Thread: Feature Request Panning while dual monotors are used.
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Old 01-02-2010, 08:52 AM   #9
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Originally posted by cjmaddy:
The simple answer, as I have said above, is....
MA3 can not pan if the total of the two monitors is 3.2:1 or greater. (example: 2560x800), which is equivalent to two 16:10 widescreen monitors.
Two 16:9 widescreens will have black bands, unless the image is distorted or cropped. - And it also will not pan.  
Simple answer? Yes. Accurate answer? No. For the most part, you and Jim are both talking about "2.5 screens wide" or "two widescreen monitors wide". Both of those statements however, mean virtually nothing without knowing what screen resolution those monitors are set to. As a for instance, I have a 16:10 monitor that offers screen resolutions of 1360x1024 and 1360x768. If I had two of them sitting side by side, MA3 would pan with them set to one resolution (2720x1024 = 2.6:1) and would not pan with them set to the other (2720x768 - 3.5:1).

Similarly, you're example of 2560x800 doesn't mean much unless the reader understands how to convert that to a ratio which can then be measured against THEIR screen resolutions. All I did was provide a step by step procedure for people who may not know how to do that for themselves.

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