Double clienting apps

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:27 am

Is there any way to run 2 programs at once with them both in focus?
Without one going to the background and not being in focus.

See me and my friend are trying to play ragnorok via tv out.

His video card has a dvi and a vga. his tv has a VGA and a DVI slot so we wanna run both of the videocards 2 channels to the one screen. Then use picture by picture mode on the tv.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:47 am

you want to be both playing Ragnarök on the same computer?

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:58 am

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:27 am

same computer using picture in picture mode on there t.v. which the computer is connected to.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:41 am

Does Ragnarok like running in a window?

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:21 pm

Yeah Ragnorok and run in a window.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:49 pm

The keyboard and mouse are going to be problems. Even if you have 2 keyboards and 2 mice, the keyboard will automatically be used by the active window and you only get 1 mouse cursor. Controllers, on the other hand, should work correctly.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:27 am

People actually play instead of just botting?

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:34 am

AntoineWG wrote:The keyboard and mouse are going to be problems. Even if you have 2 keyboards and 2 mice, the keyboard will automatically be used by the active window and you only get 1 mouse cursor. Controllers, on the other hand, should work correctly.

Yes we wanna use a controler on one and a keyboard and mouse on another. If you know how to keep both windows in focus then we'll be fine.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:51 am

clessoulis wrote:
AntoineWG wrote:The keyboard and mouse are going to be problems. Even if you have 2 keyboards and 2 mice, the keyboard will automatically be used by the active window and you only get 1 mouse cursor. Controllers, on the other hand, should work correctly.
Yes we wanna use a controler on one and a keyboard and mouse on another. If you know how to keep both windows in focus then we'll be fine.

you can't.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:30 am

I'd focus more on finding a way to keep it running in the other window without it getting completely backgrounded while it's not in focus.

You might also try the m$ Virtual PC (free). It keeps running, even when minimized, so it should keep playing if it's in the background. Whether it will actually support any kind of 3D acceleration or work with controllers, I don't know.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:10 am

funkyass wrote:
clessoulis wrote:
AntoineWG wrote:The keyboard and mouse are going to be problems. Even if you have 2 keyboards and 2 mice, the keyboard will automatically be used by the active window and you only get 1 mouse cursor. Controllers, on the other hand, should work correctly.
Yes we wanna use a controler on one and a keyboard and mouse on another. If you know how to keep both windows in focus then we'll be fine.
you can't.

why not? (im 99% certain this can be done with certain emulators...)

Post by **odditude** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:06 pm

Quite simply, Windows only allows one application to have focus.

However, Windows programs can be capable of accepting joystick input even if they're not in focus (if they're designed with that in mind). Some emulators DO take advantage of this.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:17 pm

franpa wrote:
funkyass wrote:
clessoulis wrote:
AntoineWG wrote:The keyboard and mouse are going to be problems. Even if you have 2 keyboards and 2 mice, the keyboard will automatically be used by the active window and you only get 1 mouse cursor. Controllers, on the other hand, should work correctly.
Yes we wanna use a controler on one and a keyboard and mouse on another. If you know how to keep both windows in focus then we'll be fine.
you can't.
why not? (im 99% certain this can be done with certain emulators...)

Because you can only have one window focused at a time. certian emulators can accept input when not focused, but most commerical games don't.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:50 am

glad you knew what i was getting at

and i don't see why companies add support for said feature but ah well too late to do anything about it now