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Trying to set up a second account on same pc to play on two screens
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Ladrial
The Faline Federation
#1 - 2012-11-25 17:14:32 UTC
Well title says it all really, I'm struggling with this I cant seem to get this started I have windows 7

I tried what it said here: http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Multiple_clients I seemed to get stuck on finding the eve 2 folder.
I am not very IT minded and the instructions were fine to this point.

Do I do this prior to actually creating the account?

Help me I'm so confused

Thanks :)
Gundermann
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-11-25 17:15:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Gundermann
Open Eve as you normally would.
Login and Enter the game.
After you are logged in press Alt+Tab to bring the Desktop forward.
Double click the same Eve Icon you used before.
Login to your Second account if you have one and enter the game through that account as well.
Repeat Steps 3-5 for more Accounts.
To switch between accounts press Alt+Tab.

Seems pretty straightforward to me.
EDIT: That bolded part is out of date. Just click "PLAY" on the launcher once for each client you want to log in.

To get them on different screens, go to in-game settings and set them to windowed mode and just drag one across, I guess.
Ladrial
The Faline Federation
#3 - 2012-11-25 17:19:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Ladrial
But will that allow my mouse to move between the two screens without alt tabbing?

That is the method 2

It seemed the other way would offer me what i wanted?

How do i set-up the second account?
Mourning Souls
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-11-25 17:21:04 UTC
Set your EVE to either fixed window, or windowed mode. Then do the above. even removes the need to alt tab out of the game sice simply clicking on the other screen will bring up the task bar in fixed mode and it's always there in windowed.
Ladrial
The Faline Federation
#5 - 2012-11-25 17:22:11 UTC
so how do i get the second account?
SmilingVagrant
Doomheim
#6 - 2012-11-25 17:26:15 UTC
Just hit play again on the launcher.
Dave stark
#7 - 2012-11-25 17:32:56 UTC
windowed mode is also awesome.
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-11-25 17:39:17 UTC
Ladrial wrote:
so how do i get the second account?


The same way you got the first one.

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Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#9 - 2012-11-25 17:43:00 UTC
Ladrial wrote:
But will that allow my mouse to move between the two screens without alt tabbing?

That is the method 2

It seemed the other way would offer me what i wanted?

How do i set-up the second account?


I use two accounts & have 2 screens. I don't need to do two installs or anything. I just start the launcher, then clock "start" twice to open up 2 clients. You'll probably want to go into the ESC menu and choose "windowed mode" if you do this. Not doing thing is what's causing you problems.

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Lyron-Baktos
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-11-25 19:34:46 UTC
Ladrial wrote:
Well title says it all really, I'm struggling with this I cant seem to get this started I have windows 7

I tried what it said here: http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Multiple_clients I seemed to get stuck on finding the eve 2 folder.
I am not very IT minded and the instructions were fine to this point.

Do I do this prior to actually creating the account?

Help me I'm so confused

Thanks :)

This is the way I do it. Allows both accounts to have separate settings
Merouk Baas
#11 - 2012-11-26 01:49:36 UTC
I used 2 accounts, one client installation, 2 screens. You start the first game, hit ESC, pick the resolution and which screen it should go to. Then you start the second game, hit ESC, pick the resolution and the second screen it should go to. Either Fixed Window mode or Full Screen mode will let your mouse move between the two freely, I think.

You don't need to install twice.