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DiCon
Up and Coming
September 28, 2014

Reliability of hmd->WindowsPos?

In my demo Atlantis: Infinite Coaster I use hmd->WindowsPos to automatically select the correct screen for full screen extended mode. So far it seemed to work great for most users, but I just got the first complaint from a user, for whom it does not work.

It seems like in his case hmd->WindowsPos reports (0,0) although his Rift is on a screen to the right. (Unfortunately, I don't know any further details about his setup)

Does anybody have experience with this? Any known bugs?

Information on this feature seems to be sparse...

    2 replies

    philippM
    Up and Coming
    September 28, 2014
    I have had this problem a couple of times both on Windows and Mac, when you just switched the setup from Direct to Extended mode, and/or just changed the display rotation (landscape orientation) in Extended mode. In that case, it helps to un-plug and re-plug the HDMI connector after making the changes to the settings. It always worked fine after that.
    DiConAuthor
    Up and Coming
    September 29, 2014
    Hm... Good to know...

    Unfortunately, this means, that my software cannot detect, if there is a problem and I also cannot expect the user to realize, that he has to fix something... So, I will still have to add a screen selection menu until this works reliably.
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