Smaller window

AndreiAtreides · #1 03-03-2012, 12:33 AM

Hey,
I just bought a new 40" LED ( 1920 x 1080 ) and would like to view 4 or so game windows at once. The pb is that I can't squeeze the window after a certain limit, and that limit is lame, especially vertically. It takes some 4/5 of my vertical space when I would like to squeeze it to some 1/2. Also would be nice to be able to make some in-game windows smaller, like broker, guild, persona, craft, loot window and such.
I filled a SoE support case and they told me they have no idea as they don't have such big screens to test it, and that I should try alternative UI's maybe.
So my question is: is there any UI out there that would allow me to adjust these windows and most of all, the main game - client window, make them smaller? thx

**lordebon** · #2 03-03-2012, 12:43 AM

Assuming the problem is related to the resolution that the UI is created at... there are no custom UIs made for a vertical height of only 540 pixels, so you would have to make one yourself to really test that out.

My hunch is it has less to do with the UI and is something more fundamental in the game itself. 540 pixels high is basically nil. I'm not sure EQ2 would work in the archaic resolution of 800x600 (which is about as low as I think most things would ever go these days). You could try setting your resolution to that and seeing if the game will run at all; if it doesn't, then there's most likely no way for you to run 4 screens on a 1920x1080 resolution.

I normally play at that resolution, and a quick test of minimizing shows that the minimum resolution it would go to is around 2/3 of the vertical height. Looking in the way-old EQ2 game configuration program, the minimum resolution it lists is 1024x768, which fits that ~2/3 height. There simply may be no way around that minimum. In that case, your only hope for 4 copies on 1 screen would be to have to overlap them or to go to a higher-resolution computer screen.

AndreiAtreides · #3 03-03-2012, 01:36 AM

Yeap,
I was afraid that's about how things are.
What I don't fully understand is how Windows resolution affects my ability to shrink EQ2 window.
With Windows 7 resolutions anywhere from 1920x1080 to 1280x768, EQ2 allows the same minimal size. Then suddenly, at 1280x720, I can shrink EQ2 as much as I want, making it ridiculous small, to the point where it's only a few centimeters.
Well anyway, thank you for your reply. I kinda feared that might be the case. A bigger resolution screen would have to wait as an 2560x1600 monitor costs some $1300 atm

**lordebon** · #4 03-03-2012, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AndreiAtreides

Then suddenly, at 1280x720, I can shrink EQ2 as much as I want, making it ridiculous small, to the point where it's only a few centimeters.

It's probably the fact that a 1280x720 resolution you're already below the game's set-in minimum height of 768. Most likely the default windows behavior of letting you resize to anything takes over then, since the game's minimum is more than is available when you use that resolution.