[Bug-Graphics] Dual Monitors

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I have dual monitors on my computer.  When playing Elemental and I try to scroll to the left I can simply move the cursor out of the game and onto the other screen.  Thankfully, I can still navigate by zooming out to the cloth map and zooming back in where i want. I double checked to make sure I was in full screen mode.  This isn't necessarily a problem, since i can use it to change my music or load a web page with out alt+tab.  Maybe this could be a toggle-able feature.  Also is there any plan to support additional info from the game (such as diplomacy, unit info or the cloth map) on a second monitor?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

This is a really common issue in a lot of non-FPS/TPS games, and is less of an issue here since it's turn based (so you won't accidentally hit outside in haste), but it would still be nice to lock the mouse to the main screen/application, especially in fullscreen mode.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

OK, I just hadn't seen it in other games.  I usually make sure to run a game in windowed mode if i know i'm going to be doing a lot of other non-game stuff on the screen.  Thanks for the answer!

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

There is 3rd-party software like Ultramon (shareware) that lets you bind a key to lock the mouse to the current window.  It was a little clunky the last time I used it (~a year ago), but it's nice for apps that don't support dual monitors (i.e. apps that don't know to lock the mouse to the app in full screen mode).  I think there's free software that does something similar.

The second thing you're looking for (extending the app screen to show the map on one monitor and pieces of the UI in another) is a different feature and something I've only seen in WoW.  Really nice, but not widely supported.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting letterboxart, reply 3
The second thing you're looking for (extending the app screen to show the map on one monitor and pieces of the UI in another) is a different feature and something I've only seen in WoW.  Really nice, but not widely supported.
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Heh, the one instance I've run into it is actually in Supreme Commander (1 & 2), though in that one you basically have two fully zoomable command windows  :P