In a recent game of Triumph and Tragedy, I ran into a problem with my screen in that seeing everything going on on the map was impossible without window-swapping (which is not at al easy on this engine). As it turned out both my opponents had two-monitor setups and were able to use the second screen for their player aids. I won the game anyway through audacity and favorable dice, but otherwise I ws at a severe disadvantage.
I can buy a second monitor on the used market, but the problem is that I simply don’t have space for one. So, is there a way to compensate that will still let me use a single monitor to play along with the plyer aids and still see the map?
My initial reaction is that switching the active window is a feature of your windowing system, not of Vassal (e.g., Alt-Tab will do this in many windowing systems)—which suggest to me that I haven’t understood the problem you’re having. Could you explain further?
Sorry I took so long to get back to you, I’m starting over essentially, and now have a system that can in theory support two monitors. I haven’t gotten two monitors to work together yet, but if I do I’d like ot move whatever other functions I can to the secondary and keep the map on the bigger one.
Do you know about the Use combined application window checkbox option in the Vassal Preferences Dialog? Unchecking that option (it defaults to checked) will usually break all the module panels apart into separate windows on your desktop. You can then drag some of those to your second monitor so the entire area of your first monitor can be used to display the Main Map.