Dual screen with focus on one monitor?

[ElHyperion]

I have a full HD monitor as my main screen and a smaller 1280x1024 to it's right. I would like to utilize the second screen for the sim by extending the view and keeping the main monitor focused on the cockpit as it is defautly, and just focus the side screen to the right of it. I managed to create a custom multiscreen profile that keeps the main screen intact and extends the view to the right, but it's not very smooth and somewhat distorted or angled in a certain direction, easily seen as not matching on the screenshot below. I tried to change the aspect ratio of the secondary screen but any other than 1920 / 1080 gives me visible offsets.

 

 

Here is my current config that I achieved this result with:

_  = function(p) return p; end;
name = _('Extended to right');
Description = 'Custom dual screen configuration'
Viewports =
{
    Center =
    {
         x = 0;
         y = 0;
         width = 1920;
         height = screen.height;
         viewDx = 0;
         viewDy = 0;
         aspect = 1920 / 1080;
    },

    Right = 
    {
         x = 1920;
         y = 0;
         width = 1280;
         height = screen.height;
         viewDx = 1;
         viewDy = 0;
         aspect = 1920 / 1080;
    }
}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

I want to keep the main screen as it is right now and just make the transition to the second one smooth, just as it is if I use one of the default config and set my resolution in the settings to 3200x1080. Is that possible and what edits do I need to make?

 

UPDATE: Tried changing the width of the right screen to 1920, at a cost of 10 - 15 FPS I was able to reduce the distortion, but it's still not smooth, as the lines still keep converging towards the middle of the screen, like on the screenshot above.

Edited May 29, 2016 by ElHyperion

[mkiii]

As I understand it, the RIGHT Viewport will always be looking at 90 degrees to the right, so unless your monitor is actuall at or near 90 degrees to the main (Left) screen, then it will give you this sort of distorted view.

 

Have you tried a 1 viewport solution?

IE, do away with the whole Right = part of the configuration above, make the Center config width = 3200; & x = -1920;

I tried this on my 3 monitor setup and it worked. The Cockpit displayed on the Left Monitor, and the other one showed a seamless transition to the right, but the 3rd monitor to the right was blank (to be expected, since I effectively shifted everything to the left).

 

To make this work, you need to set up your 2 monitors as a single desktop. With NVIDIA this would mean using "Surround" to combine both monitors. I'm not sure if it works if the 2 monitors differ in size though.

 

PS. Do you only ever turn to the right? ;)

Edited January 21, 2017 by mkiii
addtl query

[Hyperion101]

It's me, the OP, I only had to create a new account.

 

 

Enabling Surround stretches my whole desktop into complete unusability, as it cannot go up to 3200pix for width. Guess you need identical resolutions for that.

 

But I don't need to span my view for the secondary screen anymore, as I got the TrackIR and looking around is much easier now. Thank you for your attempt to help me nonetheless.

 

I only thought it would be a cool way to utilize my 2nd screen for the game. Now I've come to think that a map would be much more useful, since I'm usually flying acrobatics now.

[mkiii]

Or perhaps, you might want to place some exported instruments to it. Certain older DCS modules such as A10C & Ka-50 can export their MFDs and some instruments easily. Otherwise, it might be worth looking at IKARUS (see threads elsewhere). You can still have your map, and use the rest of the space for instruments.

 

Trouble is, you can spend as much time messing with settings as you do flying ;)