5.3 Multi-Display Feature Issues...

Thanks @karl_jones,
I'm super stoked that with the combination of Unity 3D and the Arduino and some VR that we are able to bring our K.I.T.T. project to life like this.... it's a truly amazing time for technology these days ... I have quite literally been waiting a life time to finally be able to do this project. Did you see the other videos I posted Karl ?

 

lol yup @karl_jones now that would be super cool.... a little beyond my expertise though

So was changing the Canvas scaler setting what I was supposed to do? Or was it fluke that worked at all?

 

Thanks @karl_jones, as long as I'm using the editor correctly I think they might be set for that already? See attached

 

Thanks @karl_jones, what about in project settings? Does this all look to be the correct settings? See attached.

 

@karl_jones there is one other thing that is driving me nuts since I changed my project in the editor to display both display views so I can preview how actions play out. It seems that I can no longer physically press my buttons with the mouse pointer any more?? Is this a bug?
I can call the button by the invoke method that Our VR is using to activate button presses but not with the mouse anymore?? Would you have any insight into what might be causing that to happen Karl?

 

Hi @karl_jones I'm still struggling with trying to get the dual displays to function properly, feels like I have tried every setting combination in the inspector and I just can't seem to get my displays to work like they do in the editor.... seems what I see in the editor is not what I get when I publish out to the stand alone player. Check out this video I made of how they are working so far.

 

Oh thank God for that @karl_jones You guys totally rock.... I can't wait till Wednesday, lol it'll be like Christmas our project is almost done the only things we have basically left to do is a little more work on the VR, get the dual displays working properly and then ultimately find a small but powerful enough computer to run our app on... lol the idea type of PC would be something small enough that I can dress up to actually look like K.I.T.T.'s CPU.

 

Hey there @karl_jones is the new patch that enables the support for dual displays released yet?

 

Thanks @karl_jones,
I got a notification inside of Unity when I started it up this morning to upgrade to the 5.4.1f1
So I did that, now would I still need to download and install the 5.4.2p2 patch?
I could not see that patch number in the patch releases?

 

Hi @karl_jones OK I have the 5.4.1f1 & the 5.4.1p2 installed and when both in the editor & a published file to the stand alone player I not only still have the same fitment issues with some of my canvases (Which all have the exact same settings) but I also cannot click on any of the screen button on display 2.

 

Thanks @karl_jones, I've never filed a bug report before, how do I go about that?
It's odd because even the main interface screen has a slight fitment issue where it does not appear as it does in the editor. there are a few screens that show up on the 2nd display that don't fit right despite the exact same settings as the ones that do fit, Camera settings, canvas settings, all would appear to be the same and yet they do not fit. Even the graphics I am using for the main backgrounds are all set at 800 X 600.

What is a VPN?
Our project is huge, and would take a very long time to upload.

 

Thanks @karl_jones, OK I filed a report, it said I should get a eMail but nothing so far, I did not see any bug report number though?... maybe I did it wrong.... I did not attach the file because like I say it's just too large.

NOTE: UPDATE: I did get an eMail the case number is:
Case 834781

 

Awesome, thanks @karl_jones

 

Argh!! If possible, Karl, could you please find out if there's a timeline for multi-screen Mac input (or if it's not planned at all)? Thanks

 

Yes I agree, ultimately our project will be going on PC but in the mean time I have just a Mac, my partner on this project has both but I NEED to be able to test everything on my Mac.... so not having this working is REALLY slowing up our progress in getting our app completed.

Mick my partner has both Mac and PC but I have the set up in the car so I'm the only one of us that can do any testing in the car with our app, and that means NEEDING it to work properly on my mac book

 

Good news @karl_jones,
I got the project uploaded to the Unity bug report guys, they were able to reproduce the same issues I was mentioning in my demo video and have forwarded the problem off to the development team, hopefully they will have that fixed soon so we can move forward with our Knight O.S. project
Thanks again @karl_jones for all of your hard work and information

 

Any updates on this? I'm running into the same issues with multi-display on my mac...

 

@ptterb I'm hoping they get it fixed soon but so far I have not heard anything new on the issue either

 

@karl_jones Ah OK thanks for keeping us informed Karl..... we are just twitching to get this part of our project working properly
in the meantime I'm tweaking the beejeebers out of K.I.T.T.'s Surveillance mode

 

Hi,
I have the issue related to multiple displays, I am using two cameras with different displays. the canvas is on the second display. I am able to render the canvas and everything is visible on the second display, but I am not able to detect the click on UI buttons and Inputs. then I tried to resolve this issue with two different version 5.4.2f2 and "5.4.3f1 personal" but could not able to resolve the issue
please share if there is any solution.

 

I have a problem too, even weirder. I have multiple cameras for multiple screens, and UI displaying on screens that are not display 1.
I have some custom UI tool realised by just implementing IDragHandler and code, and that works perfectly fine on secondary screens too, but Unity's own Slider element is very troubled (ie. highlights when the mouse isn't hovering, and trying to set a value on it is hopeless, it just goes to max). I'm on 5.4.1f1.

Any idea if there's a quick workaround for that or shall I just make my own slider? Thanks!

 

Wow, quick reply, thank you!

After going through it again, the slider does highlight correctly on hover (ie. the knob tweens its colour as soon as the pointer is over any part of the slider area), it's just using it that doesn't work.

Behaviour seems to change depending on mood, either dragging the slider just does nothing, or it instantly brings the slider to its maximum value and then does nothing. It works fine in editor, though there too not quite if you open more than one Game tab (ie. first/oldest game tab works, but following ones might display the UI but not deal with input on it,including my own custom UI bit).

I shall download the latest version, in the meantime though I've also tried on a 5.4.2f2 and that has the same issue.

 

Hi Karl! Definitely still happens. Didn't get time to make a proper bug report until today, but it should be on your system now, tho I don't have a case number in my mail yet, so cannot provide it here.

Actually just got it: 854715

 

Version 5.5.0f3 (38b4efef76f0)
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:54:18 GMT
Branch: 5.5/release

OMG!!!! This is still broken!!! Arg... Plenty of votes for it to be fixed in the bug system.

PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

 

While you're at it, maybe you could make the displays above the first main one, capable of being windows or full screen.

 

OK Unity guys, it's been moths since I started this thread... so far I have not heard of any progress, is the issue with the dual displays for mac OS fixed yet??This delay is REALLY holding up the completion of our project.
I did send you the project so you should have exactly what I have and be able to determine what the issues are.
Please let me know as I have people who are just "Hounding" me to get this project done.

 

Any indication of when they will be fixed Karl?

 

Bump. I am looking forward to use the multidisplay feature a lot, but I still keep running into issues with UI. 5.5.0f3 and 5.6b2. Is there any news from UT?

 

Oh man, 5.6.0b3 is really bad... I think they turned it off completely! I'm hoping this is because someone is working on it..... PLEASE!!

 

What it really needs, is a way to declare multiple windows, just like in the Editor! Then real apps could be made.....

 

All I'm willing to say at this point is:
Fix it!
Fix It!
Fix It!
Fix It!
This issue is holding up development!!

I know the Unity people are working hard but man those types of issues drive me CooCoo For CoCo puffs

 

@karl_jones That script returned this error:

Code (CSharp):

1. ssets/Scripts/K.I.T.T-Features/MiscFeatures/ShowRes.cs(11,165): error CS1061: Type `UnityEngine.Display' does not contain a definition for `active' and no extension method `active' of type `UnityEngine.Display' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
2.  

Does That script need to go on an Object Karl?

 

Hi @karl_jones , our company has been following this issue for a long time and decided to post here. We have a major feature that is killed by the UI not working on multi display / multi monitor

Is there active work on the issue 834781 listed in:
https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/is...-and-do-not-interact-in-dual-display-projects

What kind of priority is there for getting the screen UI clicks and interaction to work properly? Any targeted release?
Would it help if we got that issue more votes?

thanks!