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  1. WorkAllDay

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    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if it's possible to have a game which has multiple windows.
    The windows should be able to communicate with each other.

    I have 2 options in my mind:
    1. Two windows on the same application [separated and movable]
    2. Two applications with one window on each. [for using multiple monitors]
    two_wins_one_app.png

    one_win_two_apps.png

    Is this possible to do this using only Unity?
    or maybe the game will be created using unity and the statistics app will be using wpf for example and then I need somehow to create communication between them?

    Thanks in advance,
    Don
     
    WorkAllDay, Jun 9, 2017
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  2. WorkAllDay

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    Sorry for double post.

    does anybody has any leads?
    links that talk about this or anything?

    Don
     
    WorkAllDay, Jun 10, 2017
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  3. M005E

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    M005E, Oct 31, 2017
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  4. karl_jones

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    Multiple display mode is for full screen on each display. If you want to have windows then the best approach it to just launch the application separately for each window and have them communicate with each other via some interprocess communication.
     
    karl_jones, Oct 31, 2017
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  5. sean244

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    Any idea how we can do that? Maybe a link to a tutorial covering the subject?
     
    sean244, Jul 19, 2018
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  6. karl_jones

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    The simplest thing to do would be to network the clients. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UNet.html
    This way the screens can be on the same machine, multiple machines or even different devices(mobile map etc)
     
    karl_jones, Jul 19, 2018
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  7. aivo

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    could you elaborate why this isn‘t supported? I think both directX and OpenGL API support multiple render windows, be it in fullscreen mode or windowed mode.
    Peronally, I would love to see this feature (I‘m not a game developer, I‘m working in the field of media architecture).
     
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  8. Ewanuk

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    Ewanuk, Apr 1, 2020
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  9. Grandtrine

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    hi , is there any update on how we can do this now
     
    Grandtrine, Aug 4, 2022
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  10. karl_jones

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    No, the multiple display system has not changed. You can not have multiple windows for 1 application.
     
    karl_jones, Aug 4, 2022
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