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Proper Multi-monitor Support
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Jonathan Malcom
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-03-06 04:49:26 UTC
So, this probably isn't the right place to put this, but it is a feature and I can't think of anywhere better.

Right now, Eve runs at a fixed aspect ratio (what appears to be 16:9). This cannot be adjusted.

I (and I'm sure a few other people) play Eve on a multi-monitor setup. I have three monitors, each 1920x1080. Total resolution after bezel adjustment is 6020x1080. When I play Eve that resolution, it takes the horizontal field of view of a regular 16:9 display and stretches that across all three monitors.

It's like looking at the game through view slits in a WW2 tank.

I would really appreciate it if someone at CCP could take like half an hour and either give us the ability to adjust aspect ratio ourselves or have it automatically adjust the aspect ratio to fit the selected resolution.

This is not a huge deal. You don't really have to be able to see whats around you to play Eve. But it would be nice to have proper multi-monitor support.
Ajoris
ECRENOMUN
#2 - 2013-03-10 00:55:37 UTC
It's definitely a problem. Weird thing is, I've seen others with nVidia, Matrox, ATI, and they've been able to (at least in the past) get a proper triple-monitor setup working.

The only indicator I can think of is that now I'm running a single Kepler card that's driving all three monitors. It's a problem somewhere, either drivers, or Eve's logic, but a configurable feature would solve this issue.

Here are comparison photos to demonstrate.