Playerview Popout Window!

## **PopOut Windows**

The RPG Engine has the option to make a Playerview Popout Window - with no user interface. This would useful if you want to have a television screen your players see to use TRPGE instead of a board and minis for an in-person session, or if you are running a session online and one or more of your players do not have a computer that can run the RPG Engine. You (or one of your players) can make a popout window and then stream it using your streaming setup of choice.

*"That sounds great! How do I do it?"*

In the Beta Build (it's not in the regular version yet) - press F1 to open up the debug console (Maybe FN+F1 on a laptop) - Click the input textbox, and type in "PopOut N" - with N replaced by the index of the secondary monitor you want to have the popout window show up on. 1 for your 'second' monitor, 2 for your 'third', etc. It may take some trial and error to figure out which monitor has which number if you have more than 2.

*"But I don't have a second monitor! I only have one!"*

In that case, you still have option(s):

### **One Monitor Options: Confirmed to Work**

#### **Using an Android Phone as a Display**

Do you have an android phone or tablet? I've tested it with my tablet running "Spacedesk" to use it as an additional monitor, and it works. Install Spacedesk per its instructions, set it to the resolution you want, and start it - you'll see your windows desktop on Spacedesk. Boot up The RPG Engine, run the popout command targetting your tablet/phone - "PopOut 1", most likely. And then you should see an RPGE window show up on the tablet.

Share the window with your software of choice. Discord, Zoom, whatever.

You can move it to your main screen with Win+Shift+left, or Win+Shift+right; And then if you want to disconnect your tablet or phone, you can. The window may stretch funny on your screen, but it should look the same to your players. Then alt+tab to put RPGE in front and ignore it until you're done.

**Using Virtual Monitors**

I have also tried setting up a virtual monitor using the drivers and instructions in this youtube video. They also work. Windows will detect an additional monitor that isn't really there.

So in your windows display settings menu, set that monitor to the resolution you want your popout window to be. Boot up The RPG Engine, run the popout command targetting your tablet/phone - "PopOut 1", most likely. you wont see anything because it's a virtual monitor. If you hold alt and tap tab (continue to hold alt), you'll get a list of open windows. One of them should be your popout window. You can alt+tab to it to select it, and if you (for whatever reason) want to move it to your main monitor, you can move it to your real screen with Win+Shift+left, or Win+Shift+right. You can do it again to move it from your real screen to the virtual one. If you press Print Screen, it will capture the virtual display as well. If you use OBS or discord to stream a window, it will also detect the window on the virtual screen, so it can share it even though its not on your real screen.

### **Might Work - Not Yet Tested**

You may also be able to substitute the Android Tablet for the Spacedesk running in BlueStacks. I haven't tested that yet. When I do I will leave my findings here.