Can't use both monitors

[tusler]

With Nvidia you would use the Nvidia control panel and when you open it under display there is a link to setup multiple monitors. From there you would select horizontal span across both displays to treat them as 1 monitor.

Then you would use 1024x768 on each monitor to bring 2048x768.

then in the game go to options and set BS to camera +Shval and the resolution to 2048x768.

Then when you start up you would have the Shval on one monitor and cockpit on the other. If you have a SUPER video card you could then evenly increase the resoultion both in Nvidia control panel and in BS.

This is the only way I could get it to work without going crazy with the lua hacking.

I do not know what the equivalent is for ATI. I use a GTX 8800 Card.

Hope it helps!

[FreemanRU]

With Nvidia you would use the Nvidia control panel and when you open it under display there is a link to setup multiple monitors. From there you would select horizontal span across both displays to treat them as 1 monitor.

It's really cool! ;) But if you open prevision page of this topic, you saw, what this working only on Windows XP and early. Windows Vista doesn't support span, only DualView

[alx]

Hey guys,

first of all thanks to Freeman :thumbup: , i tried the setting yesterday and it did worked well.

 

Using Vista64 and two 1280/1024 monitors.

I've set them next to each other in system, while i have the second one above the main monitor. I've set to the left (above) Shkval and the right one (bottom) showing the main camera window (cockpit).

 

So far so good.

But i've noticed one thing and that is that iam missing the radio menu, you know ... the menu you are using to communicate with wingmen, control tower, etc. This menu is just not shown on the screen and it is hard to give any orders in SP. So while i had to gave my wingmen the attack order, i gave them order to jettison weapons :D Quite funny, but the mission was at that point over. :joystick:

 

Anyway, have anyone discovered this? Could someone give me any advice to fix that? :helpsmilie:

 

Thanks a lot ;)

Edited January 14, 2009 by alx
typos

[Cibit]

Hi all,

Freeman you seem to be a multi monitor wizard:pilotfly:

Can you please assist me I have tried to follow your examples and failed:helpsmilie:

 

I run Vista ultimate and have my control panel settings to dual view.

primary is 1920x1200 second is 1200x1024

I have made my .lua files into text files to upload them.

I hope you can help:)

[alx]

are those files already cheged with the new settings for both monitors? Because they seems not, there is lot to change still .... as far as my knowledge is :)

[FreemanRU]

for Cibit

 

options.lua

["graphics"] =
{
   ... cut...
    ["fullScreen"] = false,
    ["width"] = 4480, 
    ["height"] = 1200, 
    ["aspect"] = 3.73333333, 
   ... cut ...
} 

monitorSetup file:

Viewports =
{
      Center =
      {
          x = 1280;
          y = 0;
          width = 1920;
          height = 1200;
          viewDx = 0;
          viewDy = 0;
          aspect = 1.6;
      }
}
Shkval =
{
       x = 3200;
       y = 0;
       width = 1280;
       height = 1024;
}

Second monitor on right

 

And again - don't use standard notepad for editing lua!

Edited January 17, 2009 by FreemanRU
syntax error and resolution fix

[Cibit]

Thanks very much Freeman, unfortunately not a success:cry:

[FreemanRU]

Thanks very much Freeman, unfortunately not a success:cry:

Create screenshot of your display properties, in OS.

[Cibit]

Thanks Freeman for taking the time:)

[FreemanRU]

Cibit, your first was:

Hi all,

Freeman you seem to be a multi monitor wizard:pilotfly:

Can you please assist me I have tried to follow your examples and failed:helpsmilie:

 

I run Vista ultimate and have my control panel settings to dual view.

primary is 1920x1200 second is 1200x1024

I have made my .lua files into text files to upload them.

I hope you can help:)

Actualy, you have 1920x1200 and 1280x1024. I'm edit prev post. It's first.

Second, check all your config:

- edit options.lua

- create file Camera+Shkval.lua

- select this file in DCS config screen

[Cibit]

Well I certainly feel foolish for my screen size error. However I have followed your advice and am still getting the same image as I attached to post 32. I have checked over the options with my backup and it is unchanged except for the above corrections. I am using an app called DocPad to maintain the file integrity but am stumped as to what else to try:doh:

Edited January 17, 2009 by Cibit

[Cibit]

The multimon lua changes when copied outside of the game???

I will attatch a txt file with the correct data which is what I have in my directory

 

I have a feeling the problem lies with my apps for notepad. I wonder what is recommended?

Edited January 17, 2009 by Cibit
updated info

[Cibit]

Okay discovered notepad++ have edited files opening with this app. attached are the copies from my instalation directories.

Sorry freeman I am a noob in so many ways:music_whistling:

 

though I am afraid it is still as before (post32)

[ulukay]

i love it :)

[FreemanRU]

Cibit

Copy files from archive to right place (replace original files).

For_Cibit.ZIP

[FreemanRU]

i love it :)

If your second monitor wide, you also may try config with ABRIS and Shkval on one monitor.

[ulukay]

yes but that would leave a portion of the second monitor blank?

maybe i should try :)

[ulukay]

well, problem is, i cannot join multiplayer games any more (the MP client is streched over all "three" monitors

the "fly" button is not in the visible area and the chat is unreadable because its on the non existent third monitor on the left :(

Edited January 17, 2009 by ulukay

[moggel]

Can I just ask a somewhat OT thingy before I leave this thread? You say I can't use Notepad to edit .lua files but I did that without problems (I didn't have an alternative). Does the "Notepad-no-go" apply to XP only (I run Vista) or was I just lucky?

 

Cheers

[alx]

Guys, if you've set up those two monitors (unfortunately you have them swapped, but ...) do you get (visible) the radio menu when you press "\" button ?

[ulukay]

yes, but only because i have the second monitor on the right side

so i can see the radio menu, but not the chat in multiplayer :(

[Cibit]

Well Freeman I have to thank you for all your help. It is still F****D though.

This morning I had the idea that I would swap the physical connections of the monitors at the back of the GPU, this done I tried to launch the game only to get a script error. about = expected next to "Y" in scripts/loadouts. This seems now to have resolved itself but the screen is still the same as before. I think I will take vista and bury it in a deep dark hole. Long live XP with SP3:(

[FreemanRU]

Can I just ask a somewhat OT thingy before I leave this thread? You say I can't use Notepad to edit .lua files but I did that without problems (I didn't have an alternative). Does the "Notepad-no-go" apply to XP only (I run Vista) or was I just lucky?

 

Cheers

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=582905&postcount=41

Notepad doesn't have full support of UTF-8 without BOM coding. At Vista too.

[FreemanRU]

Guys, if you've set up those two monitors (unfortunately you have them swapped, but ...) do you get (visible) the radio menu when you press "\" button ?

 

yes, but only because i have the second monitor on the right side

so i can see the radio menu, but not the chat in multiplayer :(

Your have problem, couse DCS centering self window on primary screen. I think that to solve this problem later.

[Guest Angela Deth]

dual montors just fine single but multi not working properly

 

well, problem is, i cannot join multiplayer games any more (the MP client is streched over all "three" monitors

the "fly" button is not in the visible area and the chat is unreadable because its on the non existent third monitor on the left :(

 

I have the exact same problem with the multiplayer client. I have BS running just great with two monitors, main display on the left monitor and Shkval and ABRIS on the right monitor. Everything looks fantastic when flying alone.

 

But when I launch the multiplayer client everything is stretched across both displays with the buttons out of place or completely missing and unusable.

 

Gwen