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guitarxe

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Multiple display fortress?
« on: January 12, 2012, 08:52:25 pm »
I've recently purchased a second monitor and run two monitors at once for certain work. I was wondering if it was possible to do something nifty for DF with two monitors, for example being able to have two different z-levels on the two screens? Maybe there's something else?
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i2amroy

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Re: Multiple display fortress?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2012, 08:57:12 pm »
Not right now sadly. If you set the second monitor to be an extension of the first screen then you might be able to have a super wide/tall DF window, but other then that there isn't anything snazzy you can do with your second monitor.
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Re: Multiple display fortress?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2012, 11:21:13 pm »
Put stonesense on the second monitor. That way, you might be able to lure in anyone who walks past by convincing them that you're playing a normal game.
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Re: Multiple display fortress?
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2012, 11:29:18 pm »
Quote from: Tharwen on January 12, 2012, 11:21:13 pm
Put stonesense on the second monitor. That way, you might be able to lure in anyone who walks past by convincing them that you're playing a normal game.

Rofl. Actually right now I have the therapist on the other screen, so people sometimes think I'm doing some kind of work when they pass by  ;D
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Re: Multiple display fortress?
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2012, 05:53:35 pm »
Supreme Commander (The first one and the expansion to it) is the only game that does this that I know of. It was one of mine and many others more favorite aspects of the game. It would work very well with DF in my opinion.
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Re: Multiple display fortress?
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2012, 10:26:21 pm »
Quote from: guitarxe on January 12, 2012, 11:29:18 pm
Quote from: Tharwen on January 12, 2012, 11:21:13 pm
Put stonesense on the second monitor. That way, you might be able to lure in anyone who walks past by convincing them that you're playing a normal game.

Rofl. Actually right now I have the therapist on the other screen, so people sometimes think I'm doing some kind of work when they pass by  ;D

Honestly, you're doing it right. I've had to be without my second monitor for a couple weeks now, and having to switch back and forth between DF and DT is really bugging me.
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