Monitor.lua setup questions

[lesthegrngo]

Hi All

 

I previously had Monitor.lua set up for four screens (main, LMFCD, RMFCD plus ADI / Artificial horizon. I used helios for the last screen, the rest was straight .lua

 

I've since added a fifth screen for the RWR and ASI, and will be switching to Ikarus due to Helios bizarrely not having the ASI in a form I can incorporate

 

A minor niggle with the previous setup that has continued with teh addition of the fifth screen is that when I go into DSC world on startup, it runs on the main monitor only in a sort of faux windowed mode. By clicking on the taskbar on the bottom it will go to full screen definition and display correctly, but you have to play 'Where's Wally' with the mouse pointer on the five screens every time.

 

Is there a way to get DCS to open directly to correct mode straight up? I can live with it as is, but it's a bit of a nuisance.

 

I'm also seeing the taskbar being displayed in game on all the four monitors at the bottom, is there a way to get the taskbar hidden in-game?

 

Lastly, I'm having a bit of trouble with the RWR display. I understand enough that the two MFCD's are being displayed perfectly in their respective windows, so the fact that the RWR is not appearing is puzzling me. The screens are displaying a black background and I know Helios is best with it set as transparent, but I was under the impression that Monitorsetup.lua did not require this

 

Here's the .lua file

 

_  = function(p) return p; end;
name = _('Camera+LMFCD+RMFCD_RWR');
Description = 'Left MFCD on the left monitor,Right MFCD on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
    Center =
    {
         x = 0;
         y = 0;
         width = 2560;
         height = 1080;
         viewDx = 0;
         viewDy = 0;
         aspect = 2.37037037;
    }
}

LEFT_MFCD =
{
    x = 290;
    y = screen.height -1080;
    width = 610;
    height = 610;
}

RIGHT_MFCD =
{
    x = screen.width -900;
    y = screen.height -1080;
    width = 610;
    height = 630;
}

ED_A10C_RWR =
{
x = 1024;
y = screen.height -1080;
width = 610;
height = 610;
}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center
GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center

 

Any help given is gratefully received!

 

Thanks

 

Les

Edited July 1, 2020 by lesthegrngo

[shu77]

A diagram of your Screen set up and your ingame res would help, obvious question though, are you running in full screen mode? that mucks up a lot of things.

Couple questions on the RWR, I know from experience that it doesnt draw the overlay, so the RWR by default is a black box, have you actually got a ping on it to confirm its not displaying? I have a feeling the viewport is actually A10C_RWR but I cant find a reference to prove that atm.

[lesthegrngo]

The RWR is resolved, I had a message directing me to this discussion which worked perfectly

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=242228

 

The taskbar thing seems to come and go as I use it not sure why. As for the starting windowed, it's a nuisance but if I remember to click on the taskbar IMMEDIATELY after slicking on the DCS world icon, it will start correctly

 

Now on to Ikarus!

 

Cheers

 

Les