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[Feature Request] Displaying each screen to a different window

Open hiddeninthesand opened this issue 2 years ago • 16 comments

For those of us with multiple monitors, this would be a preferable way to play games. Having the top screen and bottom screen on different windows would allow you to put both screens on different physical monitors, meaning you don't have to share any of the screen space with any given emulated screen.

hiddeninthesand avatar May 25 '22 01:05 hiddeninthesand

This is possible on Windows & Linux by using features outside the emulator. Linux: xrandr Windows: NVIDIA Surround or AMD Eyefinity. MacOS: Use DeSmuME, as it supports this feature for MacOS nativly.

On Windows w/ NVIDIA Cards: NVIDIA Control Panel > Configure Surround, PhysX (Under 3D Settings) > Check mark -> Span displays with Surround This makes both screens work as a single screen spanning both panels (even in exclusive fullscreen)

On Windows w/ AMD Cards: No idea, as i dont have a PC with an AMD card to test, but it should be pretty easy to setup regardless.

Inside MelonDS: Screen Gap: 90px, Screen Layout: Horizontal, Screen Sizing: Even Fullscreen the emulator (by setting a hotkey for exclusive fullscreen) and you get one DS screen centered on each of your panels

/tested with 1920x1080 resolution

dyBBelyBTASTIC avatar Jun 23 '22 00:06 dyBBelyBTASTIC