An interesting F-18 Multimonitor thing....

[hawk2495]

Alright. So I just decided to start messing with exporting the DDIs and AMPCD in the Hornet. My current configuration is one 55" 1920x1080 TV as my primary. One 27" 1920x1080 to the right, and one 27" below the main. I've got a decent monitor setup file that does what I want, but I found something interesting. If I run my setup in 3840x1080 with the MFDs exported to my right screen, the displays match up with the displays in the sim. Messing with the stroke thickness and fuzziness produces consistent results between the main and the exports. So that's good. Now, when I run it in 1920x2160, with the exports on my bottom monitor. The lines are double the thickness and fuzzy as hell. I can make them look good with tweaks, but at the cost of not being able to read my HUD. Has anyone else noticed this rather odd difference in output?

 

My luas...

 

This one works perfectly with the 3840x1080

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('Monitor3');

Description = 'One monitor with 3 MFD on second screen configuration'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 1920;

height = 1080;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1920/1080;

}

}

 

 

Gui =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 1920;

height = 1080;

}

 

 

 

LEFT_MFCD =

{

x = 1920 + 73;

y = 5;

width = 530;

height = 530;

}

 

RIGHT_MFCD =

{

x = 1920 + 676;

y = 5;

width = 530;

height = 530;

}

 

 

 

CENTER_MFCD =

{

x = 1920 + 275;

y = 540;

width = 530;

height = 530;

}

 

UIMainView = Gui

 

 

This one gives me the blurry images in 1920x2160

 

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('1 Screen + 3 MFD on second screen');

Description = 'One monitor with 3 MFD on second screen configuration'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 1920;

height = 1080;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1920/1080;

}

}

 

 

Gui =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 1920;

height = 1080;

}

 

 

 

LEFT_MFCD =

{

x = 0;

y = 1080 + 10;

width = 530;

height = 530;

}

 

RIGHT_MFCD =

{

x = 1390;

y = 1080 + 60;

width = 360;

height = 360;

}

 

 

 

CENTER_MFCD =

{

x = 695;

y = 1080 + 500;

width = 530;

height = 530;

}

 

 

UIMainView = Gui

 

 

I'll attach some screens for comparison. What do you guys think?

 

Edited January 6, 2019 by hawk2495

[Naruto]

That's just how it works at the moment, you have to play with the MDG_strokesDefs settings.

 

I found a good compromise with these setting:

 

 

stroke_thickness = 0.4

stroke_fuzziness = 0.4

 

-- Currently is used for DMC generated fonts black outline

DMC_outline_thickness = stroke_thickness * 3

DMC_outline_fuzziness = stroke_fuzziness * 1.1

DMC_stroke_thickness = 0.35

DMC_stroke_fuzziness = 0.3

[Thermal]

Nice work finding that out. Certainly seems like a bug.

[hawk2495]

Yeah.. It just doesn't make any sense to me as to why one configuration works perfectly and the other doesn't. It's essentially the same thing just rendering in a different direction.. Oh well. I did find a workaround that's kind of annoying, but works. I just configured it for 3840x1080 and moved my right monitor below my main in windows display config. Works well, even if I have to jump through some hoops to get my cursor on the correct screen. lol

[hansangb]

On the fuzzy setup's Rifght MFCD, , did you mean to use "width 360"

[hawk2495]

I did. I was in the process of sizing them down to fit into my Cougar MFDs. The stroke settings were default for this test though.