Problem setting up displays using cubesim mfds

[emc]

Did you see any performance (FPS) increase?

 

I didn't make any test, I do it just for 'my-personal-perfectionist' sake

[streakeagle]

I dunno if you saw this, but Cubesim is developing real-life sized F/A-18 DDI and AMPCD (5x5 inches, 720x720 IPS panel) as well corresponding frames with dials and buttons (non-Thrustmaster).

 

I am very interested in how this progresses. I already have pair of Cougar MFDs, but I would rather 1:1 scale replicas of the Hornet. Having them as a package is a lot nicer for than having to start with a 3d printed frame, install and wire buttons then try to match a monitor.

 

I also like Stang's plans/kits for using full scale panel, but simplified to be flat with 27" monitor to drive the entire panel.

 

I am in no hurry. So, I can't wait to see what pops up before I have the time/money/space to commit to a Hornet pit.

[markturner1960]

Hi, I am still having the issue where I have to set up the displays in windows every time I start the PC, as it reverts to the monitors native resolution which is 3840 x 2160, rather than the 2160 x 1440 res I am currently running, which seems to give a good balance of image quality and performance with my screen set up.

 

Is there a way to force windows to accept my preferred setting and stop it changing it?

 

Thanks

[HonerT2]

Hi, been trying all Month to my cube sim MFD’s working.....

 

The problem seems to a windows display set up related issue. Extend the desktop to both.

 

I have been trying everything.

 

CUBESIM MFD SCREEN INSTRUCTION

1.position all monitor like the pic[Windows monitor set,not real position]

2.copy the cubesim.lua to

Eagle Dynamic/DCS World/Config/MonitorSetup

or Eagle Dynamic/DCS World OpenBeta/Config/MonitorSetup

3.open DCS change resolution to [3520 X 1080]

4.cancel fullscreen option

5.select cubesim screen set in DCS

6.enjoy!

 

However I get Main screen showing 1/4 to right of monitor and on cannot control anything. They have sent me a second LUA file but setup is the same.

 

Hopefully someone can help.

 

I have a 32" VIOTEK monitor res is 1920 X 1080 Ordered two of the 120 MFD's. Also included LUA file

 

Will attach files. Been trying for a month to get it to work. HELP!!!!!

 

name = _('CUBESIM');

Description = 'Left MFCD on the left monitor,Right MFCD on the right and camera on the center'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 1600;

y = 0;

width = 1920;

height = 1080;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1920 / 1080;

}

}

 

LEFT_MFCD =

{

x = 80;

y = 0;

width = 600;

height = 600;

}

 

RIGHT_MFCD =

{

x = 880;

y = 0;

width = 600;

height = 600;

}

 

F14_HSD =

{

x = 80;

y = 0;

width = 600;

height = 600;

}

 

F14_VDI =

{

x = 880;

y = 0;

width = 600;

height = 600;

}

 

 

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center

[markturner1960]

Can you post how your monitors are arranged within windows?

[MustangSally]

You must have your monitor setup like the following in Windows....right click desktop - display settings

 

Under multiple displays the 'Extend option is enabled, not duplicated

Monitor identification should read from right to left 1, 2 and 3

 

Your res in DCS should be 3520x1080 with full screen unchecked

 

And ensure you select the cubesim profile

[markturner1960]

Once you have that working correctly, if required due to performance reasons ( obviously you now need to run DCS at a substantially higher resolution and you have not mentioned your hardware or settings) you can re arrange the smaller screens vertically within windows, but that’s another story and will mean altering the .lua file accordingly........

[Sydy]

On 8/31/2020 at 10:18 AM, Supmua said:

Try this. I'm at work so can't test any of this but it should give you a general idea of how to proceed.

 

1. In Windows display settings, change main panel res to 2560x1440

2. In Cubesim lua, change Center width, height to 2560, 1440

3. In DCS settings, change display resolution to 2560+800+800+800, 1440

 

Gents,

 

I just would like to say thank you for the tips. It helped a lot for my set up. Interesting is that I run on 3840x2160, corrected for 2 mfd screens (+1600) and it runs fine, around 35fps+. in very few instances I saw a drop to 25~29fps. I tried the 2560x1440 (plus correction) and saw no real gain in fps, so I returned to 4k.

 

Anyway, thank you for the post and messages.

 

All the best,

 

Sydy

[rapid]

I have two of these monitors on order from Cubesim.

 

I found it interesting that someone had an issue that depending on how his screens were configured in Windows that it would impact his FPS.

 

Is this still the case or has this been resolved?

[Toni Carrera]

Hi Fellow Pilots,

 

I have my new CubeSim screens that I want to use obviously with DCS. I can't DDI get the screens to show on the respective devices.

 

Here is the setup that I have in use;

 

My Monitors are configured as follows;

 

Attached Image

 

 

1 – 1920 x 1080

2 – 2560 x 1080 (Main Monitor and also only screen that DCS runs on)

3 – 1920 x 1080

4 – CubeSim Screen

5 – CubeSim Screen

 

Please can you assist me with how I configure DCS to run on screen number 2 and CubeSim screens, 4 & 5

 

I sincerely hope someone out there can help me, It has taken me 8 months to get to this final part

 

Thank you

 

[jonsky7]

On 7/25/2021 at 7:56 AM, Ice Rhino said:

Hi Fellow Pilots,

 

I have my new CubeSim screens that I want to use obviously with DCS. I can't DDI get the screens to show on the respective devices.

 

Here is the setup that I have in use;

 

My Monitors are configured as follows;

 

Attached Image

 

 

1 – 1920 x 1080

2 – 2560 x 1080 (Main Monitor and also only screen that DCS runs on)

3 – 1920 x 1080

4 – CubeSim Screen

5 – CubeSim Screen

 

Please can you assist me with how I configure DCS to run on screen number 2 and CubeSim screens, 4 & 5

 

I sincerely hope someone out there can help me, It has taken me 8 months to get to this final part

 

Thank you

 

 

@Ice Rhino

Try this monitor config file, copy it to
Saved Games\DCS\Config\Monitorsetup\

 

Main plus 2 cubesim.lua

 

Then in DCS System settings menu

Set your resolution to 2560x1680, if that is not a selectable resolution, you can type it in the box.
Set your aspect ratio to 1.5238095238, can also be typed
Choose the config file, name is Main Cubesimx2

Click "OK" DCS should restart

[Toni Carrera]

Thanks jonsky7, I will go and try that right now

 

I will report back, thank you

Edited August 2, 2021 by Ice Rhino

[jonsky7]

16 hours ago, Ice Rhino said:

Thanks jonsky7, I will go and try that right now

 

I will report back, thank you

 

 

@Ice Rhino I've never had a monitor to the left of my main monitor in windows settings, so I'm interested to know how it turned out.

[Toni Carrera]

I am not purposely delaying to build the suspense, I have been pulled away on business and will not be home until Friday. I will aim to test this on early morning on Saturday morning and report back

[Skunk 2-1]

Hi,

I have now a new problem. After installing a new Cockpit Livery, DCS is not using the MFD Monitors (3 and 4) anymore.

This is my Monitor setup, and DCS is now using the top left corner of Monitor 2 as x=0;y=0. So the DCS screen is now pushed by 1600 pixel right on Monitor 1, which I do not use for DCS. On Monitor 3 and 4 is the normal windows background and windows identified the monitors correctly and I can use them .

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My monitorconfig lua:

{
     Center =
     {
          x = 1600;
          y = 0;
          width = 3440;
          height = 1440;
          viewDx = 0;
          viewDy = 0;
          aspect = 3440 / 1440;
     }
}

LEFT_MFCD =
{
     x = 80;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

RIGHT_MFCD =
{
     x = 880;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;

 

Just for kicks, I uninstalled the Livery, but with no effect.

 

Help and ideas would be really appreciated,

Cheers

[Skunk 2-1]

Solved it.

Shutdown the PC, disconnected the MFD's, restarting DCS, switched to single Monitor, shutingdown the PC, reconnected the MFD's, restarted DCS, reinstalled Multimonitor again.

Cheers

[Docsnuggles]

HI, did ED change something in the export name of the FA18? everything works, only the FA18 does not send to the monitors anymore. A10A/C/C2, F16, M2K, Harrier, Ka50, SA342,... all work, only the Hornet does not show on the external monitor.

  = function(p) return p; end;
name = _('CUBESIM 8');
Description = 'Left MFCD on the left monitor,Right MFCD on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
     Center =
     {
          x = 0;
          y = 0;
          width = 3840;
          height = 1080;
          viewDx = 0;
          viewDy = 0;
          aspect = 3840 / 1080;
     }
}
-- General
LEFT_MFCD =
{
     x = 3920;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

RIGHT_MFCD =
{
     x = 4720;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

0 =
{
     x = 3920;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

1 =
{
     x = 4720;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

--JF17

JF17_LEFT_MFCD =
{
     x = 3970;
     y = 80;
     width = 520;
     height = 750;
}

JF17_RIGHT_MFCD =
{
     x = 4770;
     y = 80;
     width = 520;
     height = 750;
}

-- F14

F14_HSD =
{
     x = 3920;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

F14_VDI =
{
     x = 4720;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

RIGHTJ_MFCD =
{
    x = 4740;
    y = 30;
    width = 560;
    height = 830;
}
LEFTJ_MFCD =
{
    x = 3940;
    y = 30;
    width = 560;
    height = 830;
}

-- M2000

M2000C_VTB =
{
    x = 4720;
    y = 0;
    width = 600;
    height = 600;
}
M2000_RWR =
{
    x = 3920;
    y = 0;
    width = 600;
    height = 600;
}
RWR =
{
    x = 3920;
    y = 0;
    width = 600;
    height = 600;
}

-- Viggen

VIGGEN_RADAR =
{
    x = 4720;
    y = 0;
    width = 600;
    height = 600;
}
VIGGEN_NAV =
{
    x = 3840;
    y = 60;
    width = 44;
    height = 44;
}

--Gazelle

--SA342_TV
SA342_TV =
{
    x = 4740;
    y = 100;
    width = 590;
    height = 495;
}
-- SA342_RWR
SA342_RWR =
{
    x = 4140;
    y = 50;
    width = 300;
    height = 300;
}
--SA342_NADIR
NADIR =
{
    x = 3840;
    y = 0;
    width = 300;
    height = 300;
}
--SA342_WP1
SA342_WP1 =
{
     x = 4730;
     y = 10;
     width = 300;
     height = 90;
}
--SA342_UHF
SA342_UHF =
{
     x = 4040;
     y = 500;
     width = 300;
     height = 100;
}
--SA342_FM
SA342_FM =
{
     x = 4140;
     y = 400;
     width = 300;
     height = 100;
}
--Ka-50
PVI =
{
    x = 3960;
    y = 5;
    width = 200;
    height = 95;
}
Ekran =
{
    x = 4180;
    y = 5;
    width = 100;
    height = 95;
}
UV26 =
{
    x = 4290;
    y = 5;
    width = 150;
    height = 95;
}
Shkval =
{
    x = 3940;
    y = 100;
    width = 590;
    height = 495;
}
ABRIS =
{
    x = 4780;
    y = 25;
    width = 500;
    height = 570;
}

-- Mi-8
UV_26 =
{
    x = 4180;
    y = 5;
    width = 100;
    height = 95;
}
--
--g_panel_page =
--{
--    x = 4780;
--    y = 250;
--    width = 590;
--    height = 495;
--}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center
GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center

 

Im actually experimenting but it seems ED changed the names, I did not find a hint, so does anyone know?

[Docsnuggles]

Found a solution, simply renamed the ports, now it works again:

F18_LEFT =
{
     x = 3920;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

F18_RIGHT =
{
     x = 4720;
     y = 0;
     width = 600;
     height = 600;
}

 

Additional in the MDI_left_viewport_cfg.lua:

--ViewportHandling
dofile(LockOn_Options.common_script_path.."ViewportHandling.lua")
update_screenspace_diplacement(1, true, 0)
try_find_assigned_viewport("F18_LEFT")

and in right also.

[Cosigin]

Does anyone know why when I am in f10 map I cannot select units? 

[Cosigin]

Does anyone know why when I am in f10 map I cannot select units? 

Anyone here with cubesim suffering from f10 map not working not allowing to select units?