Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Two technical questions for those that know these kinds of things. Goodness knows i don't know!

Question 1. I play mostly exclusively WDS/JTS Nappy games on a laptop. I want to make the ultimate setup since i'm moving and will have a desk to game. From what i can see, while the world has moved on to 16x9 aspect ratio, and WDS games do a great job of adjusting to these different ratios, the title screens seem, to me, to be in 4x3. And that kinda makes sense. Putting the Hex Info Area on the top or to the side works...sort of. To me, it seems that these games would play better on the old school ratios they were designed on. Should me external monitor be 4x3?

For example, they make this gorgeous, 17" LED HD monitor for $62! (With coupon.) https://amzn.to/4hi9kK7 Is this a good idea? I can then turn my small, 16x9 on its side and make that hold the PDFs. I dunno. I think this is a great idea. Do you?

Question 2. And this has the possibility of making my gaming experience like NASA's Mission Control Center! Does anyone have any experience with X-Keys? They started with a 24 key programmable keyboard and now have a 60, 80, and as i've linked, 128 keyboard! https://amzn.to/4bGqCiX

You can make a Black Powder board to handle all your Nappy games and your ACW games all in one place! Maybe more!

Not only can you print out colored tabs and recreate the toolbar, but you could also possibly add shortcuts that don't exist like Mode > Play By E-Mail.

Thoughts?

Go Suns,

th

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Sous-Lieutenant Tony Hernandez

1ère Compagnie du 7ème Régiment d'Artillerie à Pied
Artillerie Divisionnaire, 1ère Division, 5ème Corps d'Armée

I play with no issues at 2560x1440 16:9, and although I turn off the Introduction it looks fine as well.

Definitely upgrade your monitor, it will open your field of view.

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Major Drew Franz
45ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
1ère Brigade 1ère Division
1er Corps d'Armée

Making the Hex Info Area fit on the screen with the map is the sweet zone i'm looking for. With a 16x9 and low res, it makes it hard to put the HIA on top or on the bottom. However, if i had a HD 16x9, i could put that on the left, adding more map and not having to scroll with the HIA on the left.

I just want the ultimate WDS "rig." I would love to see other people's setups. I'm over here thinking winning the lotto and playing on an IMAX

Thanks!

I always overthink things

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Sous-Lieutenant Tony Hernandez

1ère Compagnie du 7ème Régiment d'Artillerie à Pied
Artillerie Divisionnaire, 1ère Division, 5ème Corps d'Armée