Need help with WoW Maximizer

[Miquexia]

Hello,

Im having trouble setting up 3 windows for 2 monitors on 1 PC.

The thing is,

my main monitor has a 1440x900 resolution while the other one has a 1280x1024 resolution.

What i want is:

1 window on 1440x900 @ main monitor.
1 window on 1280x512 @ second monitor. (at the top of my second monitor)
1 window on 1280x512 @ second monitor. (at the bottom of my second monitor)

SS: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2545/maxigc0.jpg

Is this even possible with WoW Maximizer? Since i got 2 different resolutions..

Thanks!

[Boogey]

I wanted right the same with a bit others resolution but i have with 2x monitors such a lagg i cant even play 1 Char.

So now i just play my 3 shamans on 1monitor and it works good^^

but if someone can help it would be nice

ps: (sry for my bad english^^ :( )

[Metalocalypse]

It seems to me that Maximizer could do this since it recognizes margins (regardless of what your screensize/resolution is) in order of
Upper Margin, Lower Margin, Left Margin, Right Margin
0 meaning that the screen is maxed out towards that margin.

REM batch file to launch 3 screens on 2 monitors
REM Left monitor
c:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 0,0,0,1440
REM Upper of right mon
c:\wow2\maximizer.exe --margin 0,512,1440,0
REM Lower of right mon
c:\wow3\maximizer.exe --margin 512,0,0,1440

Although I'm not sure if that would actually work, it would be easier if the main monitor would be a [value]*1024 resolution.. and don't forget that splitting the 2nd monitor will stretch the windows out :

http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=1767

There's some hints in this thread as well as how to set game resolution in the config.wtf file:



Go to your WTF folder, and as soon as you open it, there will be a Config file in there, open it with notepad, and edit the SET gxResolution.

So the two top windows have:
SET gxResolution "840x480"
and the bottom (main window) one has:
SET gxResolution "1680x570"

Just don't change any video settings in-game, or it'll reset the resolution and you have to re-edit the config.wtf files.

in your case it would be 1440*900 in your main and 1280*512 for the other 2..

[Miquexia]

that doesnt work, since it takes the margins from my main monitor :(

[Djarid]

Ok, I guess you have not spanned your desktop ... are you running Vista? if not then it is highly recommended that you do span them or you will have performance issues.

If they are not spanned, the following should work.

use --display=1 for main monitor and --display=2 for second. (the numbers are the same as shown in display properties)

[code:1]REM batch file to launch 3 screens on 2 monitors
REM Left monitor
c:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 0,0,0,1440 --display=1
REM Upper of right mon
c:\wow2\maximizer.exe --margin 0,512,1440,0 --display=2
REM Lower of right mon
c:\wow3\maximizer.exe --margin 512,0,0,1440 --display=2
[/code:1]

[Miquexia]

hey mate,

It doesnt work, i get the error Display = unknown command.

And what do you mean by spanning my desktop? yes, i run Vista.

[hxc]

Hi, i've not posted here before but have been a long time visitor of this site :p I've been dual boxing for a couple of months and today decided to see if my comp could handle running another instance of WoW, and started playing around with maximizer.

I noticed you're wanting to do the same thing I am now doing and are having the same problems i encountered (i run vista too)

Basically I had to define the monitor i wanted to use in the maximizer.ini file in each WoW directory by adding to the bottom of the file :

device = 1
for the window i wanted on my main monitor

device = 2
for the two windows i wanted on my second monitor

when doing this you don't need to set the margin from the left (or right depending on which side of your main monitor your secondary is) for either as setting the device seems to cause maximizer to see them as entirely seperate displays, not one spanned accross two monitors as with windows XP (i believe)

so you would want to create a .bat file like this :

[code:1]
REM main mon
c:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 0,0,0,0
REM top of secondary mon
c:\wow2\maximizer.exe --margin 0,512,0,0
REM bottom of secondary mon
c:\wow3\maximizer.exe --margin 512,0,0,0 [/code:1]


Creating a .bat file to open all 3 windows at once didn't work for me as after each new window was opened, the previous one would "un-maximize" and appear back in the middle of my main screen. However give the above a go, i have no idea if this is a general problem with vista or just my pc being a pain :)

If, however the above batch file does the same as mine do the following:

create three seperate .bat files (wow1.bat, wow2.bat, wow3.bat) with the following in.

wow1.bat:
[code:1]c:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 0,0,0,0[/code:1]

wow2.bat:
[code:1]c:\wow2\maximizer.exe --margin 0,512,0,0[/code:1]

wow3.bat:
[code:1]c:\wow3\maximizer.exe --margin 512,0,0,0[/code:1]

that should hopefully work now, just make sure you run the bat files relating to the secondary monitor first if you're using the first monitor to open them, else WoW will pop up on top and get in the way :p

btw, this is not necessarily the easiest way of doing it, simply the only way i could get maximizer to work on vista with two monitors xD

[kadaan]

I see people making batch files... why? Just add the arguments to a shortcut.

CTRL+Drag maximizer.exe to make a shortcut
Right-click -> Properties
Add the arguments to the target, like "C:\wow1\maxmizer.exe" --margin 512,0,0,0

[Xzin]

hey mate,

It doesnt work, i get the error Display = unknown command.

And what do you mean by spanning my desktop? yes, i run Vista.

I think the author didnt flesh out the display command... although its open source so... have at it.

Probably will not work with horizontal span though anyway and just using the main screen as a big logical screen would be preferred and just set relative to that.

[hxc]

I think the author didnt flesh out the display command

if you are referring to the "device" command, it works for me under vista :)

and yes, making shortcuts (if opening each one seperately) is probably much easier :lol:

[Miquexia]

thanks everyone!! it finally works!

Just 1 thing tho, I get a black border on my alt windows.

Here's a screenshot: http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4986/24360826zo0.jpg

I did change it to "SET gxResolution "1280x512"" for both. What am i missing here? :(

[kadaan]

Try actually logging in to the game :)

[Miquexia]

haha, thanks ;)

*EDIT*

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4148/81983987ry3.jpg

[Djarid]

sorry guys, my bad... I wrote that up from work and used the wrong attribute

[Miquexia]

sorry guys, my bad... I wrote that up from work and used the wrong attribute

no worries mate, thanks for helping ;)