Dual Monitor Support

ashman · 06-14-2003, 03:50 PM

Hi All.
I'm new here.

Can I ask the folks here how I can make the Aquarium screensaver work across a dual monitor display?

When my screen saver kicks in, only one screen is covered and the socons screen drops in the number of colors it's using (I use 32bit colour mode). Can the developers or users tell me how to make it appear on mobth screens or if the next version will support multiple monitors like the stnadard Microsoft screensavers?

Many thanks.

James · 06-14-2003, 04:03 PM

welcome to the forum ashman
for this kind of question, plz refere to this thread

https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...&threadid=1049

feldon34 · 06-14-2003, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by ashman
Can I ask the folks here how I can make the Aquarium screensaver work across a dual monitor display?

If you have an nVidia TwinView single video card with two VGA ports and are willing to change your desktop settings to a single spanned display, then you can run the Aquarium as pictured above.

Originally posted by ashman ...or if the next version will support multiple monitors like the stnadard Microsoft screensavers?[/b]

It's funny whenever someone mentions the Microsoft screen savers because they:

Require DirectX 8
Cannot display a Settings panel on top of the screen saver, they must drop back to Windows
Aren't doing anything significantly difficult compared to the Aquarium

I've been hearing that we'll get a dual monitor Aquarium since August. One can hope...

ashman · 06-14-2003, 07:09 PM

Hi, thanks for the heads up on the other thread and the welcome. I have two seporate cards on my computer so I can't use the nVidia TwinView option, however, this SA is so good, it makes me want to go out and buy a twin port card just to see it running.

A big thank you to the developer. This is the best screen saver I have ever seen.

06-14-2003, 03:50 PM	#1
ashman Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Posts: 2	Dual Monitor Support Hi All. I'm new here. Can I ask the folks here how I can make the Aquarium screensaver work across a dual monitor display? When my screen saver kicks in, only one screen is covered and the socons screen drops in the number of colors it's using (I use 32bit colour mode). Can the developers or users tell me how to make it appear on mobth screens or if the next version will support multiple monitors like the stnadard Microsoft screensavers? Many thanks.

06-14-2003, 04:03 PM	#2
James Principal Engineer as SDET Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Was in Auckland, New Zealand, Now in Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 1,406	welcome to the forum ashman for this kind of question, plz refere to this thread https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...&threadid=1049 James C Chen Principal Engineer as SDET, Connected Services HTC Corporation 88 Section 3. Zhongxing Road Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan www.htc.com

06-14-2003, 04:55 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Re: Dual Monitor Support Originally posted by ashman Can I ask the folks here how I can make the Aquarium screensaver work across a dual monitor display? If you have an nVidia TwinView single video card with two VGA ports and are willing to change your desktop settings to a single spanned display, then you can run the Aquarium as pictured above. Originally posted by ashman ...or if the next version will support multiple monitors like the stnadard Microsoft screensavers?[/b] It's funny whenever someone mentions the Microsoft screen savers because they: Require DirectX 8 Cannot display a Settings panel on top of the screen saver, they must drop back to Windows Aren't doing anything significantly difficult compared to the Aquarium I've been hearing that we'll get a dual monitor Aquarium since August. One can hope... "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-14-2003, 07:09 PM	#4
ashman Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Posts: 2	Hi, thanks for the heads up on the other thread and the welcome. I have two seporate cards on my computer so I can't use the nVidia TwinView option, however, this SA is so good, it makes me want to go out and buy a twin port card just to see it running. A big thank you to the developer. This is the best screen saver I have ever seen.