What is Dual Monitor/Widescreen?
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Should you happen to be lucky enough to possess a card that allows for two monitors(and two monitors), or possess a widescreen display, the following information will let you run Star Wars Galaxies at the proper resolution to get the widescreen effect.
The Setup
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1) Go into the folder SWGs is installed in.
2) Open the file "options.cfg" in notepad.
3) Look for the following entry:
[ClientGraphics]
useHardwareMouseCursor=1
screenWidth=1024
screenHeight=768
4) Here you can change your resolution to *any* resolution setting. The screen will not be distorted by unusual resolutions in game, rather, the resolution change will simply alter how much of your surrounding world you can see at any one time.
Widescreen time
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By being able to change the resolution to any value, we can now make dual monitors and wide screen displays work. For a widescreen display such as a widescreen HDTV or widescreen monitor, simply change the resolution to the appropriate one to fill the display. Check your manuals or the manufacturor's website for the exact resolution.
Dual Monitors - Geforce 4 cards
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1) Go into display properties, settings tab, advanced button, Geforce 4 tab, nview display mode
2) Set the nview mode to horizontal span, apply the settings, then click ok.
3) Back in the display properties, settings tab, take note of your current resolution. For example, if you are using two displays running at 1024x768 resolution, then your resolution with horizinatl spanning will be 2048x768.
4) In the options.cfg file, change your resolution to 2048x768 in notepad then save the file.
5) Launch SWG and enjoy dual monitor widescreen display.
Dual Monitor - Other cards
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Need more info
Other Notes
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So far I only have confirmation on this working on my own machine. Here are my specs:
Windows XP
Intel P4 2.26ghz processor
512mb DDR PC2700
Geforce 4 ti4600
Latest detonator drivers from nvidia.com
I have one report of an error when trying to do this with a Radeon 8500. Here is the info I'd like to ahve to fill out the guide completely:
- Results when trying with Geforce FX and older modle GeForce cards with dual monitor support. I belive it should work just the same as my GF4 so long as you are using the latest drivers.
- Confirmation of this working with Radeon cards. Things to try if you have problems: make sure your desktop resolution is the same as the resolution you tell the game to run in(ie. make sure you are spanning your desktop across both monitors), span across both monitors but run in windowed mode, lower the graphics settings in SWG prior trying dual monitor mode.
- Confirmation of this potentially working with other dual monitor cards and/or with multiple cards in a single system.
- Confirmation of this working with older windows operating systems such as Windows 98, ME, and 2K.
Should anyone run into any problems or is able to confirm a way to get this to work with other cards, please post it here and once enough info is gathered, I'll toss up an improved guide for all card models. Good luck and enjoy.
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