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Panning while dual monotors are used.
First of all I wish everyone a Happy New Year! I am a newbie not sure where my thoughts should go. But at my aage what the hell.
I sent a note of the the tech boys that in dual nonitor mode that the was no panning. Here was their reply" "This is a problem we are still working on fixing in the Beta. It only appears on a limited number of systems so we'd love for you submit this over at the Beta Forums." Well here I am , and after watching the preview (panning working) I bit my lip and guess the only way to fix this is to make thes whole screen wider, does this make andy sence? ![]() |
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Welcome to the Forum, Otis.
The tank is about 2.5 widescreens wide, so two wide monitors should still leave a little room for panning.
Jim Sachs
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Western Missouri
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![]() I sent a note of the the tech boys that in dual nonitor mode that the was no panning. Here was their reply"
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I have two 20" widescreen monitors and the aquarium does not pan. I thought this was it's maximum width!
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Yes that is it's maximum width. - Depending on the aspect ratio of your wide-screen monitors, there will be little if any panning across the two screens. - On my two 5x4 monitors, the maximum width of MA3 is approx 2.5 screens wide. If I make a window to fill the width of both screen (2560), then the maximum height of the window when panning stops is approx 800. - That is the approx equivalent ratio of two wide-screen monitors.
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![]() I have two 20" widescreen monitors and the aquarium does not pan. I thought this was it's maximum width!
![]() 1) find the resolution of each monitor in use and jot them down. 2) add up all of the horizontal resolutions for the widest part of the overall display. For example: a) 2 monitors side by side at 1024x768 = 20483) repeat step 2 above for the vertical resolutions. 4) divide the maximum horizontal resolution found in step 2 by the maximum vertical resolution found in step 3. The resulting number is the aspect ratio of your entire display (i.e. x.xx:1). For example, here are the aspect ratios for the examples cited in step 2 above: a) 2 monitor setup: 2048x768 = 2.66:1 aspect ratioAs far as I can tell, for aspect ratios of 3.15:1 or lower (i.e. 3.0:1, 2.8:1, etc), MA3 will pan. The smaller the first number, the more panning there will be. For aspect ratios between 3.2:1 and 4.2:1, MA3 will display quite well without panning. It does so by cutting off the upper and lower parts of the overall scene to auto-adjust itself. Aspect ratios of up to 4.2:1 maintain all of the coral formations and the almost all of the top layer of gravel within the visible scene. Aspect ratios greater than 4.2:1 continue to try to auto-adjust by cutting off more and more of the top and bottom of the scene, but it really begins to detract from the overall scene due to parts of the coral, clams, etc. disappearing. |
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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. |
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Cheers for that Rick. My aspect ratio seems to be 3.2:1 and I get no panning at all but MA3 looks perfect here.
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![]() 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. ![]() 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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There has been a discussion about panning over on the Mac side of the Forum for a couple of weeks. Since this one is on my side of the fence, I was assuming that we are talking about PCs.
Jim Sachs
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![]() Simple answer? Yes. Accurate answer? No. ....
![]() Rick, those are facts in my posts, not opinions. There is nothing wrong with my statements. - Please read both my posts again. ![]() ....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. ....
![]() As rctneil says, two widescreen monitors giving 3.2:1 will not pan! ...... That is also what I said. |
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