So, I'm new to this G-Force thing, so bear with me if this topic is common knowledge....
I'm running g-force in stand-alone mode on a 2-monitor setup in Windows 2003. I love the fact that I can run Media player on one screen (laptop) and have the visualization of G-Force running on the other screen (projector).
The only issue is that when I do any mouseclick on the laptop screen, G-Force exits the full screen mode on the projector screen. Is there any way to keep it at full screen? Ideally, I'd like to drag & drop tracks into my playlist and keep the visualizer at full screen on the projector....
THanks in advance,
Jeff
Full-screen mode with 2 monitors
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AFAIK, G-Force's fullscreen mode runs in a Direct3D overlay, which Windows will automatically blip off if you change the system's focus away from the vis "window". The easiest way around this that I can think of is to run in "non-fullscreen" mode, and size the window so that it's just a bit larger than the monitor's display res. Ideally you'd want it just big enough that the borders go offscreen. Once you've done this, hit Alt+Space to bring up the caption menu, hit M, and drag the window into place with the mouse. An applet that allows you to save window sizes and positions is a big plus here, to be sure. 
Another option is to find a window manager program that will let you make the window "borderless" (i.e.: no window caption or sizing borders).
Or, if the window caption doesn't bother you too much, just hit the maximize button on the G-Force window.
All of these methods will work so long as you're using a player that allows G-Force to start in its own window (Winamp comes to mind...). You're probably out of luck with WMP10 or iTunes, as they both keep a deathgrip on their non-fullscreen visualizer windows.
There's my 2 cents, hope it helps.
Another option is to find a window manager program that will let you make the window "borderless" (i.e.: no window caption or sizing borders).
Or, if the window caption doesn't bother you too much, just hit the maximize button on the G-Force window.
All of these methods will work so long as you're using a player that allows G-Force to start in its own window (Winamp comes to mind...). You're probably out of luck with WMP10 or iTunes, as they both keep a deathgrip on their non-fullscreen visualizer windows.
There's my 2 cents, hope it helps.
two screen
Hi
Im new in this forum but have been useing g-force since it came out and have been a gold user for over a year. GF force is the coolest program I have ever paid for. I have been Re-amazed with every new release.
I also port G-force to my Tv. In full screen mode i cannot use the mouse to control winamp as it is no longer on top of things it goes behind winamp, But if I resize the window and drag it to the TV the mouse stays on top, But using GF this way, every time I change something in winamp i can nolonger control g-force from the keyboard .
Ex.. pressing r gets you the screen rate but if i change the track in Winamp manually these key pad commands nolonger work , by grabbing the edge of GF with the pointer I regain control of GF by way of the keypad .
would be a little easier if i could throw GF up in Fscreen mode and still control winamp from my monitor, while keeping control of GF through the Keypad.
* if you have an ATI card you can over scan your second monitor makeing it easier to hide the GF border,* but it becomes a pain in the but after a while .
Im new in this forum but have been useing g-force since it came out and have been a gold user for over a year. GF force is the coolest program I have ever paid for. I have been Re-amazed with every new release.
I also port G-force to my Tv. In full screen mode i cannot use the mouse to control winamp as it is no longer on top of things it goes behind winamp, But if I resize the window and drag it to the TV the mouse stays on top, But using GF this way, every time I change something in winamp i can nolonger control g-force from the keyboard .
Ex.. pressing r gets you the screen rate but if i change the track in Winamp manually these key pad commands nolonger work , by grabbing the edge of GF with the pointer I regain control of GF by way of the keypad .
would be a little easier if i could throw GF up in Fscreen mode and still control winamp from my monitor, while keeping control of GF through the Keypad.
* if you have an ATI card you can over scan your second monitor makeing it easier to hide the GF border,* but it becomes a pain in the but after a while .
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MichaelRender
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Zooming the Window
I had the same exact problem. I have a two monitor system and you can't keep G-Force zoomed on the second monitor. So I wrote a program to do it for me. Feel free to download it and try it out.
http://www.mechos.com/ZoomMaster.zip
This was designed to work with G-Force but you can run it on almost any program. If G-Force bogs down uou may want to enable pixel doubling since this zooms to the full extent of the current monitor. It does not change the monitors resolution.[/url]
http://www.mechos.com/ZoomMaster.zip
This was designed to work with G-Force but you can run it on almost any program. If G-Force bogs down uou may want to enable pixel doubling since this zooms to the full extent of the current monitor. It does not change the monitors resolution.[/url]
nice app. it seems to work well. is there a way to get rid of the dependency on user interaction and have it take in the program name to make fullscreen as a parameter? i'd like to put a macro around this so that i can run gforce stand alone through a .bat file or something that will launch gforce in full screen mode and keep it that way even when the focus isn't on it.
thanks!
thanks!
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Linvincible
- Posts: 95
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 5:01 am
try the preferences file!
hi guys,
I had exactly the same problem
now I tuned the prefs file for the window to be borderless (NoBo=1) starting and stopping exactly where I wanted
in fact I have 2 configs, one when I use 17" screen + 7" screen
wLft=1280
wRgt=2080
wTop=0
wBot=600
NoBo=1
and XGA beamer+ 7" screen
wLft=1024
wRgt=1824
wBot=600
NoBo=1
I just swap the pref file when I swapt the config between home theater and normal computer
I had exactly the same problem
now I tuned the prefs file for the window to be borderless (NoBo=1) starting and stopping exactly where I wanted
in fact I have 2 configs, one when I use 17" screen + 7" screen
wLft=1280
wRgt=2080
wTop=0
wBot=600
NoBo=1
and XGA beamer+ 7" screen
wLft=1024
wRgt=1824
wBot=600
NoBo=1
I just swap the pref file when I swapt the config between home theater and normal computer