Screen arrangement

Is this possible

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So, I'm going to buy Multiplicity, that is guaranteed, but I wondered if the following is possible; I have two computers, one for gaming, one for streaming. The gaming computer has one screen, placed directly in front of me. The streaming computer has two screens, placed one on each side of the gaming computer screen. Is it possible to set up Multiplicity so that this would work seamlessly, moving pointer from gaming monitor towards left it appears on streaming computer screen one, and if I move it to the right it appears on streaming computer screen 2, or do I need to arrange the computer screens differently (gaming computer screen on the side)?

+-----------+       +-----------+       +-----------+
| Streaming |_____|   Gaming  |______| Streaming |
|   screen 1  |        |    screen   |         |   screen 2  |
+-----------+      +-----------+       +-----------+

 

Stardock Software Multiplicity Type: Question
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

I have forwarded your request to the Stardock Support Team for their review and recommendations. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We really do appreciate your feedback, Thanks

Basj,

Stardock Community  Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Seamless is the right mode for what you are describing. It moves the keyboard and mouse between machines and nothing else, so each PC carries on driving its own screens. You are not pushing video across.

The thing worth knowing before you buy: the grid arranges computers, not individual monitors. Your streaming PC is one entry in that grid no matter how many screens are attached to it. So there is no native way to say left edge goes to streaming screen 1 and right edge goes to streaming screen 2 as two separate destinations.

Which of the two monitors the cursor actually lands on is decided by that machine's own Windows display arrangement, not by anything in Multiplicity.

Two things get you closer. There is an option that wraps cursor movement around, so leaving one edge of the grid brings you back in at the opposite side, described as creating 360 degrees of cursor movement. Separately, the advanced resolution aware grid mode allows more complex arrangements of the connected computers, though on Multiplicity 4 that one is a Pro feature.

I would not promise your exact left-and-right layout before you have tried it. If the physical arrangement is at all flexible, putting the gaming screen at one end rather than in the middle is the layout the grid represents most directly, and it avoids relying on the wraparound behaving the way you want.

Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The wrap open is your only choice here as you cannot put a machine in the middle of anothers monitors (Windows would not let the mouse smoothly move between them then)

We do offer a free trial though which might be worth trying to see if it suits your needs.