Maximizer question

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09-19-2008, 08:28 AM
Frosty

Maximizer question

Last night, for some odd reason, I decided it would be a good idea to play around with my Maximizer settings.
My, craptop..err laptop has a resolution/screen size of 1280x800, and I run 3 of my clients on it. (2 on another laptop with the same resolution/screen size).

I setup my regions:

1 = 1280x800 full screen with 1280x800 resolution
2 = 320x200 Overlayed in the top left corner with 1280x800 resolution
3 = 320x200 Overlayed in the top right corner with 1280x800 resolution

I launched Keyclone, and the screens came up great. I used PiP to make sure they would all swap out quickly and keep the same aspect, and that was working great too.
THEN, I logged into WoW.. my full screen client logged me in, and the 2 slaves showed the progress bar go to full, then everything froze and eventually booted me out.

It got late, and I just thought of this, this morning. Is my resolution supported by WoW? 1280x800?
I'd been running everything at 800x600 with no problems, but it was wasting a lot of space.

I set up the exact same thing on my second laptop with the same results only using:
1 = 1280x800 full screen with 1280x800 resolution
2 = 320x200 Overlayed in the top left corner with 1280x800 resolution

I tried setting the maximizer resolutins to 1-to-1 but then it distorted and slowed down during PiP.

I was thinking about setting my screens to use 1280x720, but it'll be a while before I can test.

I'm open to other suggestions. I'd love to use the full screen, but if that won't work, I've done without it for a long time now anyway. :P
09-19-2008, 12:46 PM
elsegundo

log into characters one at a time.
09-19-2008, 01:35 PM
Frosty

I'm not sure how that would change anything at all?
09-19-2008, 01:37 PM
keyclone

have you dropped your game detail level:
http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/inde...phics_Settings

what do you have the maxfps and maxfpsbk set to?

are you using background sound?
09-19-2008, 01:40 PM
Shadraak

i wonder if he forgot to pause it, and log into each one individually? i did that the other day both logged into same account, hence booting you out hehe
09-19-2008, 01:43 PM
Frosty

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'keyclone',index.php?page=Thread&postID=123680#pos t123680

have you dropped your game detail level:
http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/inde...phics_Settings

what do you have the maxfps and maxfpsbk set to?

are you using background sound?

I run both laptops at lowest settings, with everything turned off that isn't needed.
I have sound turned off completely in WoW setting, on the crappier of the two laptops. :p

I've been running 5 accounts with no problems at all before I tried this, and putting it back to use a resolution of 800x600 makes it work again.
I think my maxfps and maxfpsbk are set to something like 20 and 15 for all windows.

It only seems to have a problem if I use the custom resolution feature in maximizer setting it to 1280x800 for each window.

Thanks!
09-19-2008, 01:44 PM
Frosty

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Shadraak',index.php?page=Thread&postID=123682#pos t123682

i wonder if he forgot to pause it, and log into each one individually? i did that the other day both logged into same account, hence booting you out hehe

No, he didn't. :P But I have done that before. ;)
09-19-2008, 02:09 PM
elsegundo

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Frosty',index.php?page=Thread&postID=123678#post1 23678

I'm not sure how that would change anything at all?

system can hang if you enter world on to several characters at once. i usually load up to the character selection screens in unison, but when entering the world, i would pick them one at a time. but my computer is about 3 years old. not sure about yours.
09-19-2008, 02:39 PM
Frosty

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'elsegundo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=123710#po st123710

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Frosty',index.php?page=Thread&postID=123678#post1 23678

I'm not sure how that would change anything at all?

system can hang if you enter world on to several characters at once. i usually load up to the character selection screens in unison, but when entering the world, i would pick them one at a time. but my computer is about 3 years old. not sure about yours.

Ah, ok. No this has never been a problem for me. The only difference is I set my resolution in maximizer to 1280x800 (custom).
I should probably go a bit further to mention, the WoW windows stopped responding all together and locked up after a few minutes.
Changing my layout back to how I had it before using the pre-set resolution of 800x600 in the dropdown list allowed me to play and log in as normal.