Orthos5 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Hi all, noob here so go easy on me. Well, I had v2.XXX many years ago but I don't remember much from that. Anyway, I have 3 monitors on my PC. Not looking to do anything fancy like map displays on another monitor (although that would be cool...). Tried to search for this but didn't find what I was looking for. All I want to do is run SBPro in full screen mode and have the ability to "untrap" the mouse from the main screen so I can scroll pages on pdf manuals/web pages/videos on a 2nd & 3rd monitor. Is there a way? I know I can run in windowed mode but it would be nice if I could just have the mouse across all 3 screens while in full screen mode. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted December 24, 2020 Members Share Posted December 24, 2020 No. I don't think Windows even supports mixing fullscreen and desktop mode. That being said, there are various command line options such as --fullscreenwindow that you can check in a cmd window by calling SBProPECm64.exe with the --help parameter. Note the leading DOUBLE dashes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewood Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I can run MSFS in fullscreen and be able to move the mouse around freely to other screens. I know Command Modern Operations does it as well. Doesn't help with SB, but other games can do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthos5 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 There are other games where you can set an option to trap/untrap mouse cursor, and yet other games where the mouse isn't trapped within the program at all. X-Plane11 is one off the top of my head where the mouse isn't restricted and you can move it about multiple screens. I do the same thing there - move the mouse to another monitor to scroll through pdf pages. I'll try the fullscreenwindow parameter to see how that works. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted December 24, 2020 Members Share Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, thewood said: I can run MSFS in fullscreen and be able to move the mouse around freely to other screens. I know Command Modern Operations does it as well. Doesn't help with SB, but other games can do it. OK, good to know. I suppose we can add that to The List, then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted December 24, 2020 Members Share Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Orthos5 said: I'll try the fullscreenwindow parameter to see how that works. Note that you can run two instances of SB Pro on your computer with a single license, which in principle allows you to run the map screen in one window and your 3D situation in the other. Not sure if that works with the --fullscreenwindow option (I think 4.2 will bring the one or other improvement); might require to start one instance with the fullscreen option and the other in normal windowed mode. Or maybe there's Windows 10 features to push a Steel Beasts application window to a specific monitor (Win+Arrow left/right). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewood Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Ssnake said: Win+Arrow left/right Hey, learn something every day. I never knew that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 16 hours ago, thewood said: Hey, learn something every day. I never knew that. Win & up = full screen / maximise Google Windows shortcut keys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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