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I was hoping maybe a trip back in time with a Huey gunship over Vietnam, or even a slick model to land troops in a hot LZ. With the level of DCS simulation it would be interesting. I'm a mechanic on the Apache, although I don't fly(offically) I have got about 12 hours in an OH-58 on the stick. I've tried MS FS, Xplane, and numerous other titles but BS is the only one that comes close to the real thing.

Any info if DCS is going to introduce other helicopters?

New problem. I upgraded to windows 7, now my main 42 inch screen will not go past 1600x1200. My 17 inch monitor is at 1280x1024. Can BS run at these settings?

Thanks

OK, I do need your help. I want to bring down the resolution on my 42 inch monitor from 1920x1080 to 1680x1050. My 17 inch will stay at 1024x768. Will down grading to windows XP affect BS settings? Should I stick with Vista?

Nevermind, I figured it out. Sorry

I hate to ask, but my resolution changed. I had to restore my com to an earlier date and now the resolution on the main monitor will not go past 1600x1200. The small monitor is at 1024x768. Can you help?

Looks pretty good. My FPS is a little slower but I can turn down some graphics. Thanks for all the help, I learned alot. Anything I can do just let me know.

Almost there, looks the aspect is off. Suggestions? Pic is attached.

Ok, one more time. I got this far with it. Pic is on attachment. I basically got it backwards with the shkval and screen. Here is my current graphics portion of the options file: ["graphics"] = { ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "shkval+camera", ["color"] = "32", ["heatBlr"] = 1, ["scenes"] = "high", ["water"] = 2, ["fullScreen"] = false, ["visibRange"] = "High", ["aspect"] = 1.33, ["textures"] = 2, ["shadows"] = 2, ["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, ["resolution"] = "2944x1080", ["civTraffic"] = 1, ["width"] = 2944, }, -- end of ["graphics"] } -- end of options Here is my current Skval+camera file under the Monitorsetup folder: Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor, camera on the right' Viewports = { Center = { x = screen.width / 2; y = 0; width = screen.width / 2; height = screen.height; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = screen.aspect / 2; } } Shkval = { x = 0; y = 0; width = screen.width / 2; height = screen.height; } Any help?

I am running as admin, right?

Well, appreciate the help. Thanks

Yes, my monitorsetup is a folder. Under monitorsetup is the lua files for 1Camera, 3 Cameras, Shkval+Camera, and Shkval+Camera+ABRIS. This is what I saved to Shkval+Camera+ABRIS lua file: Description = 'Cockpit camera on the left monitor and ABRIS & Shkval on the left monitor' Viewports = { Center = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1.77; } } ABRIS = { x = 1920; -- starts at the left of the secondary screen, 1920 y = 0; width = 512; -- half the secondary screen pixel width height = 768; -- full height of the secondary screen } Shkval = { x = 2432; -- as the Shkval starts at the second half of the right monitor, this is 1920 (the main view width) plus half of 1024(halfway across the right monitor width) y = 0; width = 512; -- half of 1024, the secondary monitor width height = 384; -- to keep the aspect correct, half the height of the secondary screen } __________________ This is what I saved to the graphics section of the options lua file that is under folders Blackshark/data/scripts: ["graphics"] = { ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "shkval+camera+abris", ["color"] = "32", ["heatBlr"] = 1, ["scenes"] = "high", ["water"] = 2, ["fullScreen"] = false, ["visibRange"] = "High", ["aspect"] = 1.33, ["textures"] = 2, ["shadows"] = 2, ["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, ["resolution"] = "2944x1080", ["civTraffic"] = 1, ["width"] = 2944, }, -- end of ["graphics"] } -- end of options

Yes, it is saved under "config".

Pic of monitor screen Ok, I think I attached a picture of my screen.

Ok, here it is. ["graphics"] = { ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "shkval+camera+abris", ["color"] = "32", ["heatBlr"] = 1, ["scenes"] = "high", ["water"] = 2, ["fullScreen"] = false, ["visibRange"] = "High", ["aspect"] = 1.33, ["textures"] = 2, ["shadows"] = 2, ["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, ["resolution"] = "2944x1080", ["civTraffic"] = 1, ["width"] = 2944, }, -- end of ["graphics"] } -- end of options Here is monitorsetup Description = 'Cockpit camera on the left monitor and ABRIS & Shkval on the left monitor' Viewports = { Center = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1.77; } } ABRIS = { x = 1920; -- starts at the left of the secondary screen, 1920 y = 0; width = 512; -- half the secondary screen pixel width height = 768; -- full height of the secondary screen } Shkval = { x = 2432; -- as the Shkval starts at the second half of the right monitor, this is 1920 (the main view width) plus half of 1024(halfway across the right monitor width) y = 0; width = 512; -- half of 1024, the secondary monitor width height = 384; -- to keep the aspect correct, half the height of the secondary screen } __________________

I have no idea how to add a picture to this reply but I put one under my album and made it public of my screens after I made the changes. I cut and pasted your lua commands. The screen is of the cockpit stretched across both screens, no ABRIS or shkval. I unchecked the full screen mode. What's next?

My 17 inch monitor is on the right. I get the error message after I hit "fly mission" while it's loading. I was running in full screen mode. I will try it again in non full screen mode, I have to change the data again. I went back to original to make sure it worked, it did. Give me a while. Example of what I saved in monitorsetup: } } ABRIS= { x = 1920; -- starts at the left of the secondary screen, 1920 y = 0; That is exactly how I wrote it, with all the text after the numbers.

I tried it word for word and it kept giving me a windows error message "Exception Processing Message 0x0000013 Parameters 0x762592A0 0x00000004 0x762592A0 0x00000004 0x762592A0 0x762592A0" When you wrote "resolution" under "monitorsetup" is it resolution for avi or the one below it or both? Do I type the text just like you did(all text after --), or just the numbers("1080";)? Actually, I just wanted the Shkval on the second screen. Like I said, baby steps, I'm old and slow. Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks for the info. Reinstalled with patch and opened with notepad++. I run the 42 inch screen with 1920 by 1080 res, I would like the 17 inch 1024 by 768. I can adjust these if that's too much trouble. Appreciate the help.

I'm new at this lua stuff. Ive downloaded notepad++ but still having trouble making changes to lua, won't save. I opened lua at first with regular notepad. Now all files have the notepad symbol next to them. Do I have to reinstall the game? I have desktop set to "extend my desktop. All I would like is the shekval on the second monitor. I have a 42 inch main monitor, 17 inch 2nd monitor, Vista 32, AMD Dual core 3.0, 9800GTX+ 1gb video card, 4 gb ram. Sorry for all this newbie stuff but just getting into sims. I need baby steps. Please, help.