can be done since a long time in XP. Can't help it that Vista and Windows 7 messed this up and require more effort, but atleast do it for XP users now. The problem is with an even (2,4,6 etc...) number of screens. The ship is split in half at the bezel so it is unusable by any sane person. The only thing that is needed is the ability to move the centerview of the ship left or right. This doesn't seem like a technical problem because we already have great camera freedom in game and looks more like lazyness on the developers part. As it appears dual-screen is a censored word in the CCP office. I'm apalled that there still is no official word raised on this usability issue since it was first brought up and also has been discussed in a CSM meeting. Actually I believe after so much time (years) and ignorance from the developers, usable dual-screen and Eve-client will never go in one sentence in the forsee-able future.
Jing Xin Gallente	Posted - 2009.12.05 15:33:00 - [433] /signed We need map on the other screen and ability to drag windows to that screen.
Anonymous Pilot	Posted - 2009.12.08 11:40:00 - [434] WOW! How is this STILL not a feature. I've been leaving and returning from EvE for years now I can't believe they have still not sorted this out.
Chakoth Minmatar Concordia Shipyards Destined For Glory	Posted - 2009.12.08 13:52:00 - [435] I second this idea. Dual monitor feature, wich would allow you two have scanner, tactical overlay etc on second monitor would be awesome. Probably most needed feature for Eve right now. More so than station walking. "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast." Shakespeare, Richard III
Cliffy Byro	Posted - 2009.12.11 11:25:00 - [436] I'd love to see this feature. the gui would need a total re design for this to work but could you make itso that the windows inside eve are undockable like in photoshop and dreamweaver etc. So if you wanna lay the game in full screen the windows dock into the main window, but in windowed mode you can drag them out onto the desktop. i think that would be the best thing ever!!!! and I'd give you beer if you did that
Pasus Nauran Amarr	Posted - 2009.12.14 20:13:00 - [437] OK, my friend just got a Radeon 5890 and setup a triple-screen Eyefinity display that works beautifully in EVE. However, I too would love to see multi-mon support directly in EVE without requiring something like Eyefinity. With a window-heavy interface such as EVE uses, being able to utilize a second (or third) screen to hold interface windows would be a boon to us multi-mon gamers, which are growing in numbers from what I hear. Back 4 years ago, I was able to hack multi-mon support like this out of WoW using add-ons. Should be doable with EVE.
Bojo Prinz	Posted - 2009.12.21 20:50:00 - [438] Ive been begging for this feature since month now. I ll quit till CCP will engage into this. Its not my loss, its theirs ^^
Solus Peregrinus Caldari The Order of Black Knights SYSTEM SHOCK INITIATIVE	Posted - 2010.01.03 02:04:00 - [439] 2010 and still not here maybe they forgot
StabbyHobo	Posted - 2010.01.03 11:01:00 - [440] Please implement dual screen support, or at least custom resolution support so we can do it manually. /signed
Sollunux Gallente Dawn's Requiem	Posted - 2010.01.05 06:13:00 - [441] Edited by: Sollunux on 05/01/2010 06:13:42 I feel it's important to note that the TrippleHead2Go is NOT a full solution. That hardware has limitations in resolution and head types (last I checked 3 monitors at 1280 x 1024 and VGA connectors only). Sure this will go up, but then you have to buy another piece of hardware for the upgrade, not to mention the initial investment in the first place, it becomes a hand-off, not support. I posted on this way back and have asked several times about how to do so, if it's possible. I've even hacked at the config files for several days trying to force the resolution. It wasn't fun and it didn't work. I was able to trick EvE into a 2 monitor resolution using NVidias control panel for my GeForce cards and then to maintain that resolution in a window where I then stuck EvE in the middle of 3 monitors, but this simply solved the problem of the bar in the middle splitting my ship in half >_< and was quite finicky because of how i did some other stuff. If you're willing to leave "dual-span view" on and have a GeForce card, look into it and you should be able to get eve across both screens. You will also be greeted by a very uncomfortable bar splitting your ship in half. I'd also be surprised if ATI didn't have something similar, but I'm unfamilar with it.
Luminus Mallus	Posted - 2010.01.08 18:22:00 - [442] In my opinion, this is a good addition, but can be correctly implemented in a single manner: - requisite is that video resolution becomes the SUM of the two videos, and today ati and nvidia to this by the drivers - since in such implementation the ship is in the middle of the video area, it would get divided in two, so it should be offset, given that it's common to use the center of the video as a reference to aim or perform other actions. So simply put, the 3d area should become a "window" by itself, only with the fact that it'd be "LAYER 0". You would then be free to reposition it and resize it to your hearts content. This would by the way allow to increase performance in those systems that can't handle the graphics, where you could simply give more space to the other windows (that would be at that point entirely opaque, saving more cpu cycles).
Domin Ating	Posted - 2010.01.15 23:53:00 - [443] 443rd...ed
Mr Cleann	Posted - 2010.01.16 03:00:00 - [444] Originally by: Dora The'Explorer /signed We need full Dual Screen+ support I would buy a 3rd monitor if I could set Eve up like FlightSim X and have chat windows and inventories and such on my outer displays and the ship GUI on the center main display. Would almost be like being in a starship =P Don't you have your own tv show lol.....CCP I realy hate that time flux feature you added to the forum. Alowing only one post every 5 minutes is a bit rediculous. But then I should be glad it isn't 10 minutes....
Jon Hellguard	Posted - 2010.01.24 01:04:00 - [445] I support dual-screen support in any ways as well. No matter what you can do on the second screen - anything helps and would be cool. thx!
Saul Goodman	Posted - 2010.01.27 03:10:00 - [446] /signed Its sad that this has been around since 2007 without being addressed. It seems like this + fonts + general UI concerns just never seem to get addressed.
LT T3RR0R Caldari Perkone	Posted - 2010.01.27 04:55:00 - [447] /signed This is one issue I think that would make just about everyone happier in eve and it can't be that much work to implement. Its the easiest thing to do that could make the most people happy.
TheSmokingHertog	Posted - 2010.01.29 11:14:00 - [448] /signed
Aphatasis	Posted - 2010.01.29 11:26:00 - [449] Very long thread. Read some the first posts and the last page. Got 3 monitors here (2x 22" and 1x 27"). Took some time to get some information about basicly working of multi-monitoring and different basic things and i think it's not this easy to tell programs to work on different screens simultanious. Another problem is (but that's nothing ccp can change because of basical graphik things) that the FPS will drop very deep when u change from fullscreen to window mode. But window mode is necessary if u don't want that your client always get minimized when u switch to another client/tab. But now my improvement: Using 3 clients most time simultanious, each on one screen. With Evemon Foundations there came an feature to relocate different clients on different screens. Maybe u will think about implementing something that u can set an option in the graphic-settings where a client automaticly starts. And if it starts as window mode and the window size is equal to the size u set for the screen, the client starts automaticly located that it looks like fullscreen.
Peritas Inmortalis Gallente Peritas Inmortalis Corp	Posted - 2010.02.18 03:29:00 - [450] Dudes........CCP dont want multimonitor, this post have 3 YEARS OLD, you dont think CCP have a loot of time to deploy that? CCP actualy only have 1 matter on mind......Ç or $ NOTHING MORE ELSE That eveonline we know its not starting to disolve "like goonswarm". now it is imposible to go with a normal cruiser gang because now CCP have the standard of hacs, recons..........etc time aho it was more fun like now. Lot of ships neet to balance but they dont want to do that "asaulf frigates, destroyers" ......... that guy who came from wow to CCP equilibrate the ships with no idea of the game........GO AGAIN TO WOW
Theotrice Trader's Academy MPA	Posted - 2010.02.22 15:02:00 - [451] /signed
Akira Gomez	Posted - 2010.03.04 05:50:00 - [452] o/ First post on the forums. I just want to thank the devs for an awesome game. Players, I feel your pain. I have found a temporary solution, at least for me. Unfortunately, it is not free... #1: You need two PAID eve accounts. Trials will not work. #2: No matter what your resolution is on the 2nd monitor (I have a 1440x900 on the main and 1024x758 on the slave) you WILL be able to run a main EVE client + a MAP (at least) on the 2nd. I have not tested single account UI parameters. #3. Download and use EVEMON. You all know what it is. Download it, use it. If not, evemon.battleclinic.com #4. In EVEMON, you want to click on 'RELOCATOR' on the menubar. Selecting each monitor and choosing the default option "Monitor 1", "Monitor 2" will make the WINDOWED (assuming you have selected windowed mode in graphics settings in each EVE client) semi-fullscreen (you will not be able to tell the difference) so that you will have TWO 'full-screened' seperate accounts on the same computer with two different monitors (if you understand all this so far you're golden) sooooooo on account #2 (let's say a pirate alt) you'll have the full screen map going and on account #1 (your main) you'll have the regular EVE window + UI. Unfortunately this (as far as I know) does not let you share Info tabs, Market windows, etc, on the SAME account between two monitors. Only something irrevelant such as the map. But for the $15 a month extra, this makes it worthwhile for dedicated single pilot players...... It's the best I could do....CCP....give us dual monitor support!! ((sorry if this has already been discovered and posted (i'm afraid it has) Thanks o7
nanite res	Posted - 2010.03.18 16:48:00 - [453] supported
Jaggins Gangrel Mining and Security	Posted - 2010.03.23 06:21:00 - [454] /signed
Alsyth Night Warder	Posted - 2010.03.27 01:17:00 - [455] /signed
boomer1307 Gallente	Posted - 2010.03.27 01:23:00 - [456] /signed
Czeris	Posted - 2010.03.27 01:25:00 - [457] /signed
Velov Creative Destruction	Posted - 2010.03.27 12:24:00 - [458] /yarr
dream3874	Posted - 2010.03.28 06:10:00 - [459] Signed/ Hopefully you all are implimenting this verry soon!
Alexis Rakun Gallente	Posted - 2010.04.01 19:41:00 - [460] /signed Want my main view on one screen, overviews etc on the other, without putting my ship in the crack in the middle. d^.^b "Live the life that you got without regret, coz unlike the capsuleers you only got one" FA Page
Equto	Posted - 2010.04.12 00:29:00 - [461] /signed
incunatrix	Posted - 2010.04.12 16:10:00 - [462] /signed i want 2 eve clients in (two) fullscreens on my two monitors ;) and a switch over possible with mouse just moving from left to right etc..
Neo Corricon Amarr Reikoku IT Alliance	Posted - 2010.04.27 08:59:00 - [463] Originally by: Katana Seiko Well, all you Devs need to do is implement the possibility to shut off that stupid "feature" of the game to minimize itself when the game looses it's focus. Very simple: There's a little routine in the base code that checks if the game has the focus. If it has, the game continues as normal. If it doesn't, the game minimizes itself and maybe adds a little delay before it checks again. Now, add a little checkbox in the escape window, under adapter and device. Let it say i.e. "Dual Monitor Support". Now, if that one is checked, that little routine that I explained above, won't be executed anymore. Now, on later updates you may add more options to a second screen, but this would be the best you could do for now... Is this accurate? Is the EVE client responsible for the minimization? If so, please change this ASAP so we don't have to run in windowed mode and sacrifice our frame rates. ------------------ Neo Corricon CEO, RennTech
Epitaxis	Posted - 2010.04.30 17:50:00 - [464] Originally by: incunatrix /signed i want 2 eve clients in (two) fullscreens on my two monitors ;) and a switch over possible with mouse just moving from left to right etc.. Ditto
Karga Kafoogas	Posted - 2010.05.02 10:14:00 - [465] please...get us dual and multi monitor full support. they come dirty cheap, everyone has LCD TVs and so on, I want to have eve on all of the monitors in my house. all..
cheet sheet	Posted - 2010.05.07 14:56:00 - [466] Triple monitor support and then were done with it and its all sorted for the next few years
R0hnin	Posted - 2010.05.07 17:17:00 - [467] Edited by: R0hnin on 07/05/2010 17:17:24 watch this: eve on 3 monitors --------------------------------------- Look behind you! A three headed monkey!
Gwenn Dove	Posted - 2010.05.10 06:35:00 - [468] No response from CCP for last 3 years of existence of this forum ?! 1) fullscreen window must not drop to the bar when mouse clicks to secondary monitor for other non-Eve stuff 2) ingame windows need to be movable between monitors
Mulvinator	Posted - 2010.05.12 08:44:00 - [469] This is an idea definitely worth the effort to incorporate on CCPs part.
Durandal Prime	Posted - 2010.05.15 01:09:00 - [470] /signed I only read the first page and saw exactly what I want from dual monitor support.
Emmerik	Posted - 2010.05.15 17:22:00 - [471] /signed
SGRA	Posted - 2010.05.16 00:03:00 - [472] Its Simple, make window scaleable, in the options allow for a variable that allows the location of the ship x degrees left or right. Have a default button to avoid any pesky trouble shooting options that could easily and quickly be addressed by players corp members or the ISD. Ive had the chance to play a game though a scaleable window, the immersion is just incredible. Thanks.
T'Amber www.shipsofeve.com	Posted - 2010.05.16 08:45:00 - [473] VOTE T'AMBER FOR CSM5 VOTE MULTIPLE SCREEN SUPPORT AND TOOLS! One of the top priority issues on my agenda is multiplescreen tools and support. - T'amber POLITICS:SIMULATORÖ
Shanita Perm	Posted - 2010.05.16 17:08:00 - [474] /Signed
Irascor Luclin	Posted - 2010.05.20 03:12:00 - [475] Edited by: Irascor Luclin on 20/05/2010 03:12:05 All I've gotta say is I want this! Man those screenshots are beautufil!!!! Originally by: T'Amber VOTE T'AMBER FOR CSM5 VOTE MULTIPLE SCREEN SUPPORT AND TOOLS! One of the top priority issues on my agenda is multiplescreen tools and support. - T'amber
Astra Monk	Posted - 2010.05.26 15:38:00 - [476] /signed. I support undockable windows for multi-monitor support.
Lootangel Caldari	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:32:00 - [477] /signed An option to throw some windows to a 2nd monitor sounds great. (Especially when doing scanning and trading/industry).
Dexster916 Blackwater USA Inc. Gentlemen's Club	Posted - 2010.05.27 02:11:00 - [478] /Sign It's pretty sad that the game is so old and doesn't have this feature... ------------- Interested in joining BUSA?: Click Here
Achura Hiru	Posted - 2010.05.29 15:13:00 - [479] /signed Play 7 chars (windowed) at once in the game on 4 screens, 1 laptop. So, yeah you could say I support this. Sadly CCP always says it can't be done, including playing 7 chars, 4 screens and 1 latop. Heck what do they know. Commercially its interesting for CCP. All those hard core players will start doubling their accounts. ______________ Intel Q6600 at 2.4; 4 GB mem; 64 bit WIN7; OCZ Vertex SSD; 2 x NVIDEA GTX 260; 4 x Samsung P2070; internet: glass fiber cable at 100 MBs
Finn McCaan Caldari	Posted - 2010.05.31 12:12:00 - [480] yes this please. Although probably requiring a fairly large client change - making the main view port dock-able within the client's window would probably be a good option as it then covers some of the more outlandish monitor set-ups that people might have (although you'd need a way to specify what viewing angle the window is meant to encapsulate - this could actually be very interesting as you could end up with a wrap around display - caves anyone?). Head tracking for HUDs :P? Dose anyone know if ati's eyefinity works with eve?
Karthaige	Posted - 2010.06.12 15:58:00 - [481] /signed Still think this is vital... most of what keeps me away from EVE is that I just can't see everything and have to be in the mood for my eyes to bug out. Dual monitor support would at least alleviate the clutter
Captain Campion Synergy. Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2010.06.12 18:27:00 - [482] /signed plus i want custom windowed resolutions. i.e. equal to a maximised window, something like 1900x1150. not just 1920x1200 or 1680x1050.
Alexei Asmodeus	Posted - 2010.06.15 12:13:00 - [483] /Signed I think its an absolute must.
Yukino Yuu Mnemonic Enterprises	Posted - 2010.06.16 14:58:00 - [484] /signed
Azar Javedd	Posted - 2010.06.17 08:53:00 - [485] /signed
Test'Tube Baby Charlie Chaplins Raggamuffin Crew	Posted - 2010.06.20 14:53:00 - [486] Borderless Windowed EVE Online: 1 - Download EVEMon 2 - Put EVE Online in Windowed resolution you want 3 - In EVEMon find the "Relocator" Tab 4 - Click On "Screen 1" in said Tab 5 - LoL
Melech Firesnake	Posted - 2010.06.23 08:23:00 - [487] YES WE NEED DUAL AND TRIPLE MONITOR SUPPORT!
Sofan erdepfel	Posted - 2010.06.24 16:45:00 - [488] /signed
Tidalius Voidus	Posted - 2010.06.24 17:20:00 - [489] /signed
DNSBLACK Gallente Dirt Nap Squad Dirt Nap Squad.	Posted - 2010.06.24 18:13:00 - [490] n
Tokas III Minmatar Frost Fighters	Posted - 2010.06.24 21:15:00 - [491] /signed
Lu Zun	Posted - 2010.06.29 14:50:00 - [492] /signed
cyclobs Minmatar Honourable Templum of Alcedonia	Posted - 2010.06.29 15:11:00 - [493] uhhh... didn't ccp add eyefinity support in dominion?
Tonker	Posted - 2010.07.11 04:12:00 - [494] /signed Would love to see more support for multiple monitor techonology.
Serafinus	Posted - 2010.07.17 07:10:00 - [495] /signed
Lead Pipe Gallente	Posted - 2010.07.26 22:04:00 - [496] Originally by: Test'Tube Baby Borderless Windowed EVE Online: 1 - Download EVEMon 2 - Put EVE Online in Windowed resolution you want 3 - In EVEMon find the "Relocator" Tab 4 - Click On "Screen 1" in said Tab 5 - LoL Thank you! I was trying to figure out what the relocator tab was supposed to do! Awesome. Works perfectly with 2 clients on 2 different monitors at 2 different resolutions. _________________________________________ Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a little while. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life!
Lemmy Kravitz	Posted - 2010.07.29 05:32:00 - [497] /signed I REALLY want a window for just throwing usefull stuff off of my main screen so I can SEE my ship. all the dual monitor ideas are great. but if I only had to choose one. it's the one where I run eve on main at 1600 x what ever, secondary is a static background that runs at what ever I choose maybe 800x600 that I can throw any UI window i want onto. map, overview, cargo, market, etc.. etc.. etc.. Do that, and work from there.
K3eper	Posted - 2010.07.31 19:06:00 - [498] I agree! Id love to be able to have to mons running, one for ship and other for windows, chat, map, etc etc Would love a response on a possible patch date if any?
Lemmy Kravitz	Posted - 2010.07.31 22:28:00 - [499] It's something the community has been begging for a long while now. Unfortunately for some reason CCP has ignored this feature.
Virmiax	Posted - 2010.08.10 23:49:00 - [500] Edited by: Virmiax on 10/08/2010 23:49:36 /signed I agree, I would realy like to have two accounts at same time in fullscreen mode not window mode
mojogore	Posted - 2010.08.11 00:37:00 - [501] Bumping this because it would be sweet to dump all my chat windows on another monitor
SombiEST Gallente Seventh Heaven's Retinue One Stop Research	Posted - 2010.08.13 02:14:00 - [502] bumping cause I really want 2-3 monitors to clear some necessary screens from my combat vue, Eve is almost a text game for as little as i get to see the scenery and ships.
Asumini Leumlim Minmatar Zorg Inc.	Posted - 2010.08.15 07:17:00 - [503] Originally by: SombiEST bumping cause I really want 2-3 monitors to clear some necessary screens from my combat vue, Eve is almost a text game for as little as i get to see the scenery and ships. 2-3 Monitors already work, the only problem I have is that the camera view is zoomed in a bit. Other than that it works just fine. Running@6090x1080
Baeryn 22nd Black Rise Defensive Unit	Posted - 2010.08.15 20:13:00 - [504] Edited by: Baeryn on 15/08/2010 20:12:56 Lots of signatures. No votes on the EVE UserVoice though? RolePlayGateway \|\| EVE UserVoice: A Supplement to the CSM
Harlock Deus	Posted - 2010.08.21 08:48:00 - [505] Originally by: Asumini Leumlim 2-3 Monitors already work, the only problem I have is that the camera view is zoomed in a bit. Other than that it works just fine. Running@6090x1080 [/quote Not really. With Win 7 and GTX 460 card this doesn't work any more. I used two monitors with an older GS 7600 and that was fine, now with the new system it is no more possible to change the resolution up to 3860 x 1060 as the computer handels the two monitors with they own native resolution. Using other programs in a window is not a problem as i can stretch the window over the two monitors, but not with the EVE window. Also palying with two chars on two different windows does not work very well as the second window will "jump" all time back to the monitor 1.
lookatzebirdie	Posted - 2010.08.21 14:38:00 - [506] Originally by: Harlock Deus Originally by: Asumini Leumlim 2-3 Monitors already work, the only problem I have is that the camera view is zoomed in a bit. Other than that it works just fine. Running@6090x1080 [/quote Not really. With Win 7 and GTX 460 card this doesn't work any more. I used two monitors with an older GS 7600 and that was fine, now with the new system it is no more possible to change the resolution up to 3860 x 1060 as the computer handels the two monitors with they own native resolution. Using other programs in a window is not a problem as i can stretch the window over the two monitors, but not with the EVE window. Also palying with two chars on two different windows does not work very well as the second window will "jump" all time back to the monitor 1. this ^^^ it's laughable really that in this day and age Eve cannot properly support multiple monitors, but then it's CCP what do you expect. _____________________________________________ fsuicgks (this is not gibberish, it is deeply profound
RavenNyx	Posted - 2010.08.21 15:01:00 - [507] /signed With CCP being so interested in having ppl getting a second account, it's odd that they have not yet put in support for having 2 accounts being able to log in, through the same client and be shown on different monitors. Even for ppl with only one account it would be extremely useful - scanner, market, log, starmap and a bunch of other stuff could be displayed on the secondary monitor instead of cluttering up the view on the main one. I'm surprised that the CCP devs who make the universe pretty (the graphics guys) haven't already demanded this to their bosses. What's the use of having nice and up-to-date ship-models, if you can't see them due to windows blocking your view? Start out with a client wrapper, that allows multiple clients inside of it - that would sastisfy most ppl looking for having a main and an alt on screen at the same time. Could even be useful for ppl with only one monitor as well as you wouldn't have to force the OS switch threads and un-/-load memory. The other stuff might take a bit more work - have no ideas there.
Asumini Leumlim Minmatar Zorg Inc.	Posted - 2010.08.24 17:00:00 - [508] Originally by: Harlock Deus Not really. With Win 7 and GTX 460 card this doesn't work any more. I used two monitors with an older GS 7600 and that was fine, now with the new system it is no more possible to change the resolution up to 3860 x 1060 as the computer handels the two monitors with they own native resolution. Using other programs in a window is not a problem as i can stretch the window over the two monitors, but not with the EVE window. Also palying with two chars on two different windows does not work very well as the second window will "jump" all time back to the monitor 1. Im using Win 7 and dual GTX 480s, and in the nvidia control panel I had an option to setup custom resolutions. In doing so EVE recognized the custom resolutions and gave me the option to select those resolutions. If anything it has to do with your card, not sure but I had no problems stretching my game across 3 screens.
Infinitywraith	Posted - 2010.08.28 20:51:00 - [509] /signed
Ricc Deckard Cult of the Fluffy Bunny Ewoks	Posted - 2010.08.31 07:46:00 - [510] Originally by: Lemmy Kravitz /signed I REALLY want a window for just throwing usefull stuff off of my main screen so I can SEE my ship. all the dual monitor ideas are great. but if I only had to choose one. it's the one where I run eve on main at 1600 x what ever, secondary is a static background that runs at what ever I choose maybe 800x600 that I can throw any UI window i want onto. map, overview, cargo, market, etc.. etc.. etc.. Do that, and work from there. I totally agree. A feature that would make eve much more enjoyable for me. ---------- Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
Alicina Goodbody	Posted - 2010.08.31 14:02:00 - [511] Ok, I read the first 8 pages, forgive me if this is already mentioned. I always run eve on 2 30" monitors (5120x1600) under XP. I think it works quite well. I move the ship HUD from center to the right screen, simply grab and drag it, it even remembers the new position. One little suggestion: Vertically align the ship and the message display with the position of the HUD.
Lemmy Kravitz	Posted - 2010.09.01 05:20:00 - [512] This should be a feature native to the game, not something we jury rig ourselves. I don't run XP. I run vista, and eventually the new Windows OS. sooo...
Morbidibrom	Posted - 2010.09.09 09:23:00 - [513] Edited by: Morbidibrom on 09/09/2010 09:23:19 Wow after 3 1/2 years no dev reply.... I can not belive they would omit this issue since thier target audience are hard core gammers and after going thru all the effort and expense of getting new members they would not want to retain them.... It's now 2010, common dev's this is old news and it used to be supported. You have to admit, given the amount of screen space this game takes up due to all the boxes that need to be open to play, multiple monitor support is required for comfortable game play. If its a matter of economics imagine the retention of an extra 10-15% of members youd have by making the game enjoyable instead of a convoluted mess we all have to deal with. And belive me we deal with it, we dont like it. Each and every member who wrote into this topic represents hundreds who are thinking the same thing, and hundreds if not thousands who left because of how convoluted this game can be. If you want my opinion, I belive it is left like this because there is a hidden agenda eve does not disclose, like a pay off to some high end ceo that they don't support multiple monitors so that Matrox makes money on their TripleHead2Go. Or other agreements to keep it like it is to drive up computing sales. This is one of the largest games on the web. Lame CCP... shame...
Nurf Norburt	Posted - 2010.09.15 04:13:00 - [514] /signed Monitoring 3-5 chat channels, fleet, targets, drones, etc is painful. Why detract from the beautiful EVE graphics engine by forcing us to clutter our monitors. -Listen to the EVE populace; we've been asking since 2007.
FleRoY	Posted - 2010.09.15 21:49:00 - [515] Edited by: FleRoY on 15/09/2010 21:49:39 Should have read a little before buying a new screen...what a let down Let's hope that 2010 (4th year) is the lucky one! /Signed

CCP Fear	Posted - 2010.09.15 23:55:00 - [516] OMG DEV REPLY! Yes, something fun is coming!

Fohacidal SPORADIC MOVEMENT	Posted - 2010.09.15 23:58:00 - [517] Originally by: CCP Fear OMG DEV REPLY! Yes, something fun is coming! I came a little any juicy bits of info?
Zirse Minmatar ZED Industries	Posted - 2010.09.16 01:22:00 - [518]
XDSKIRBYKIA Serenity Engineering and Transport Company Shadow of xXDEATHXx	Posted - 2010.09.16 01:32:00 - [519] Originally by: Fohacidal Originally by: CCP Fear OMG DEV REPLY! Yes, something fun is coming! I came a little any juicy bits of info? Come on a little bit of info you ship tease!
TecHead 197701	Posted - 2010.09.16 07:44:00 - [520] Ability to have the map up on your second or third monitor would be awesome! This would be really good for both travel and probing
Haral Heisto	Posted - 2010.09.16 14:22:00 - [521] Edited by: Haral Heisto on 16/09/2010 14:24:53 Originally by: CCP Fear OMG DEV REPLY! Yes, something fun is coming! Damn you, it's been an expensive month already, don't make me run out and buy another monitor! Edit:áForums being awfully flaky at the moment

CCP Fear	Posted - 2010.09.16 18:48:00 - [522] Ok, I'll not tease! It's nothing huge, and don't expect anything ground-shattering, but it is a step forward! Maps won't be on the other monitor, and it's not on a scale as Supreme Commander did. It's simple, but it is helpful.

Shinde Kudasai Mercurial Freight	Posted - 2010.09.17 00:21:00 - [523] Originally by: CCP Fear Ok, I'll not tease! It's nothing huge, and don't expect anything ground-shattering, but it is a step forward! Maps won't be on the other monitor, and it's not on a scale as Supreme Commander did. It's simple, but it is helpful. GIVE! Please? Mercurial Freight - get it hauled!
Lemmy Kravitz	Posted - 2010.09.17 04:52:00 - [524] OMG thank you so much, I was going to cancel my eve account if by beginning of next year we didn't have dual monitor support. My christmas present has come early. Please tell me I can throw convo windows over onto my second monitor?
Emmerik Gallente NED-Clan	Posted - 2010.09.19 14:21:00 - [525] /signed Whould be so nice if I could put all the chatwindows/overview/dronemenu on a second monitor. Shows of the game way better to. A lot of people/friend that I show EVE to, bounce back when they see my monitor. Full of windows and little 'freaky' things you have to pay attention to. second monitor cleans up the main monitor, and therefore make the game more accessible.

CCP Fear	Posted - 2010.09.20 09:37:00 - [526] Link! Check the above link!

RaTTuS BIG Majesta Empire	Posted - 2010.09.20 11:29:00 - [527] Fear FTW --
ZEDD D	Posted - 2010.10.03 05:27:00 - [528] All of your request could be solved if DEV would just allow windows to be dragged off the main screen, like Adobe Photoshop.
L Anubis	Posted - 2010.11.20 21:58:00 - [529] I solved the problem! I am playing eve on dual monitors :) Look at the photo ... its not good but i only have webcam on my notebook
Lemmy Kravitz Minmatar Rebirth.	Posted - 2010.11.21 06:49:00 - [530] Please get this implemented as a christmas present for the community. I would accept this whole heartily rather than a limited edition ship. ------------------------------------------------- "Vae Victis" -Brennus
Rico 7 Amarr Winged Victory Corporation Intrepid Crossing	Posted - 2010.12.15 09:21:00 - [531] /signed O ye that believe! Fear a the Lord of the Amarr, and believe in His Messenger, and He will bestow on you a double portion of His Mercy: He will provide for you a Light by which ye shall walk (straight

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