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Midkiff Dec 3, 2021 @ 10:18am
Monitor grouping problems and I have 3 chromosomes
I am trying to configure 2 monitors with #1 and #2 stacked with #3 beside it. I want to group #1 and #2 and stretch with one wallpaper and have #3 as a a different wallpaper. I've tried to use the grouping setting, however, in the group configuration UI, selecting #2 then #1 will always select #3, and if I start with selecting #1, I can either select #2 and #3 or just #3 but not #1 then #2 by itself.

Monitor configuration - (#1) 2560x1440 over a (#2) 3440x1440 with (#3) 4096x2160 tv all in "extend" and this is how I have it setup in settings and Nvidia Control Panel to be able to go to each monitor/tv from each other (maybe not the best, but again. 3 chromosomes)
------------------________________
-----------------| ------------------------ |
-- _________|--------------------------|
---|--------------||-----------#3---------- |
---|------#2-----||-------------------------|
__|_________|_______________|
|-----------------------|
|----------#1----------|
|______________|
P.S. I'm sorry I'm not good at formatting boxes/images in forum posts, I've never done it before and I can't figure it out with my smooth brain xD
I made a post on Reddit with screenshots of configuration(way better than the boxes)
https://www.reddit.com/r/wallpaperengine/comments/r85v4q/monitor_grouping_issues_and_i_dont_have_requisite/

T/s path:
Group (stretch) selected from #1 to #2 -> group (stretch) selected from #2 to #1 -> Group all then try to split but no button for split came up -> change monitor ident. 'Device path' -> with the same attempts at grouping -> went though rest of monitor ident. selections w/ same grouping attempts -> unplugging #3 and restarting W/E and grouping #1 and #2 then plugging back in #3 OKAY SO this works...ish, Doing this when using a 4k picture will work HOWEVER due to layout in Nvidia the top right side will "bleed" over into #3 even after deleting and reapplying picture to #3 basically looks like REALLY bad screen tearing on the bottom left corner of #3 -> change the wallpaper alignment property on the group
though all selections and well I guess I rekt with it toooo much and -> received error "Wallpaper cannot be applied" and crashed both wallpapers xD
At this point I've run out of ideas (both good and smooth brained) and requesting help from community/devs for better Nvidia layout settings or a W/E setting I haven't found yet.

Thank you all!

TLDR: Want #1 and #2 to stretch stuff and #3 be different but stuffs rekt and unfortunately I'm retarded \o/

Edited: spaces for boxes needed fixing(yup have no idea how to do stuff on forums) and explicits were hearts :D
Last edited by Midkiff; Dec 3, 2021 @ 10:39am
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_Devran Dec 25, 2021 @ 4:25am 
have you found a solution ?
Biohazard  [developer] Dec 25, 2021 @ 6:51am 
Checking your reddit link, the problem is that monitor 3 intersects with the group of 1 and 2.

The group must be a perfect rectangle, this is how all windows work and the live wallpaper is a native window.

So in other words, you have to align the right edge of monitor 1 and 2 so that monitor 3 does not intersect the group anymore.
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Date Posted: Dec 3, 2021 @ 10:18am
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