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Am rather new to DCS but can't cope with my tinkering inclinations (see my systems specs in my signature). Have a 4 screen T shape setup with the following specs. Please disregard the 2520 in the 7680x2520 Resolution as it did not come into play when using my initial 3 camera (7680x1440) setup. Started using a plain vanilla DCS 3 Camera (7680x1440) view (pic 1) but missed the cockpit info provided by Helios. PIC 1 "3 camera" view So I moved into Helios (pic 2). Problem being: Helios starts rendering the pilot position way too far forward and it also distorts the HUD (because of the FOV it assumes I have based on being 1 giant 7560x2520 T shape display) PIC 2 Helios view - with far forward pilot position and distorted HUD So after tinkering for a while and facing the expedient of recognizing myself as a complete idiot for not being able to adjust Helios' FOV (solving the pilot position and HUD distortion problems) I decided to move into a Frankenstein by using a 3 camera 7680x2520 view ALONG with a stand-alone Helios (see pic 3 below). Now the problem is that the RMFCD does not renders at all. PIC 3 with 3 separate cameras and Helios running along (outside of DCS) as per CaptZeen instructions. Everything works fine but (lovely FOV, 3 separate cameras, nice HUD, nice Helios info) BUT the RMFCD does not render at all, as you can see in the pic below. Went through most of the posts here provided by CaptZeen, @jonsky7, @klem, @Hiob, @hansangb, @draconus, @MAXsenna and other good fellas out here but could find no solution to this problem. Any thoughts on why the RMFCD might not render when using my "3ScreenF18f.lua" profile in DCS along with Helios outside of DCS? Am including below a detail of my .lua file in DCS in case it could be of any help (edited w Notepad ++) _ = function(p) return p; end; name = _('3ScreenF18f') Description = 'Configuration with 3 identical monitors each with its own camera' Viewports = { Left = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 2560; height = 1440; viewDx = -1; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1.7777; }, Center = { x = 2561; y = 0; width = 2560; height = 1440; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1.7777; }, Right = { x = 5121; y = 0; width = 2560; height = 1440; viewDx = 1; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1.7777; } } FA_18C_CENTER_MFCD = { x = 3593; y = 2136; width = 363; height = 344; } FA_18C_IFEI = { x = 2969; y = 2193; width = 526; height = 205; } FA_18C_LEFT_MFCD = { x = 3095; y = 1640; width = 391; height = 369; } FA_18C_RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 4074; y = 1640; width = 389; eight = 367; } FA_18C_RWR = { x = 4308; y = 2160; width = 182; height = 182; } FA_18C_UFC = { x = 3556; y = 1471; width = 457; height = 259; } UIMainView = Viewports.Center GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center --[[ also you can use "displays" table to perfectly match you configuration . it is generated by DCS automatically. displays table is contains information about all currently attached displays for example my setup is : displays = { [1] = { x = 0, -- note : x == 0 and y == 0 is always mark primary windows display y = 0, width = 1920, height = 1200 }, [2] = { x = -1440, -- mark that secondary display is on left side of primary display y = 0, width = 1440, height = 900 }, ... for all displays } screen table also contain x, y members which mark top left corner of DCS window note about fullscreen : directx doesn't allow fullscreen applications with resolutions more than primary display can handle, so multimonitor presets in DCS will fall back to windowed mode if fullscreen initialization failed ( this info also will be printed to dcs.log) for reconfigure viewports setup for each unit type independently you can declare here function function reconfigure_for_unit(unit_type) --unit type is string with unit name if unit_type == "A-10C" then Viewports = ... define new Viewports table -- also you can define cockpit displays viewports here RIGHT_MFCD = ... define new RIGHT_MFCD viewport else Viewports = ... define default for others RIGHT_MFCD = nil -- remove for others end end --]] Also, am including a detail of my Helios frofile (again, running outside of DCS) just clarification purposes: _ = function(p) return p end name = _('Helios') description = 'Generated from compatible Helios Profiles' FA_18C_CENTER_MFCD = { x = 3593, y = 2136, width = 363, height = 344 } FA_18C_IFEI = { x = 2969, y = 2193, width = 526, height = 205 } FA_18C_LEFT_MFCD = { x = 3095, y = 1640, width = 391, height = 369 } FA_18C_RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 4074, y = 1640, width = 389, height = 367 } FA_18C_RWR = { x = 4308, y = 2160, width = 182, height = 182 } FA_18C_UFC = { x = 3556, y = 1471, width = 457, height = 259 } Viewports = { Center = { x = 0, y = 0, width = 7680, height = 1440, aspect = 5.33333333333333, dx = 0, dy = 0 } } UI = { x = 2560, y = 0, width = 2560, height = 1440 } UIMainView = UI GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center Thank you very much for any support you guys can provide.

Has anybody ever found a way to get rid of it? I got a 3 monitors setup and spent all this money in 3 screens mainly for DCS and it is disappointing to see it doesn't have proper multi monitor setup.

Hi there, I have this code below which successfully exports the left and right DDI to a monitor yet the IFEI is never visible. I thought it might only show the IFEI when the night illumination is on but that wasn't it. I Suspect it is the definition "F18_IFEI =" which must be wrong although others make reference to that exact declaration and it works for them. below the code is an image of my output. Resolution of the centre monitor is 1920x1080 and the right monitor is 1600x1200. Max combined resolution is 4320x1200. In the image provided, the tiny little thing 3/4 down the output screen is not overlapping or a super tiny IFEI, it is an overlay which allows me to access overclocking settings for my CPU. _ = function(p) return p; end; name = _('Hornet 4:3 4320x1200 IFEI'); Description = 'Visual on 1st monitor, DDIs and MFCD on 2nd' // this is not the correct desc and I just haven't changed it Main_Monitor_x = 1920; Main_Monitor_y = 1080; DDI_Screen_x = 1600; DDI_Screen_y = 1200; DDI_sizes = 500; Viewports = { Center = { x = 0; y = 0; width = Main_Monitor_x; height = Main_Monitor_y; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = Main_Monitor_x / Main_Monitor_y; } } LEFT_MFCD = { x = Main_Monitor_x; y = 0; width = DDI_sizes; height = DDI_sizes; } RIGHT_MFCD = { x = Main_Monitor_x + DDI_Screen_x - DDI_sizes; y = 0; width = DDI_sizes; height = DDI_sizes; } F18_IFEI = { x = Main_Monitor_x + (DDI_Screen_x / 2) - (DDI_sizes / 2); y = DDI_Screen_y - DDI_sizes; width = DDI_sizes; height = DDI_sizes; // don't care right now the IFEi will print in a 1:1 apect ratio the same as DDIs, just want to get it to print first of all, tried 630 by 300 and that did nothing btw. } UIMainView = Viewports.Center

Hello, So i'm new to dcs trying it out for a few days now, i use the nvidia surround for the tripple monitor only that doesnt look that good on the left and right screen so i thougt lets try the in game settings for triple monitor... changed everything in the lua file to the specs i have... the issue i have is that the game starts on the left screen and all i get is a black screen... also i have full screen disabled. This is the lua script: _ = function(p) return p; end; name = _('3 Monitors'); Description = 'Configuration with 3 identical monitors each with its own camera' Viewports = { Left = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = -1; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1920/1080; }, Center = { x = 1920; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1920/1080; }, Right = { x = 3840; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = 1; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1920/1080; } } UIMainView = Viewports.Center GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center hope someone can help me out! Thanks in advance.

Hello guys (Again), I managed to have a 3x27" 1920*1080 monitors side by side (the regular setup), but seems that DCS for some reason doesn't recognize the left monitor... here is my 3 Monitors.lua file _ = function(p) return p; end; name = _('3 Monitors'); Description = 'Configuration with 3 identical monitors each with its own camera' Viewports = { Left = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = -1; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1920/1080; }, Center = { x = 1920; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1920/1080; }, Right = { x = 3840; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = 1; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1920/1080; } } UIMainView = Viewports.Center GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center attached is a screenshot of my entire setup, the two screens at the bottom are 2 800*600 Lilliput monitors that I didn't set up yet... Appreciate your help guys

Hello everyone, I'm trying to build a simple setup for my DCS, so I'm having a single 33" 4K monitor which I'm planning to make it the center camera and two 27" 1920x1080 monitors that I wanna put them at both sides of the 4K... Of course I'm making this to have a wider view of the surroundings, but my concern is that the center monitor is almost double higher than the two at sides (in terms of resolution). will I be able to see the sky with the side monitors or it will just show the panels and maybe the edge of the cockpit ? I know my question is a bit noobish but I'd rather be a noob than spending days playing with the Monitor.lua file