DreamScene can't run on my dual screen setup !!
Help Plz
Thursday, February 22, 2007 by Nick Cook | Discussion: Animated Wallpapers
When I try to run Dreamscene with my 2nd display plugged in I get the following message:
'Windows Dreamescene cannor run because the total desktop size exceeds the primary video adapter's maximum texture size.'
I'm running a kick arse Alienware Laptop with a Radeon X800 XT graphics card so I'm suprised by this, is it a setting I can adjust or am I stuck with it?
Nick Cook
Reply #2 Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:58 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:58 AM
O.K Thanx
Do you think there'll be a way to simply run it on my main display only? That would make sense to me.
Do you think there'll be a way to simply run it on my main display only? That would make sense to me.
packhater
Reply #3 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:45 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:45 AM
I got the same message. I have a Gateway 17" M675 1680x1050 laptop. I also have a Dell/Samsung 19" 1280x1024 monitor connected as well running both monitors just fine. At 1680x1050, I got this meesage and all I did was lower the res to 1440x900 and thru the video settings centered the res so that it wasn't expanded. When I changed this it worked.
I didn't change anything but the res on my laptop monitor. So the only bummer is that now I have a smaller workspace on my laptop screen but at least it's working.
I didn't change anything but the res on my laptop monitor. So the only bummer is that now I have a smaller workspace on my laptop screen but at least it's working.
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Reply #1 Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:35 AM
If you have an ATI graphics card with only pixel shaders 2, not pixel shaders 3 you will find you have a max texture width of 2048 pixels. You need a X1000 series ATI card for larger textures.
All is not lost though, dynamic content for Deskscapes (when we release the content) will work on your setup. Just not videos as those are done via MS Dreamscene for now.