Multi Client Dual Monitor Question

Ramoose - Heavens Tear
Ramoose - Heavens Tear Posts: 3 Arc User
edited May 2012 in Support Desk
When running 2 clients on 2 separate monitors, would one client pause on the screen if i am currently playing one character or would both run seamlessly so that i can track both at the same time? Looking into a getting another monitor for this purpose but wouldnt really matter if i it pauses the game play of one client while playing on the other.
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  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited January 2012
    Yes.
    When the client loses focus it shuts down the graphic processing and cuts the CPU time in half.
    Got to remember, the client was originally designed when we only had single-core processors and a 32MB 3D video card was high-end.
    They haven't actually updated the engine since then.

    There is a 3rd party launcher that you can use that will force the client to remain active when it loses focus. Couldn't tell you where to get it though. It's been a while since I saw it, may not even work with the current version of the client.

    Edit: Another mild annoyance is that when you run full-screen on either or both monitors, it locks the mouse focus to that window and you can't drag across between the two. There are some old dual-screen tools that will allow it, but I haven't found any that reliably work with Windows 7 64-bit.
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  • Ramoose - Heavens Tear
    Ramoose - Heavens Tear Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Thanks for the quick response.

    I will see if i can find the launcher to keep it running.
    But i think i will still end up using dual monitors seeing
    as it wont be as such a hassle as to clicking each window
    to open up the client again.
  • blueguy777
    blueguy777 Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    Anyone find anything to keep them from pausing?
  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited May 2012
    blueguy777 wrote: »
    Anyone find anything to keep them from pausing?
    SylenThunder - Sanctuary wrote: »
    ...There is a 3rd party launcher that you can use that will force the client to remain active when it loses focus. Couldn't tell you where to get it though. It's been a while since I saw it, may not even work with the current version of the client.

    Edit: Another mild annoyance is that when you run full-screen on either or both monitors, it locks the mouse focus to that window and you can't drag across between the two. There are some old dual-screen tools that will allow it, but I haven't found any that reliably work with Windows 7 64-bit.
    Reading comprehension FTW.

    Also, you can modify the code in elementclient.exe, but again, this would be a violation of the ToS. Doing it is a bit tricky anyway and you need a decent system to handle the code editor.

    Remember, the client was made before even LCD's or Widescreen monitors were a standard.

    Edit: Also, don't necro threads dude, start a new one. (Although, if you had read the answer, you wouldn't have posted in the first place.)
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