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Playing KAG with multiple monitors

Discussion in 'Help' started by DragonShark, Jan 18, 2016.

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  1. DragonShark

    DragonShark The one post after the other. Donator

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    So, I got my second monitor for a while now. And I started to pick up KAG again.
    But once I move my arm too fast and click out of KAG to the second monitor it automaticly alt+tabs.
    Is there any way to make the cursor stuck in 1 screen in game?
    This usually isn't a problem for other games.
    Anyone got a solution?
     
    DragonShark, Jan 18, 2016
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  2. makmoud98

    makmoud98 You are already DEAD Forum Moderator Staff Alumni Tester

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    I had the same issue when I used two monitors. I have no idea how to fix it
     
    makmoud98, Jan 18, 2016
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  3. Furai

    Furai THD Team THD Team Administrator

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    Ah right, the old bug of mouse not being caught within the window...it has to be fixed code-side.

    I have never found any workaround for this.
     
    Furai, Jan 18, 2016
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  4. DragonShark

    DragonShark The one post after the other. Donator

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    Yeah it's really annoying when you're in the heat of a knight battle and you just lose since you click out of your window.
     
    DragonShark, Jan 18, 2016
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  5. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    I know this is a frustrating thing to learn for people but
    • Windowed mode (100x less issues with alt+tab and freezing, rendering issues etc)
    • Keep cursor closer to your character
    The lib that we're using for rendering cant do software fullscreen or cursor locking, so we'd have to develop platform-specific solutions for each of those. Obviously migrating away from that library is not really likely to happen so late into development.
     
    Geti, Jan 18, 2016
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  6. DragonShark

    DragonShark The one post after the other. Donator

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    Isn't there like some software which can solve this problem?
    There should be one.
     
    DragonShark, Jan 19, 2016
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  7. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    That's what a library is, some software. The library we're using (irrlicht) does not provide a way to do software fullscreen, or to "grab" the mouse. There are a lot of libraries that do, but this is the one MM chose 8+ years ago, and its pretty tightly coupled to almost every part of the engine unfortunately.
    We might be able to hack in our own platform specific ways to do it; which opens the way for more platform-specific bugs. Sigh. It's not high priority I'm afraid.
     
    Geti, Jan 20, 2016
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  8. DragonShark

    DragonShark The one post after the other. Donator

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    I found a really good software for this issue. It's called "Borderless Gaming" on Steam.
    Use this with a windowed game. It would look like full screen. If you would click out of your monitor it wouldn't alt tab. Really good software
     
    DragonShark, Jan 21, 2016
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