I have a few extra monitors lying around the house and was wondering if they would allow me to get a higher field of view. I remember reading somewhere that normal 16:9 (ie 1080x1920) gave something like 100 degrees where 4:3 was exactly 90. Is any of that true, and would this be counted as cheating?
So for example if I plugged in 2 1080p monitors would that change the field of view or would it just crop it?
Might just use 1 monitor and have the other one for surfing the internet, winamp etc.
Not sure if this belongs in hardware, sorry in advanced.
I have a few extra monitors lying around the house and was wondering if they would allow me to get a higher field of view. I remember reading somewhere that normal 16:9 (ie 1080x1920) gave something like 100 degrees where 4:3 was exactly 90. Is any of that true, and would this be counted as cheating?
So for example if I plugged in 2 1080p monitors would that change the field of view or would it just crop it?
Might just use 1 monitor and have the other one for surfing the internet, winamp etc.
Not sure if this belongs in hardware, sorry in advanced.
Up to a point, and depending on server settings.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1811521/fov.html
wareyaUp to a point, and depending on server settings.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1811521/fov.html
I take it the two 1080p monitors would be double 16:9 so 32:9?
[quote=wareya]Up to a point, and depending on server settings.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1811521/fov.html[/quote]I take it the two 1080p monitors would be double 16:9 so 32:9?
I wouldn't actually recommend trying to play on multiple monitors. It's far easier to focus on the game with just one monitor, and the extra FOV isn't really that helpful.
However, I'd always recommend using two+ monitors for daily PC use.
I wouldn't actually recommend trying to play on multiple monitors. It's far easier to focus on the game with just one monitor, and the extra FOV isn't really that helpful.
However, I'd always recommend using two+ monitors for daily PC use.
Wouldn't the crosshair be split between the two screens?
Wouldn't the crosshair be split between the two screens?
I'm pretty sure a lot of it comes down to how your computer recognizes those monitors. For example, if you just plug in two monitors, your computer recognizes two monitors of their respective resolutions, not one giant monitor of their combined resolutions. As a result, I'm pretty sure you can only set your TF2 resolution to the resolution of one of your "recognized" monitors.
On the other hand, you can get a computer to recognize multiple monitors as one giant monitor. If you use multiple GPU's you can enable NVIDIA Surround, which recognizes resolutions like 5760x1080 (which you can then set TF2 to run at). Pretty sure the same is possible for AMD CrossfireX. Maybe there are other programs out there that can force Windows into some wonky resolution such that it thinks you are using one monitor of strange resolution, not two of the same (or different) resolution.
I'm pretty sure a lot of it comes down to how your computer recognizes those monitors. For example, if you just plug in two monitors, your computer recognizes two monitors of their respective resolutions, not one giant monitor of their combined resolutions. As a result, I'm pretty sure you can only set your TF2 resolution to the resolution of one of your "recognized" monitors.
On the other hand, you can get a computer to recognize multiple monitors as one giant monitor. If you use multiple GPU's you can enable NVIDIA Surround, which recognizes resolutions like 5760x1080 (which you can then set TF2 to run at). Pretty sure the same is possible for AMD CrossfireX. Maybe there are other programs out there that can force Windows into some wonky resolution such that it thinks you are using one monitor of strange resolution, not two of the same (or different) resolution.
Eh I'll probably just stick with the one monitor, I'd feel like I was cheating if I did it haha. And I've played games like chivalry and crysis on multi monitors through nvidia's control panel. Worked pretty nicely. (Though the colors were off between the two which was pretty annoying)
Eh I'll probably just stick with the one monitor, I'd feel like I was cheating if I did it haha. And I've played games like chivalry and crysis on multi monitors through nvidia's control panel. Worked pretty nicely. (Though the colors were off between the two which was pretty annoying)