Dual monitors with San Andreas

[GospodinX]

Hi guys



Does anyone use dual monitors for GTA?

Is possible to use one monitor for GTA and second for other things(scripting,reading forum, facebook etc)



I have problem with it.When I switch to second monitor my GTA freeze.



Thanks

[LaszloR1]

Hi! It is very possible to use multiple monitors with SA-MP. Does GTA freeze in the not responding and then crashing sense or do you mean it just not moving while you're working on something on the other monitor? If the first it is a common issue with GTA. Some things that might fix it:

Running it in a compatibility mode. Like winxp, win7, etc. (Right click on gta_sa.exe, properties, compatibility)

You could also try to run it as an administrator.



If these don't work try looking online for more solutions.

[GospodinX]

Hi! It is very possible to use multiple monitors with SA-MP. Does GTA freeze in the not responding and then crashing sense or do you mean it just not moving while you're working on something on the other monitor? If the first it is a common issue with GTA. Some things that might fix it:

Running it in a compatibility mode. Like winxp, win7, etc. (Right click on gta_sa.exe, properties, compatibility)

You could also try to run it as an administrator.



If these don't work try looking online for more solutions.

I mean on second problem ( "or do you mean it just not moving while you're working on something on the other monitor?" )



I want to follow game(SA-MP) and work something on the second monitor.It will be very useful for me.

[LaszloR1]

I see, well. I remember opcodeexe making a mod where you can run multiple instances of SA-MP at the same time, but that only works on 0.3.7. I can't remember any other solutions to this sadly.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HnNub36mvY]

Edit: I looked into it a bit more and ThirteenAG's Widescreen fix contains an option to allow this.
https://github.com/ThirteenAG/Widescreen.../tag/gtasa

After installing you need to navigate to the "scripts/" folder and open "GTASA.WidescreenFix.ini". You need to edit "AllowAltTabbingWithoutPausing = 0" to "AllowAltTabbingWithoutPausing = 1".

[GospodinX]

I will try it now.

Thank you

[CorkFart69]

Yes it is possible. When starting GTA SA or SAMP you will get a window prompt asking for which monitor you would like to play with.

Also i recommend using windowed mode (alt+enter) so you can easily switch between apps and avoid crashes.

Good luck!