FGU and 49 inch Monitor

[andrewcr]

Hi,

I was on fantasy grounds friday and I mentioned that I have a 49" 4120 x 1440p monitor for FGU (fortunate i know - my wife needed it for working at home for the last year and a half).

Anyway here it is - an image of the screen - for the curious . I usually reserve a third for Syrinscape and the rest for FGU

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[EllivasKram]

I still don’t know why people don’t have their maps in background mode. The performance issues are thing of the past in experience.

[Kelrugem]

Hi,

I was on fantasy grounds friday and I mentioned that I have a 49" 4120 x 1440p monitor for FGU (fortunate i know - my wife needed it for working at home for the last year and a half).

Anyway here it is - an image of the screen - for the curious . I usually reserve a third for Syrinscape and the rest for FGU

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Nice :)


I still don’t know why people don’t have their maps in background mode. The performance issues are thing of the past in experience.

I personally do not use it because I span FG over several monitors, while I prefer to have the map just on one monitor for better visibility :)

[HywelPhillips]

I have my FG window split over two monitors so I like to keep mine in a window and keep map, chat and combat tracker on one screen, and char sheets, stories, etc. on the other.

Definitely considering a huge one-monitor solution if I move from iMac Pro to MacPro at some point. The boundary/borders aren't too bad but it would be nice to eliminate them altogether.

Cheers, Hywel

[andrewcr]

I still don’t know why people don’t have their maps in background mode. The performance issues are thing of the past in experience.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I tend to use the short cut keys to have the things I will likely need for the sessions (mine are only 2 hours in length) ready to go.

I just dropped a couple of things on the desktop to give you an idea of size. I usually have only 3-4 things up at a time (more NPCs during combat).

[andrewcr]

I will say that I think a 4K 32" monitor can also be a good option. I find that I quite like having more verticality than width after a point. I do have access to a 2k monitor that can rotate to provide that but at some point you do need to decide to be satisfied.

[DM_BK]

I still don’t know why people don’t have their maps in background mode. The performance issues are thing of the past in experience.

What the heck is background mode? Do tell.

[LordEntrails]

What the heck is background mode? Do tell.
Top right corner of the image window is a up right arrow, click it. See what happens? Click it again, see what happens? Click the down left arrow.

[spoonhead]

I will say that I think a 4K 32" monitor can also be a good option. I find that I quite like having more verticality than width after a point. I do have access to a 2k monitor that can rotate to provide that but at some point you do need to decide to be satisfied.

That's my setup. Works very well, despite setting off the fans of my MacBook Pro. I just have to have a good font extension for reading.

[Zacchaeus]

I still don’t know why people don’t have their maps in background mode. The performance issues are thing of the past in experience.

Everyone has their own way of working. I don't like having the map in the background because I don't want to have to keep moving stuff on top of it - and I use two monitors as others have said so having the map and combat tracker on one monitor and everything else on the other suits me much better. So there's no right or wrong way to use the map to the background thing. It's useful but not necessary to have the map on the background.

[Kelrugem]

Everyone has their own way of working. I don't like having the map in the background because I don't want to have to keep moving stuff on top of it - and I use two monitors as others have said so having the map and combat tracker on one monitor and everything else on the other suits me much better. So there's no right or wrong way to use the map to the background thing. It's useful but not necessary to have the map on the background.

Yes, exactly :)

I know that there are many people who say that this is essential for a VTT to keep/have the map in the background, and this was probably the reason why it got implemented at some point. But I actually like FG for the fact that I do not have to put the map into the background :)

(though we may derail the thread a bit, not sure :D)

[DM_BK]

I like the background mode...*shockingly* I never noticed those arrows before lol. Neat feature!

[EllivasKram]

The issue with 2x screens is I have one 4K and one UHD screen. With 2 different resolutions the screen stretch is problematic.

Maybe the devs could tell me if I’m doing something wrong. Or at least support background mode but only the one screen ?

[LordEntrails]

The issue with 2x screens is I have one 4K and one UHD screen. With 2 different resolutions the screen stretch is problematic.

Maybe the devs could tell me if I’m doing something wrong. Or at least support background mode but only the one screen ?
Nope, you're not really doing anything wrong It's "physics". If you have two different screens that don't have the same size and resolution, then most any program can't handle it well. Note that some graphics drivers have the ability to set two dissimilar screens into one that can resolve this for you, but it's an uncommon feature.

[andrewcr]

Top right corner of the image window is a up right arrow, click it. See what happens? Click it again, see what happens? Click the down left arrow.

I figured that is what the quick boxes at the bottom of the screen are for.

[andrewcr]

Its a limitaton of using a game engine - Unity - I believe its built for single monitor support only.

[bmos]

I use a 43" 4K TV as my monitor.
Works great for FG in my opinion and pretty inexpensive compared to a 'real' computer monitor anywhere close to this resolution.

[Mavrik6666]

Here is a 49 inch monitor, as a player side, 5120x1440 ... and using maps in background mode :
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