Draw to two duplicate viewports/canvases
by Ken Fast · in Torque 3D Professional · 04/29/2014 (6:52 pm) · 1 replies
Is it possible to open two duplicate canvases (viewports) as separate windows and draw the same output scene to both at the same time?
Scenario: I have a laptop with Optimus graphics - both an Intel integrated GPU and an NVIDIA discrete GPU. The local laptop screen is typically controlled by the integrated GPU, but external monitors are driven by the NVIDIA GPU. I am using the Oculus Rift for a game and would like to display a mirror (duplicate) on the laptop screen. I can't just mirror or duplicate the screens between the two displays in Windows because they are driven by different GPUs. I want to draw the game output to two duplicate windows and have one show up on the Rift and the other sent back to the laptop display. I realize this might mean twice the work on the GPU - not a problem for now. I don't need two different views, just two different windows with the same view.
Scenario: I have a laptop with Optimus graphics - both an Intel integrated GPU and an NVIDIA discrete GPU. The local laptop screen is typically controlled by the integrated GPU, but external monitors are driven by the NVIDIA GPU. I am using the Oculus Rift for a game and would like to display a mirror (duplicate) on the laptop screen. I can't just mirror or duplicate the screens between the two displays in Windows because they are driven by different GPUs. I want to draw the game output to two duplicate windows and have one show up on the Rift and the other sent back to the laptop display. I realize this might mean twice the work on the GPU - not a problem for now. I don't need two different views, just two different windows with the same view.
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