Need help on Multiple Monitor setup

[Cacher]

I’ve put together a simulator station that I’ve used extensively in FSX and Prepar3D without issue. It contains one large central Samsung 40” flat screen TV (1920 x 1080) with 2 monitors (one 22”. (1680 x 1050) plus a 16” (1280 x 1024)) mounted beneath it to display an aircrafts instrument panel. In the two programs above, I created multiple views in separate windows and dragged them to the appropriate screen. I also have a fourth monitor hooked up to the system (24” (1920 x 1080) I use to display support programs. I also have several Saitek Panels.

 

Enter my wish to dive into the DCS World. I’ve downloaded DCS World 2.5. My first question is whether I should have downloaded DCS World 2.5 Beta instead?

 

That aside, I went into “Options” to try to setup multiple monitors. In the Monitors category, the following choices are available:

1 Screen

3 Screen

Camera + LMFCD (on right side)

Camera + LMFCD

Camera + LMFCD (automatic placement)

Camera + RMFCD (on left side)

Camera + RMFCD

Camera + RMFCD (automatic placement)

MFCD

Stereo

 

If I choose anything but 1 Screen, it displays either a partial window of the Options Window on my main display (Resolution of 1920 x 1080) or if I choose a higher resolution of 4880x 1080, it will display across two thirds of the main display and the top left1/4 of my 4th display. In reading through the forums, it appears that multiple monitor setups such as mine, require some advanced LUA writing, which I’ve never done. I would like to have the A10C cockpit view with TrackIR on the main display and the MFCD’s on the two lower displays. How do I create these views and move them to the proper screens? Could someone get me started?

 

 

 

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Edited May 14, 2018 by Cacher

[davidp57]

It's been explained a few times here, so you'll be better with a search than with reading my (short) explanations...

Anyway : you have to setup your viewport (in Windows) and then set the resolution in DCS to the total resolution of your viewport. Then you need to copy/paste/edit a .lua file in the MonitorSetup folder, change its name (not only the filename but also the name in the file content), and define all your views in your viewport (main, left mds, etc.).

Then start DCS and select your monitor setup definition.

And voilà !

[Cacher]

Thanks, I found similar ideas in the forum. Will report on how it goes.

 

 

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