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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9003 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Getting things to display Feb 19^th, 2015 at 2:47pm	Print Post
	Hey this is kind of a dumb one, but it has been frustrating me. Say you want to mouse over an item to look at it(what it does, stats, etc) if it happens to be a particularly good item(like a tier 3 greensteel) it will usually be taller than the screen, meaning either the top or bottom gets cut off. Is there a fix/workaround for this?

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pape Dragon Raider Offline Posts: 227 Joined: Oct 30^th, 2010	Re: Getting things to display Reply #1 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 2:57pm	Print Post
	Menu > Options > UI uncheck the box that says Show Detailed Description in Examination


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Starkjade Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Rogue Scholar Posts: 7082 Location: Canadia Joined: Aug 27^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Getting things to display Reply #2 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 2:59pm	Print Post
	There is an option to "Show detailed descriptions in tooltip" in the UI settings. This gives you condensed versions. If you need to read the description of what an enchantment does, you can hover over it.

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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9003 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Re: Getting things to display Reply #3 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 3:45pm	Print Post
	Thanks!

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Epitome Korthos Resident Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 56 Joined: Jan 26^th, 2011	Re: Getting things to display Reply #4 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	Oh, those suggestions sound cheaper than mine which was to buy a 4K monitor.
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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9003 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Re: Getting things to display Reply #5 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 6:49pm	Print Post
	I'm not against buying a 4k monitor, I've spent close to that much on monitors anyway(up to 5x 24" screens and 2 TH2Gs...) Got any specific super monitors in mind? I would need 3 of them, though...

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Who Cares Not this guy ^^^ Offline You sir, are a dickbag. Posts: 1951 Joined: Dec 5^th, 2014	Re: Getting things to display Reply #6 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 6:55pm	Print Post
	Years ago, my wife and I stayed with my uncle when we were just getting together.� I played DDO on his giant TV. It was something like this, http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/PN64F8500AFXZA Kobolds were fucking life size, it was awesome.

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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9003 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Re: Getting things to display Reply #7 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 7:01pm	Print Post
	You can get a 64" TV for like $1400 these days, maybe closer to $1200 if you don't care as much about quality(let's face it: if you're playing DDO, you don't) Honestly if I had space for a really dedicated setup I'd do it. Get a comfortable chair with keyboard/mouse on a small table, everything at juuuuust the right height... It's really a space issue, though lol

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Who Cares Not this guy ^^^ Offline You sir, are a dickbag. Posts: 1951 Joined: Dec 5^th, 2014	Re: Getting things to display Reply #8 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 9:24pm	Print Post
	Definitely a space issue for me, our tv croaked so I want to upgrade to the next size up, like 30"s lol, but my wife doesn't think we have room in the "command center" for it. Right now we have the 2 computer monitors, the tv above them and an old square monitor for the cameras above that.

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DropBear Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Don't forget to look up.... Posts: 4377 Location: Landdownunder Joined: Oct 11^th, 2013	Re: Getting things to display Reply #9 - Feb 19^th, 2015 at 11:04pm	Print Post
	noamineo wrote on Feb 19^th, 2015 at 7:01pm: You can get a 64" TV for like $1400 these days, maybe closer to $1200 if you don't care as much about quality(let's face it: if you're playing DDO, you don't) But you'll need Kawai like hotkey skills to be able to play it. Unless you play a melee, in which case just turn on auto attack and assign next target to a controller button. On most large screen tv's (not the 4k's), the dpi is quite small, so you need to sit a fair way back, making the hot bars hard to discern and text nigh on impossible to read). Have not tried the 4k's to see how they fair with gaming. I suspect you'll get high resolution (if supported), but the hot bars will be almost impossible to see at all as they don't scale!

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5 Foot Step Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline I Hate Idiots! Posts: 11119 Location: USA Joined: Mar 8^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Getting things to display Reply #10 - Feb 20^th, 2015 at 3:19am	Print Post
	noamineo wrote on Feb 19^th, 2015 at 2:47pm: Hey this is kind of a dumb one, but it has been frustrating me. Say you want to mouse over an item to look at it(what it does, stats, etc) if it happens to be a particularly good item(like a tier 3 greensteel) it will usually be taller than the screen, meaning either the top or bottom gets cut off. Is there a fix/workaround for this? There is a way to force it to display from the top, IIRC. Try highlight ctrl-z. Will still cut off the bottom, but should get what you need between the 2.
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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9003 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Re: Getting things to display Reply #11 - Feb 20^th, 2015 at 10:39am	Print Post
	DropBear wrote on Feb 19^th, 2015 at 11:04pm: But you'll need Kawai like hotkey skills to be able to play it.� � Unless you play a melee, in which case just turn on auto attack and assign next target to a controller button.� � On most large screen tv's (not the 4k's), the dpi is quite small, so you need to sit a fair way back, making the hot bars hard to discern and text nigh on impossible to read). Have not tried the 4k's to see how they fair with gaming.� I suspect you'll get high resolution (if supported), but the hot bars will be almost impossible to see at all as they don't scale!� � I think at this point a projector would actually be a better plan. MASSIVE scale, normal resolution. Still dun have enough space, though

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DropBear Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Don't forget to look up.... Posts: 4377 Location: Landdownunder Joined: Oct 11^th, 2013	Re: Getting things to display Reply #12 - Feb 20^th, 2015 at 8:22pm	Print Post
	noamineo wrote on Feb 20^th, 2015 at 10:39am: I think at this point a projector would actually be a better plan. MASSIVE scale, normal resolution. Still dun have enough space, though Projectors are ok, but you need a darkened room or an ultrabright projector (expensive bulbs). And as you suggest, a fair bit of space too. They do have short throw projectors, but the size of the screen determines how far back you need to sit to avoid eyestrain.

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Revaulting Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Posts: 10143 Location: Not in my pants Joined: Apr 3^rd, 2014 Gender:	Re: Getting things to display Reply #13 - Feb 21^st, 2015 at 1:48am	Print Post
	noamineo wrote on Feb 20^th, 2015 at 10:39am: Still dun have enough space, though Ceiling. Lounge chair. ??? Profit.

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