Loading WoW in weird resolution - how do I do it?

[Xzin]

Ahh. Another reason why I have stayed away from Vista. I don't have any suggestions at this time. Sorry

[Hippieman]

Got the exact same problem and spammed the board with yet antoher topic about it (didn't see this one :P). Maybe the .bat could include a command that'd move the two (or four) other clients to the other window?

EDIT: Something just struck me... what if you set the margin to the correct minus value and just place the entire window onto the second screen that way? I tried tinkering a BIT with it, and it seems to semi-work. Gonna tinker with it a bit more and see what I can accomplish!

EDIT2: SUCESS!! http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3379/2xwowik6.jpg
It's not perfect yet, but at least it proved that it can be accomplished!
[code:1]REM Left monitor
d:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 0,479,1280,-1280
REM Left monitor
d:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 479,0,1280,-1280[/code:1]

From the margin, you can see that my resolution is 1280x1024, so if your resultion was 1620x1280(random number), then your margin would be x, x, 1620, -1620.

EDIT3:
Here's the final code which worked perfecty (I had to start each client from 3 seperate .bat's though, seeing as Vista (or Nvidia?) doesn't seem to like it when three wows are started trough one bat:

[code:1]REM batch file to launch 3 evenly spaced wows
REM Left monitor
d:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 0,30,0,0
REM batch file to launch 3 evenly spaced wows
REM top of right display
d:\wow2\maximizer.exe --margin 512,0,1280,-1280
REM batch file to launch 3 evenly spaced wows
REM bottom of left mon
d:\wow3\maximizer.exe --margin 0,512,1280,-1280[/code:1]

NOTE! I'm running wow from my D drive, not my C drive, just in case someone copy/pastes this!

[steelfrog]

Hmm. Don't know how that would work for me since I'm trying to span one WoW over two monitors.

[Xzin]

There is a setting on maximizer to go to a different screen......

device = X

Where X = 1 or 2 or 3 or whatever.

## Display resolution. Leave this out to use the current display mode.
# resolution = 800x600

## Display device. Leave this out to use the primary display.
# device = 1

## Keep the taskbar visible. Leave this out to use the whole screen.
# taskbar = 1

## Make room at the bottom of the screen (for autohide taskbar).
## Arguments are top,bottom,left,right
# margin = 0,1,0,0

## Increase screen brightness (gamma).
# gamma = 1.7


Most of you know this but # means that line will be commented out and ignored. Remove the # to have it interpret the line.

[Hippieman]

If you're trying to stretch wow over two monitors, I'm guessing the code in the bat would be:
[code:1]REM Left monitor
d:\wow1\maximizer.exe --margin 0,30,0,-1280[/code:1]
Modify "-1280" to suit your own screen resolution.

Though that would leave you a bit of space below the screen on your 2nd screen.

[Djarid]

Another, very useful tool is Powerstrip. http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

it allows you to create custom drivers to support awkward resolutions.

[steelfrog]

Another, very useful tool is Powerstrip. http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

it allows you to create custom drivers to support awkward resolutions.

I'll definitely try that out and post back. Thanks guys!