Helios-Ka50

[E55-EF]

Hi Forum

I am adding an additional 23" touchscreen monitor for the ka50 instrument panel and at the moment have Capt_Zeens Helios profile running on a 19" with mouse interaction.

 

I would like to display the Shkval and Abris panels and also re-size the image to fit the 23" ts monitor, could you please assist or point me to a good tut on the subject.

 

Thanks in advance

E55-EF :pilotfly:

[Capt Zeen]

Usually, in my profile packages you got everything you need to do that operation in a folder called monitor configuration. So...

 

CONFIGURING THE SECOND MONITOR

 

Included in the KA50 Helios profile package, there is a folder called "DCS Monitor Configuration" width a complete folders structure you can drop on DCS World instalation folder.

This structure prepare the diferents lua scripts to export the views to the second monitor to represent the Abris, Skhval, PVI digits, Ekran and UV26 digits.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This package is very old and ED made some changes on the folder names. So.....

Copy this structure anywhere in your hard drive, and change the name of the folder "scripts" by "script", in other words, remove the "s".

Then continue this instructons !

 

 

You will need to change the coordinates x and y of every viewport and the width and height sizes of them in the DCS Monitor Configuration\Config\MonitorSetup\2_monitors-KA50.lua

Change it before copy to the game folder, and save a copy of this structure, couse DCS world rewrite this files every update!

To calculate the correct position of each viewport, run Helios and start the profile. Activate the uv26 panel and take a screenshot using print screen key on the keyboard, and paste the image in any art program. Paint from Windows works well. Put the cursor over the left-up corners of every empty spaces and write down the coordinates. Drag a box from that point to the right_down corner, and take the width and height of the rectangle.

Modify the 2_monitors-KA50.lua width your correct numbers. and you can now copy the complete "DCS Monitor Configuration" folder to the DCS game folder

 

TROUBLESHOTING:

- Check if you installed the files in the correct place. I recomend to you use JSGME or OVGME to do the job, because in every DCS update those files are rewriten again

- Then edit the MonitorSetup file to adjust the viewports to your monitor configuration. (2_monitors-KA50.lua )

- In DCS options, put your max resolution ( this is the total of your monitor resolutions in horizontal and vertical, for example two monitors 1920x1080 placed in horizontal layout, the total resolution is 3840x1080 )

- In DCS options, uncheck full screen option

- In DCS options, select the monitorsetup file to use (the one your just edited)

 

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Edited March 14, 2019 by Capt Zeen

[E55-EF]

Hi Capt Zeen

Thank you very much for taking the time to offer such a comprehensive and informative reply, i will follow your advice to the letter and hopefully address both issues.

 

Many Thanks

E55-EF