Phantom Monitor Fix

[Ditch3r]

The comms menu is in the same position as Ditchers. I wonder if he noticed the others. The comms where its at is fine, you can read it. Could the overlay be the AVI settings. The whole cockpit behind this overlay is perfect in every way.. I wonder what Ditcher thinks? We'll figure this out together. TThanks again for all of your hard work, these are minnor.

 

The only other thing that isn't lining up for me is the start/pause, but that doesn't bother me at all. My control input window seems to be doing fine, as far as I can tell, but I'm going to do some more testing on this. As for the three green lights, I'm not sure what you are talking about here. I guess mine isn't being affected or I would probably notice it. Most of the minor bugs we are having are just that, minor. :smilewink: But it would be nice to get it perfect. :thumbup:

 

I'll play around with settings more today and if I find something I'll let you all know.

 

 

Also, just wanted to let you know that I can't take screenshots either. I get the array error as well. I just found this out because I was going to post a shot of my UI, but I guess I'll have to figure out a work around for this first.

Edited April 30, 2009 by Ditcher
Update

[ogiedogg]

Yea,,me eeror while trying to take a screen shot.The green lights I'm refering to is when you're looking through the Hud. (Not in the cockpit) This is when you use RAlt+F1 and the veiw you see on you're screen is the Hud. At the tp left of youre screen there are the indicator lights examp. LH Engine Dust Protector on, and when you activate Auto Hover RAlt+T you'll see a green light come indicating the activation. I wish I could remember the right term.... It appears this window is an overlay like the Start/ Pause screen windowand the Control Input window whil looking thru the Hud only. In thecockpit everything is where it should be, except the Start/Pause window. These lights are the lights you see in the cockpit at the top panel just above the windsheld.. But in the pit all is fine, just while viewing thru the Hud. This doesn't effect Multiplayer??? I havent tried that yet.

[ogiedogg]

Oops, I ment to type I get the same error while trying to take a screen shot.

[ogiedogg]

Ok,I think I'm starting to figure this out. Can anyone tell me the difference between Graphics and Avi. I think one is the overlay that is the Start/ Pause window and the others that are shifted to the right. Will CCC. I think I may have found the post that talked about this.

[ogiedogg]

If I find it I will Quote in my post.

[ogiedogg]

Ok, I just cranked up multi player. The screen spaned across both screens and was unplayable. Is there a fix to play in multi player???? I don't undrstand how ED could design such an awsome sim and not think of this or test and find it. I hope this is in the 1st patch thats said to be such a issue adressing patch. Any suggs???????

[S77th-RYKE]

Ok, I just cranked up multi player. The screen spaned across both screens and was unplayable. Is there a fix to play in multi player???? I don't undrstand how ED could design such an awsome sim and not think of this or test and find it. I hope this is in the 1st patch thats said to be such a issue adressing patch. Any suggs???????

 

multiplayer menu screen should work , it did for me .

 

keep trying

[ogiedogg]

I don't really have an idea where to work on this?????

[ogiedogg]

Did you have this prob. or is this just a Vista prob?

[Francisco]

Thank you very much S77th-RYKE, I follow your instructions and the setup you did for me is working perfectly. It's great mate, we need guys like you

to help us play this great Simulation. Only thing I have is that Abris&Shikval are on the right and cockpit on the left, but I have solved it by reversing the order of my monitors. Thanks again, All the best.

[S77th-RYKE]

Did you have this prob. or is this just a Vista prob?

 

I'm not using 2 monitors anymore , I'm using 3 monitors with Softh now(http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=39577&highlight=triple+monitors),

 

but I remember that at first with 2 monitors I couldn't click on things in multiplayer but then I could with my latest configs.

[S77th-RYKE]

Thank you very much S77th-RYKE, I follow your instructions and the setup you did for me is working perfectly. It's great mate, we need guys like you

to help us play this great Simulation. Only thing I have is that Abris&Shikval are on the right and cockpit on the left, but I have solved it by reversing the order of my monitors. Thanks again, All the best.

 

great !! :thumbup: glad it worked . and you are very welcome.

[SquashPile]

Can anyone recommend a config?

 

I think I spent 4 hours last night trying to get two monitors to work :megalol: I think I tried every config close to my setup as I could find last night.

 

Can anyone recommend a config for my setup? I am not able to post my current config files at this time, but they are so jacked up I need to start over. I have tried with the phantom mon (as admin) fix running and I tried without and it's always messed up. I can get both monitors to work, but it 's like the cockpit camera view is across both monitors and Shkval and abris are not on the right monitor or it looks nothing like the screen shots you guys are posting.

 

I have a 19in 16/10 aspect 1680x1050 center monitor and a 17in 4/3 aspect @ 1280x1024 to the right of my main monitor. This is on Vista 64 and 8800GT vid card. I'm running the game at 1680x1050 currently on the one monitor.

 

 

The first post in this thread has a config for the same resolutions I'm running I think. This config seems to be for second monitor to left of Camera-Main monitor? What would I change to have the Shkval and abris on the right? I'm going to try this one again, but I could not get this to work last night.

Any help is appreciated. Can I do this with these monitors?

 

options.lua

...
   ["graphics"] = 
   {
       ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "modified",
       ["color"] = "32",
       ["heatBlr"] = 1,
       ["scenes"] = "high",
       ["water"] = 3,
       ["fullScreen"] = false,
       ["visibRange"] = "High",
       ["aspect"] = 1.6,
       ["textures"] = 2,
       ["shadows"] = 3,
       ["display_mode"] = 
       {
           ["avi"] = 
           {
               ["bpp"] = 32,
               ["resolution"] = "640x480",
               ["full_screen"] = false,
               ["aspect"] = 1.333333333,
               ["height"] = 480,
               ["width"] = 640,
           }, -- end of ["avi"]
       }, -- end of ["display_mode"]
       ["effects"] = 3,
       ["lights"] = 2,
       ["haze"] = 1,
       ["terrPrld"] = "20",
       ["height"] = 1050,
       ["resolution"] = "2960x1050",
       ["civTraffic"] = 0,
       ["width"] = 2960,
   }, -- end of ["graphics"]
} -- end of options


modified.lua

Description = 'modified'
Viewports =
{
   Center =
   {
       x = 1280;
       y = 0;
       width = 1680;
       height = 1050;
   }
}

ABRIS =
{
   x = 0;
   y = 0;
   width = 768;
   height = 1024;
}

Shkval =
{
   x = 768;
   y = 320;
   width = 512;
   height = 384;
}         

Edited May 18, 2009 by SquashPile

[JG14_Smil]

try:

 

["aspect"] = 2.819,

 

"this is 2980 /1050"

 

instead of

 

["aspect"] = 1.6,

Edited May 19, 2009 by JG14_Smil

[JG14_Smil]

if that is not it, try:

 

["resolution"] = "1680x1050",

 

sorry, it has been a long time since I messed with the multi monitor stuff. it is not worth losing FPS for...

[SquashPile]

JG14_Smil..

 

Thanks for the reply

 

That did help on the aspect for sure! It looks much better on both monitors, but I only see the Camera view split across both monitors like the pic.

I was hoping I could get the Shkval and Abris on the second monitor.

 

Any idea on the monitor config file? Thanks again and I'm going to keep messing with it. Your comment about the performance hit worries me, but I want to try it if possible.

 

Description = '2Monitor'
Viewports =
{
   Center =
   {
        x = 1280;
        y = 0;
        width = 1680;
        height = 1050;
   }
}
Shkval =
{
   x = 0;
   y = 0;
   width = 768;
   height = 1024;
}
ABRIS =
{
   x = 768;
   y = 320;
   width = 512;
   height = 384;
}

Q6600 @3GHZ - 8800GT - 4GB

2 monitors

Current desktop: 2960x1050 (0,0 - 2960,1050)

 

Monitor 1 - Generic PnP Monitor (primary):

Settings: 1680x1050, 32-bit color, 60 Hz refresh rate

Coordinates: 0,0 - 1680,1050. Workspace: 0,0 - 1680,1020

Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Device: \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0

 

Monitor 2 - ViewSonic G790:

Settings: 1280x1024, 32-bit color, 85 Hz refresh rate

Coordinates: 1680,0 - 2960,1024. Workspace: 1680,0 - 2960,994

Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Device: \\.\DISPLAY2\Monitor0

[Fakum]

Now that my eyes are bleeding from spending a couple of hours in here searching, I have not been able to find an answer to this question:

 

When you install the "Phantom monitor fix" on a Vista 64 OS, does it matter what directory you install it in?

 

By default it heads to the C:\ directory, the 2nd time I put it in the Programs(x86) directory, then I stumbled accross this in a search

"You can fix the placements by editing the lua files. Make sure the phantom monitor fix is in the bin/stable folder. "

 

I have the dual monitor working to a point under this thread:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=36551

 

But I am trying to debug it from there, and this is one question I still have no answer on,,, thanks

[Fakum]

I finally have all running great now, except that I cant get the frame Rate Counter or trim indicator up? I read thru this thread many times over the last few months, my heads spinning now. Cypher didnt come back on that issue,,, does anyone know the bottom line to this fix under Vista?

[PlainSight]

It doesn't matter where you put it, just unpause the script when you run BS. If you're not running PMF, you also won't be able to see those two windows.

 

First, try running the fix and see what happens.

[JG14_Smil]

when I used this fix to run three views the fps counter and trim indicator worked fine. They were just very far to the left.

 

I finally have all running great now, except that I cant get the frame Rate Counter or trim indicator up? I read thru this thread many times over the last few months, my heads spinning now. Cypher didnt come back on that issue,,, does anyone know the bottom line to this fix under Vista?

[Fakum]

I have 2 monitors, running the fix or not running the fix, same result, no trim indicator or FPS counter

[ruprecht]

Rep inbound cypher, thanks for the PMF.

[Fakum]

My Issue was resolved and posted here:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=726527#post726527

[Emmer]

re

 

This is also working for Flaming Cliffs 2?

Does anyone have a solution for FC 2?

 

Please, need some help here.

 

Thanx.

[Kuky]

This is also working for Flaming Cliffs 2?

Does anyone have a solution for FC 2?

 

Please, need some help here.

 

Thanx.

 

FC2 does not suport multi-monitor setups... unless you use triplehead2go