CO2 - 2 Monitors - Solution Solver

Simmy · 03-03-13, 05:02 PM

I got a second monitor and got it hooked up.
I'm thinking this is great. I finally installed the Solution Solver on the second monitor, this is even greater.
Then when I went to the Solution Solver the game did a Tab/Alt move on me.
I said to myself, self, if that's what we must do then we will do it.
But going Tab/Alt even if it's by clicking the other monitor brings on the dreaded CO2 warning! I found that saving and then getting out of the game and reloading the saved game makes the CO2 problem go away, but what a hassle.
UBILOST takes a last swing at those cash paying customers, One More Time.
They have taken a game with so much promise and made it into a UBI nightmare, like they have with so many of their games.

P.S. If you know how to make the second monitor independent of the first I would love to know how.

TorpX · 03-03-13, 06:24 PM

I don't use Solution Solver with the game, so I don't know if this will work for you, but try pausing the game before you Alt-Tab out. I've had to Alt-Tab out, and I've never had the CO2 bug.

BigWalleye · 03-03-13, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TorpX

I don't use Solution Solver with the game, so I don't know if this will work for you, but try pausing the game before you Alt-Tab out. I've had to Alt-Tab out, and I've never had the CO2 bug.

I haven't done enough testing to say that this is a cure, but pausing the game before ALT-TABing does seem to reduce the CO2 problem. If you are going to get ALT-TABed anyway, you might try pausing first. But if you are going to ALT-TAB to get to Solution Solver or a similar aid, there doesn't seem to be any need for the second monitor.

fastfed · 03-03-13, 07:59 PM

wait.. you're using the second monitor to what? Search the web and stuff? while playing?

if so, just make the game play in windowed mode .

Carrollsue · 03-03-13, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by fastfed

wait.. you're using the second monitor to what? Search the web and stuff? while playing?

if so, just make the game play in windowed mode .

How do you switch? Using the window key to start menu or the one between the Alt Gr and Ctrl keys? Because SH4 goes full window when I play it and I checked the window mode box.

fastfed · 03-03-13, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Carrollsue

How do you switch? Using the window key to start menu or the one between the Alt Gr and Ctrl keys? Because SH4 goes full window when I play it and I checked the window mode box.

Shift-Tab (Not alt-tab) should allow the game to adjust to whatever window size you want.

Honestly, I've seen the settings "Windowed" mode in the options but never clicked it.

If its like any other windowed mode game, it should act as a web browser when you have it sized half way (or any size besides maximum)

Let me try windowed mode, BRB

TorpX · 03-03-13, 08:29 PM

I've never tried using two monitors. I don't really know if there is any real utility in this. Maybe someone can enlighten us?

Arlo · 03-03-13, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simmy

I got a second monitor and got it hooked up.
I'm thinking this is great. I finally installed the Solution Solver on the second monitor, this is even greater.
Then when I went to the Solution Solver the game did a Tab/Alt move on me.
I said to myself, self, if that's what we must do then we will do it.
But going Tab/Alt even if it's by clicking the other monitor brings on the dreaded CO2 warning! I found that saving and then getting out of the game and reloading the saved game makes the CO2 problem go away, but what a hassle.
UBILOST takes a last swing at those cash paying customers, One More Time.
They have taken a game with so much promise and made it into a UBI nightmare, like they have with so many of their games.

P.S. If you know how to make the second monitor independent of the first I would love to know how.

Every monitor in our house is independent. But I think our CO2 problem is worse than yours what with my lazy 21 yr old step-son being unconscious throughout most the day then in a daze/haze in front of his monitor the rest. The word 'JOB' apparently also induces a psuedo-pavlovian dog effect of even glassier eyes than normal. I'm thinking of buying him a geriatic oxygen bottle for his next birthday.

And the 13 yr old step-son is starting to mimic ... so I'd love to surface the house and pop all the hatches sometime soon.

03-03-13, 05:02 PM	#1
Simmy Planesman Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 180 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	CO2 - 2 Monitors - Solution Solver I got a second monitor and got it hooked up. I'm thinking this is great. I finally installed the Solution Solver on the second monitor, this is even greater. Then when I went to the Solution Solver the game did a Tab/Alt move on me. I said to myself, self, if that's what we must do then we will do it. But going Tab/Alt even if it's by clicking the other monitor brings on the dreaded CO2 warning! I found that saving and then getting out of the game and reloading the saved game makes the CO2 problem go away, but what a hassle. UBILOST takes a last swing at those cash paying customers, One More Time. They have taken a game with so much promise and made it into a UBI nightmare, like they have with so many of their games. P.S. If you know how to make the second monitor independent of the first I would love to know how.

03-03-13, 06:24 PM	#2
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I don't use Solution Solver with the game, so I don't know if this will work for you, but try pausing the game before you Alt-Tab out. I've had to Alt-Tab out, and I've never had the CO2 bug.

03-03-13, 07:59 PM	#4
fastfed Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 786 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	wait.. you're using the second monitor to what? Search the web and stuff? while playing? if so, just make the game play in windowed mode .

03-03-13, 08:29 PM	#7
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I've never tried using two monitors. I don't really know if there is any real utility in this. Maybe someone can enlighten us?