meade95 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I have a new computer coming (Dell 720 series) that is pretty maxed out - However, CMSF isn't set to run with widescreen monitors....is this correct? And what exactly does that mean? Is it a show-stopper if you have a widescreen? (this will be the first widescreen LCD monitor I have owned). Or can you still play CMSF on a widescreen....it simply won't be optimited to take full advantage of such a monitor? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I recently acquired a new Samsung SyncMaster 9312BW widescreen monitor and it looks great on it. In the Options menu, just set the game resolution to desktop and it displays widescreen. For this monitor that 1400x800. Here's a full screen picture for you... As you can see, there's no stretching, it's just wider. So don't worry about that widescreen monitor, laddie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Not sure why you didn't post to the Tech Support forum but anyway. My Apple 23" runs fine at 1,920 x 1,200. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 To answer your question Yes it can, I'm running it on a widescreen here at home and at work. [ March 29, 2008, 07:06 PM: Message edited by: JohnO ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Edited to remove rubbish. [ March 29, 2008, 07:12 PM: Message edited by: gibsonm ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Ah crap disregard last transmission need to go to sleep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade95 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Thanks for info - (and yes, I should have put this in the Tech forum - My bad). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Ah, what the hell.. you got an answer in 20 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdstrike Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Thanks for posting this, I'm also currently in need of a new monitor and was about to ask the exact same question. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 That's one nice screenshot papertiger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webwing Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Originally posted by Hoolaman: That's one nice screenshot papertiger. Anyone can take a screenshot. No one can take a screenshot like PaperTiger! - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Thanks, guys. I just hope the missions live up to the expectations that the pictures are raising. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomni Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 works well with my HP wide screen 1440 x 900 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Krejcirik Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I'd like too see a windowed mode support for CMSF. I have a wide screen TV as a second monitor, but I can't use it because Windows can't use secondary monitor in fullscreen mode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webwing Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Originally posted by Martin Krejcirik: I'd like too see a windowed mode support for CMSF. I have a wide screen TV as a second monitor, but I can't use it because Windows can't use secondary monitor in fullscreen mode. Windows? I have used 2 monitors for some time with Windows XP. If your video card has this option then I don't see why it shouldn't work. Once this is set up it's all full screen anyway. - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Krejcirik Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Webwing: If you know, or anybody else, how to force a fullscreen game to display on the secondary monitor in Win XP, let me know. It always uses the primary monitor only. Windowed mode is OK, I can grab the window and move to the other monitor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Well you could use DualHead2Go. Now your thinking "What the hell is a DualHead2Go". You can go here and read up on it DualHead2Go 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Originally posted by gibsonm: Not sure why you didn't post to the Tech Support forum but anyway. My Apple 23" runs fine at 1,920 x 1,200. Always looking for an excuse to bring up your big apple aren't you Mark? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 ???? Other people mentioned brand names so I did too. Its actually connected via a KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch so I can flick between the no frills PC that I run CM:SF on most of the time, a G4 machine so I can run CMX1 under OS 9, a G5 which is the File Server (running OS X Server) at home and my MacBook Pro which I use 90% of the time in OX S. All of which I can use with a single screen, keyboard and mouse. So three Apple machines and a PC all happily using the one screen. Is that better? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Martin Krejcirik - What videocard do you have ? There is an option for Nvidia drivers in the Nvidia Control Panel > 3D Settings > Manage 3D Settings > Global Settings > Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration > setting this to "multiple display performance mode" MIGHT allow for CMSF to work across more than one monitor. I haven't tried it myself, so there is actually a very good possibility that it won't work. You may also need to mess around with how the drivers manage your two displays. In the Nvidia Control Panel > Display > Setup multiple displays > you may need to select "As one large horizontal desktop (Horizontal span)". This means that the Taskbar along the bottom of the screen will span both displays and the System tray with the time clock in it will be on the far right display. This in essence gives you one large resolution and it may be possible for CMSF to use the "Desktop Resolution" setting and use up both screens. However this may not really work all too well. If it does work, it will definitely slow down your videocard since you'll be running a MUCH higher resolution. Plus you'll need to deal with the 'bezel' of the two monitors in the middle of your display. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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