[Advanced GFX Setup] Possibility to select graphics card.

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Nappe1
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[Advanced GFX Setup] Possibility to select graphics card.

Post by Nappe1 »

Hi,
I have been playing TM since early 2004 and mostly I enjoy it as party play / hot seat. I invite my friends and I have a 3 display setup in which I have 42" TV as third one. Played from sofa with extended USB cable and pad / usb keyboard, it's great fun. :thumbsup:

However, there's one annoying thing and that's the fact that I can't select the display / graphics output anywhere in setup, so I need to switch primary display to TV (which again reorganizes my windows desktop icons first time) and when we end playing, I need to do that again. (which re-shuffles the icons all around once more.) All the displays have different resolutions so opting a clone mode isn't unfortunately possible. (neither one of those two other displays can't handle Full HD resolution, which I am using in TV. All displays are connected to same Graphics Adapter, which is Radeon HD5750.)

I am not sure exactly how Maniaplanet inits the display controllers, but giving user possibility to choose one in setup should not be a big thing to do and this is probably more about decision make it / leave it out than technical hurdle. (it could be hidden somewhere very deep so that only advanced users would use it and otherwise everything would work in primary display.)

Nevertheless, thanks for excelent game, will buy Stadium and Valley as soon as they become available. :)
tcq
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Re: [Advanced GFX Setup] Possibility to select graphics card

Post by tcq »

Can't you simply extend your desktop from your main screen to the TV and then move the mania planet window there and play it in window mode without border?
Nappe1
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Re: [Advanced GFX Setup] Possibility to select graphics card

Post by Nappe1 »

tcq wrote:Can't you simply extend your desktop from your main screen to the TV and then move the mania planet window there and play it in window mode without border?
never actually tested that... I am so old (fart) that I still have somewhere down deep in my mind assumption that playing in windowed mode slows things down. :lol:

In fact I have not even tested what happens if I start the game, use alt + Enter to pop it to window mode, drag the window in TV and then alt + enter it back to full screen...

I'll test both as soon as I have chance and report back to here the results.
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