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Wilson Kite
Memories of Ice
#1 - 2013-06-10 10:19:24 UTC
Hello!

I have 2 eve accounts and 2 screens.

I want to be able to switch between them fast.
So I thought of running them in a borderless window on my 2 monitors.

Is there a way to do this? I cannot seem to find an easy way of playing 2 clients at the same time. Without the other minimizing from fullscreen and such..
Darlew Demian
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-06-10 10:23:39 UTC
There should be the option so have it as "full window" or something like that, instead of fullscreen
Wilson Kite
Memories of Ice
#3 - 2013-06-10 10:26:21 UTC
Darlew Demian wrote:
There should be the option so have it as "full window" or something like that, instead of fullscreen



There is an option called "Fixed Window", but that just sticks it in the corner of the primary screen.
Eliniale
Co-operative Resource Extraction
#4 - 2013-06-10 10:39:21 UTC
Wilson Kite wrote:
Darlew Demian wrote:
There should be the option so have it as "full window" or something like that, instead of fullscreen



There is an option called "Fixed Window", but that just sticks it in the corner of the primary screen.


Run it windowed, not borderless. Yes, you get a bit less screen then you'd have when running borderless, but it's easier to manipulate said windows.

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Ace Menda
Gemini Lounge
#5 - 2013-06-10 10:40:49 UTC
Eliniale wrote:
Wilson Kite wrote:
Darlew Demian wrote:
There should be the option so have it as "full window" or something like that, instead of fullscreen



There is an option called "Fixed Window", but that just sticks it in the corner of the primary screen.


Run it windowed, not borderless. Yes, you get a bit less screen then you'd have when running borderless, but it's easier to manipulate said windows.


This.

I run multiple clients in windowed mode. That small top header that is taking a minor amount of space on my monitors has never bothered me.

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Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#6 - 2013-06-10 10:44:18 UTC
Hi, it's entirely possible.

The normal way to do this is:
Junction your client (see the wiki)

Set one client up in one window, and the other in the other.

You pick the window you want it to be in, by changing the 'adaptor' It's, iirc, the next option down.

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Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#7 - 2013-06-10 13:45:51 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
Hi, it's entirely possible.

The normal way to do this is:
Junction your client (see the wiki)

Set one client up in one window, and the other in the other.

You pick the window you want it to be in, by changing the 'adaptor' It's, iirc, the next option down.


This is exactly the way I've used it when running two monitors on one computer.

It works like charm, even with different monitor sizes, resolutions and graphic details.

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Tyrendian Biohazard
The Bastards
Sedition.
#8 - 2013-06-10 19:38:08 UTC
The dual client setup is mentioned above.

Additionally there is another option if you want to mess around with it.

I run an EyeFinity setup to span the desktop across two monitors, so that the computer thinks it is one and runs a really high resolution. You can set a camera offset in the game to adjust the camera and move the ship to the center of one screen or the other (without messing with D-scan lineup). That way you can run the view of the game in one screen, and some/all your UI elements on the other. I typically keep my overview, along with my modules/shields/etc, on one screen, and chat, D-Scan, Browser, etc on the other

The only problem with this is that when you then run a second account, the system only shows it as one screen, so you can select "screen 2" the same way you would with a normal dual screen setup. Because of that, when I run my alt, I either have to run it full screen and alt tab between clients, or keep it in windowed mode and still alt tab. Not handy if you are constantly switching back and forth between accounts, but works great for keeping one clean monitor for the ship view, and UI on the other for battles, intel, blah blah blah.

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Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#9 - 2013-06-10 20:37:21 UTC
Tyrendian Biohazard wrote:
The dual client setup is mentioned above.

Additionally there is another option if you want to mess around with it.

I run an EyeFinity setup to span the desktop across two monitors, so that the computer thinks it is one and runs a really high resolution. You can set a camera offset in the game to adjust the camera and move the ship to the center of one screen or the other (without messing with D-scan lineup). That way you can run the view of the game in one screen, and some/all your UI elements on the other. I typically keep my overview, along with my modules/shields/etc, on one screen, and chat, D-Scan, Browser, etc on the other

The only problem with this is that when you then run a second account, the system only shows it as one screen, so you can select "screen 2" the same way you would with a normal dual screen setup. Because of that, when I run my alt, I either have to run it full screen and alt tab between clients, or keep it in windowed mode and still alt tab. Not handy if you are constantly switching back and forth between accounts, but works great for keeping one clean monitor for the ship view, and UI on the other for battles, intel, blah blah blah.



I've just spanned my desktop across my monitors (with windows). And then picked the high-res options for the size of the fixed window. It'll happily span multiple screens that way.

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Tyrendian Biohazard
The Bastards
Sedition.
#10 - 2013-06-10 21:37:33 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
Tyrendian Biohazard wrote:
The dual client setup is mentioned above.

Additionally there is another option if you want to mess around with it.

I run an EyeFinity setup to span the desktop across two monitors, so that the computer thinks it is one and runs a really high resolution. You can set a camera offset in the game to adjust the camera and move the ship to the center of one screen or the other (without messing with D-scan lineup). That way you can run the view of the game in one screen, and some/all your UI elements on the other. I typically keep my overview, along with my modules/shields/etc, on one screen, and chat, D-Scan, Browser, etc on the other

The only problem with this is that when you then run a second account, the system only shows it as one screen, so you can select "screen 2" the same way you would with a normal dual screen setup. Because of that, when I run my alt, I either have to run it full screen and alt tab between clients, or keep it in windowed mode and still alt tab. Not handy if you are constantly switching back and forth between accounts, but works great for keeping one clean monitor for the ship view, and UI on the other for battles, intel, blah blah blah.



I've just spanned my desktop across my monitors (with windows). And then picked the high-res options for the size of the fixed window. It'll happily span multiple screens that way.


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Lost Greybeard
Drunken Yordles
#11 - 2013-06-11 00:27:11 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:

I've just spanned my desktop across my monitors (with windows). And then picked the high-res options for the size of the fixed window. It'll happily span multiple screens that way.


This is what I'd recommend, assuming your second monitor has the same vertical resolution as the primary (if they're side by side).

Personally, I run basically every game I have on the PC through a window, that's the major advantage of not being on a console so why not take it?