WoW Maximizer

[Thorb]

I have searched this forum intensely and have not found a solution, i have read the manul over and over for wow maximizer and have not found the solution, i have even googled this problem yet nothing.

heres my problem and also mainly my friends problem, he has 2 monitors a 20" and a 22" both have native resolutions of 1680x1050. he wants to run 2 wows form 1 computer on each monitor. the only way to preserve frame rates is in horizontal span. however while in horizontal span both me and him get an error when trying to use wow maximizer at a resolution of 1680x1050, the error says the resolution is not supported... YET his resolution for his desktop is like 3360x1050. why is this? why cant we use 1680x1050 when it is in the range of the monitor. when trying to do wow normally at max size it fills both screens and not just 1 monitor which is what we are aiming for.

edit: my friend can run wow in windowed mode at 1680x1050 but it has the windows border etc. just not with wow maximizer

[Sidomaximus]

Hello, I have been multiboxing for a month now, and still playing around with settings and macros. So i will try my best to help you out on your problem.

From what I read on the post of "mxracer050" on:

How to Box 5 accounts (or 2 or 3 or 4) with ONE computer ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=1767')

he said that:

"Unfortunately, the thing with XP is the Direct X part of it. When you have 2 monitors hooked up and on “Dual View” there is a glitch, and it cuts your FPS down in half. Making it unplayable.

The solution to this is Horizontal Span. Go to your video card settings and change the display to Horizontal Span ( one whole desktop ) This will move your resolution up to 2560 x 1024."

Hopefully this helps. May i also what graphics card you have? I have heard that upgrading to a 8800GT or equal to that card. will help alot on Frame Rates. To read more about screen setup's go to the url I posted above.

[bbj]

i had the same issue. once in Horizontal span mode, reboot your PC. The correct rez' should now be available......

[Thorb]

i am aware of the direct x problem while in dual view, the problem is not FPS, the problem is maximizer saying the resolution (1680x1050) is unsupported when in horizontal span. this is maximizer only, we can both run wow in normal windowed mode at that resolution but cannot get maximizer to work at that resolution. its possible restarting could work, ill relay that to my friend, as i dont normally keep my view in horizontal span becuase my other monitor has a lower native res than my main one. (17" 1280x1024 vs 22" 1680x1050). i wonder though if its possible to force the 1050 hieght onto the 17" and just have it move the screen when ur mouse gets to spots unseen on the top or bottom, sort of like how clone view mode works.

[-silencer-]

i am aware of the direct x problem while in dual view, the problem is not FPS, the problem is maximizer saying the resolution (1680x1050) is unsupported when in horizontal span. this is maximizer only, we can both run wow in normal windowed mode at that resolution but cannot get maximizer to work at that resolution. its possible restarting could work, ill relay that to my friend, as i dont normally keep my view in horizontal span becuase my other monitor has a lower native res than my main one. (17" 1280x1024 vs 22" 1680x1050). i wonder though if its possible to force the 1050 hieght onto the 17" and just have it move the screen when ur mouse gets to spots unseen on the top or bottom, sort of like how clone view mode works.

Maximizer is having this unsupported resolution error becase when you're in horizontal span mode, your display settings are seeing the pair of monitors as just one large 3360x1050 display. It sounds like you're trying to set the resolution=1680x1050 in Maximizer? That's not the correct way to display two WoW windows across horizontal span. I'm not at my PC, so this is going off the top of my head, but you need to set the Maximizer.ini something like this:
WoW instance 1:
display=1
resolution=3360x1050
margin=0,0,1680,0 (left, top, right, bottom - I'm not sure of the exact order in maximizer from memory.. so look at the examples commented to see)
This will make sure that this WoW instance is maximized and uses only the left half of the 3360x1050 display. i.e: the left monitor.

WoW instance 2:
display=1
resolution=3360x1050
margin=1680,0,0,0 (left, top, right, bottom - again, adjust to the correct order that maximizer takes)
This will make sure that this WoW instance is maximized and uses only the right half of the 3360x1050 display. I.e: the right monitor.

Now, you'll need to edit your WoW/WTF/config.wtf file to set the in-game resolution for both WoW directories. find the line that has the resolution (around line #10?) and make sure that is still 1680x1050.

As you kick off each WoW/Maximizer.exe to load WoW, the first will load on the left display, and the second will load on the right.. and both will be 1680x1050 resolution. Reply if this works or doesn't..

[Thorb]

thanks a bunch, you had the order slightly off but i figured it out.

heres my ini file

device = 1
resolution = 3360x1050
margin = 0,0,0,1680
taskbar = 1

this puts it on the left monitor (my main) at the right resolution.

edit actually its going behind the taskbar... even with taskbar =1

[-silencer-]

edit actually its going behind the taskbar... even with taskbar =1

The taskbar=1 is for if you're auto-hiding the taskbar, so it can still be enabled with WoW maximized. If you want your taskbar to always be shown, set the margin=bottom component to something like 40. I'm not sure what the exact number is so you'll have to play around with it till it looks right.