3 Multi Monitor Setup for Cockpit View
NOTE:
Resolutions, Aspects, Hight and Width are all calculated for 3 * 27” identical monitors with a resolution of 1920x1080 each.
Therefor Desktop resolution = 5760x1080 with an aspect ratio of 48:9 (5.333333333).
Each single monitor has a resolution = 1920x1080 with an aspect ratio of 16:9 (1.777777778 ).
If using monitors with different resolutions you will need to EDIT/Create You Own: "(root)\Config\MonitorSetup\*.lua" setting the resolution hight and width of each monitor.
Your Desktop resolution will be the width of the total monitors by the hight of the highest monitor
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Simulation Setup
If you are playing simulation mode First set the tri-monitor desktop size for simulation mode
Simulation Multi-Monitor Spanning
Edit: (root)\Config\graphic.cfg
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Simulation
{
resolution = {5760, 1080}; --total desktop resolution
bpp = 32;
fullscreen = 0;
aspect = 5.333333333; --total desktop aspect ratio
}
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Shkval+Camera+ABRIS
Edit: (root)\BlackShark\data\scripts\options.lua
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["graphics"] =
{
["multiMonitorSetup"] = "Shkval+Camera+ABRIS", --may have change with patch
["color"] = "32",
["heatBlr"] = 1,
["scenes"] = "high",
["water"] = 3,
["fullScreen"] = false, --disable full screen, but will be max monitor resilution
["visibRange"] = "High",
["aspect"] = 5.3333333333333, --total desktop aspect ratio
["textures"] = 2,
["shadows"] = 3,
["display_mode"] =
{
["avi"] =
{
["bpp"] = 32,
["resolution"] = "640x480",
["full_screen"] = false,
["aspect"] = 1.333333333,
["height"] = 480,
["width"] = 640,
}, -- end of ["avi"]
}, -- end of ["display_mode"]
["effects"] = 3,
["lights"] = 2,
["haze"] = 1,
["terrPrld"] = "20",
["height"] = 1080, --max high resolution tallest monitor of desktop
["resolution"] = "1920x1080", --resolution of main monitor
["civTraffic"] = 1,
["width"] = 5760, --combined resolution width of desktop monitors
}, -- end of ["graphics"]
} -- end of options
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Cockpit View - Left-Center-Right View
Now setting up three monitors for cockpit view has two options.
1 – Use the 3camera setting across the tri-monitor desktop with edges that don’t mesh so well.
NOTE:
The view angle shows the sides of the cockpit, when the monitors are NOT beside my head.
From my head position to the edges of my monitors is ~120 degrees.
2 – Use the 1camera setting across the tri-monitor desktop AND adjust the FOV (field of view).
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Option 1
Multi-Monitor - 3cameras Setup
Edit: (root)\BlackShark\data\scripts\options.lua
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["graphics"] =
{
["multiMonitorSetup"] = "3cameras", --may have change with patch
["color"] = "32",
["heatBlr"] = 1,
["scenes"] = "high",
["water"] = 3,
["fullScreen"] = false, --disable full screen, but will be max monitor resilution
["visibRange"] = "High",
["aspect"] = 5.3333333333333, --total desktop aspect ratio
["textures"] = 2,
["shadows"] = 3,
["display_mode"] =
{
["avi"] =
{
["bpp"] = 32,
["resolution"] = "640x480",
["full_screen"] = false,
["aspect"] = 1.333333333,
["height"] = 480,
["width"] = 640,
}, -- end of ["avi"]
}, -- end of ["display_mode"]
["effects"] = 3,
["lights"] = 2,
["haze"] = 1,
["terrPrld"] = "20",
["height"] = 1080, --max high resolution tallest monitor of desktop
["resolution"] = "1920x1080", --resolution of main monitor
["civTraffic"] = 1,
["width"] = 5760, --combined resolution width of desktop monitors
}, -- end of ["graphics"]
} -- end of options
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Option 2 – part 1
Multi-Monitor - 1camera Setup
Edit: (root)\BlackShark\data\scripts\options.lua
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["graphics"] =
{
["multiMonitorSetup"] = "1camera", --may have change with patch
["color"] = "32",
["heatBlr"] = 1,
["scenes"] = "high",
["water"] = 3,
["fullScreen"] = false, --disable full screen, but will be max monitor resilution
["visibRange"] = "High",
["aspect"] = 5.3333333333333, --total desktop aspect ratio
["textures"] = 2,
["shadows"] = 3,
["display_mode"] =
{
["avi"] =
{
["bpp"] = 32,
["resolution"] = "640x480",
["full_screen"] = false,
["aspect"] = 1.333333333,
["height"] = 480,
["width"] = 640,
}, -- end of ["avi"]
}, -- end of ["display_mode"]
["effects"] = 3,
["lights"] = 2,
["haze"] = 1,
["terrPrld"] = "20",
["height"] = 1080, --max high resolution tallest monitor of desktop
["resolution"] = "1920x1080", --resolution of main monitor
["civTraffic"] = 1,
["width"] = 5760, --combined resolution width of desktop monitors
}, -- end of ["graphics"]
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Option 2 – part 2
NOTE: These changes should NOT be made if using option 1 as zooming out greater then 180 degrees will look weird.
Multi-Monitor - 1camera Setup - FOV
Edit: (root)\Config\View\view.lua
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Camera view angle limits {view angle min, view angle max}.
CameraViewAngleLimits = {}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_27] = {20.0, 140.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_33] = {20.0, 120.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_25] = {20.0, 120.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_39] = {20.0, 120.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29] = {20.0, 120.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29K] = {20.0, 120.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iA_10] = {5.0, 120.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iF_15] = {20.0, 140.0}
CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iKA_50] = {20.0, 240.0} --set FOV to angle from your eyes to edges of your monitors, may have to tweak a few times
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NOTE: Make sure to zoom in and out once in the cockpit to match the view angle from your seat position to the edges of you monitors.
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Q: I am having trouble setting the starting zoom value when the game loads out of the menu. Dose anyone know how to set a default starting zoom value?
