Tricky11 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Hiya all.. I was wondering if it was possible to use my second monitor (touchscreen) with pdf manuals on them whilst flying dcs? i tried it but everytime i want to change page on the pdf it minimizes dcs on my main monitor. Is there anyway around this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abburo Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 You have to play DCS in window mode. This mode have some performance impact if you are using SLI or so. Romanian Community for DCS World HW Specs: AMD 7900X, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090, HOTAS Virpil, MFG, CLS-E, custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky11 Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 Windowed mode? That the only way of doing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Windowed mode? That the only way of doing it? Yes. That is the way Windows works. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky11 Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 Ahhh thats a bit crap then huh. Im surprised here is no work around... Ohwell i will just have to use my tablet instead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Ohwell i will just have to use my tablet instead.. That is what I would do. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky11 Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 That is what I would do. Seems a waste of a second monitor though when using fc3 aircraft though. Its ok when using the a10 as i run helios on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Seems a waste of a second monitor though when using fc3 aircraft though. Its ok when using the a10 as i run helios on it. Ah well, I am in the same boat. For that matter, my entire flight rig is idle if I am playing a non-flight game. ;) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blech Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Hi, My main monitor is 1920*1080, my second is 1280*1024 For DCS I use my second monitor as "desktop", without any problems or performance impact or minimizing DCS PDF / Word / Excel / Firefox / youtube / ... One time : DCS -> Options -> disable "FULL SCREEN" DCS still will be full screen :smartass: Install and always run "Dual Monitor Taskbar" when using the second monitor or something equal http://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortb You can configure programs in Dual Monitor Taskbar or go this way ( you can handle / open everything with the explorer ) : Open the Windows-Explorer and Firefox or IE and move the windows to the second monitor Configure for the DCS-Moduls you are playing under Options / Controls a joystick-button for "Active Pause" LShift+LWin+Pause on / off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky11 Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 Hi, My main monitor is 1920*1080, my second is 1280*1024 For DCS I use my second monitor as "desktop", without any problems or performance impact or minimizing DCS PDF / Word / Excel / Firefox / youtube / ... One time : DCS -> Options -> disable "FULL SCREEN" DCS still will be full screen :smartass: Install and always run "Dual Monitor Taskbar" when using the second monitor or something equal http://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortb You can configure programs in Dual Monitor Taskbar or go this way ( you can handle / open everything with the explorer ) : Open the Windows-Explorer and Firefox or IE and move the windows to the second monitor Configure for the DCS-Moduls you are playing under Options / Controls a joystick-button for "Active Pause" LShift+LWin+Pause on / off You sir are a star thanks. Will try when i finish work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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