Vista 32Bit, Dual Monitor, Not working

omni · March 6, 2009

I have done an extensive search and looked around to try and find a solution.

I have two identical monitors. Both w/ a resolution of 1680x1050.

I am unable to get more than 1 monitor working at all. When I attempt to follow some techniques on the forums, I find that the items in question are moved, but they do not appear on the 2nd monitor.

This is the setup For my display:

Monitor1 Monitor 2

|..........| |..........|

I would like the Camera to appear on Monitor 1 and anything "fancy" to appear on Monitor 2.

Here are my lua files.

Eagle Dynamics\Ka-50\BlackShark\data\scripts\options.lua

options = 
{
   ["views"] = 
   {
       ["cockpit"] = 
       {
           ["mirrors"] = false,
           ["reflections"] = false,
           ["avionics"] = 1,
           ["russianHud"] = false,
       }, -- end of ["cockpit"]
   }, -- end of ["views"]
   ["difficulty"] = 
   {
       ["padlock"] = true,
       ["easyRadar"] = true,
       ["enemies"] = true,
       ["setGlobal"] = false,
       ["immortal"] = false,
       ["geffect"] = "none",
       ["easyFlight"] = true,
       ["permitCrash"] = true,
       ["radio"] = true,
       ["tips"] = true,
       ["fuel"] = false,
       ["aftSwitching"] = false,
       ["cockpitLanguage"] = "english",
       ["units"] = "imperial",
       ["externalViews"] = true,
       ["hud"] = true,
       ["myPlane"] = true,
       ["iconsTheme"] = "nato",
       ["map"] = true,
       ["weapons"] = false,
       ["allies"] = true,
       ["labels"] = false,
   }, -- end of ["difficulty"]
   ["audio"] = 
   {
       ["wind"] = 100,
       ["radio"] = 100,
       ["musicEn"] = false,
       ["engines"] = 100,
       ["soundEn"] = true,
       ["effects"] = 100,
       ["music"] = 50,
       ["radioSpeech"] = true,
       ["warnings"] = 100,
       ["volume"] = 100,
       ["inCockpit"] = 100,
       ["mech"] = 100,
       ["subtitles"] = true,
       ["gui"] = 50,
   }, -- end of ["audio"]
   ["graphics"] = 
   {
       ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "shkval+camera",
       ["color"] = "32",
       ["heatBlr"] = 0,
       ["scenes"] = "medium",
       ["water"] = 2,
       ["fullScreen"] = false,
       ["visibRange"] = "Medium",
       ["aspect"] = 4.8,
       ["textures"] = 1,
       ["shadows"] = 2,
       ["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"] = "1680x1050",
       ["civTraffic"] = 0,
       ["width"] = 5040,
   }, -- end of ["graphics"]
} -- end of options

Eagle Dynamics\Ka-50\Config\MonitorSetup\Shkval+Camera.lua

Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor, camera on the right'
Viewports =
{
    Center =
    {
         x = 1680;
         y = 0;
         width = 1680;
         height = 1050;
         viewDx = 0;
         viewDy = 0;
         aspect = 1.6;
    }
}

Shkval =
{
    x = 4200;
    y = 0;
    width = 840;
    height = 1050/2;
}

ABRIS =
{
    x = 3360;
    y = 0;
    width = 840;
    height = 1050;
}

hannibal · March 6, 2009

look up phantom monitor.... theres also a phantom monitor fix to deal with this issue in Vista...

IIIJG11 Reaper · March 6, 2009

This will be of help,,Ruprecht posted this some time ago. Come back after you have looked and understand it, and we can help somemore.

BS_monitorsetup.rar

omni · March 6, 2009

I already know about the phantom monitor issue, however, I do not appear to have a phantom monitor. If I set a resolution of 1024 for the phantom monitor, it squashes my single monitor to take up the remainder of my 1680 resolution, and my second monitor is still untouched. If I set my phantom monitor for 1680, I see nothing but the loading screen. I know there is an issue, and I have attempted to solve it by already investigateing the problem, however, nothing I do gets anything displayed on the second monitor. At all.

IIIJG11 Reaper · March 6, 2009

I have done an extensive search and looked around to try and find a solution.

I have two identical monitors. Both w/ a resolution of 1680x1050.

I am unable to get more than 1 monitor working at all. When I attempt to follow some techniques on the forums, I find that the items in question are moved, but they do not appear on the 2nd monitor.

This is the setup For my display:

Monitor1 Monitor 2

|..........| |..........|

I would like the Camera to appear on Monitor 1 and anything "fancy" to appear on Monitor 2.

Here are my lua files.

Eagle Dynamics\Ka-50\BlackShark\data\scripts\options.lua

options = 
{
   ["views"] = 
   {
       ["cockpit"] = 
       {
           ["mirrors"] = false,
           ["reflections"] = false,
           ["avionics"] = 1,
           ["russianHud"] = false,
       }, -- end of ["cockpit"]
   }, -- end of ["views"]
   ["difficulty"] = 
   {
       ["padlock"] = true,
       ["easyRadar"] = true,
       ["enemies"] = true,
       ["setGlobal"] = false,
       ["immortal"] = false,
       ["geffect"] = "none",
       ["easyFlight"] = true,
       ["permitCrash"] = true,
       ["radio"] = true,
       ["tips"] = true,
       ["fuel"] = false,
       ["aftSwitching"] = false,
       ["cockpitLanguage"] = "english",
       ["units"] = "imperial",
       ["externalViews"] = true,
       ["hud"] = true,
       ["myPlane"] = true,
       ["iconsTheme"] = "nato",
       ["map"] = true,
       ["weapons"] = false,
       ["allies"] = true,
       ["labels"] = false,
   }, -- end of ["difficulty"]
   ["audio"] = 
   {
       ["wind"] = 100,
       ["radio"] = 100,
       ["musicEn"] = false,
       ["engines"] = 100,
       ["soundEn"] = true,
       ["effects"] = 100,
       ["music"] = 50,
       ["radioSpeech"] = true,
       ["warnings"] = 100,
       ["volume"] = 100,
       ["inCockpit"] = 100,
       ["mech"] = 100,
       ["subtitles"] = true,
       ["gui"] = 50,
   }, -- end of ["audio"]
   ["graphics"] = 
   {
       ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "shkval+camera",
       ["color"] = "32",
       ["heatBlr"] = 0,
       ["scenes"] = "medium",
       ["water"] = 2,
       ["fullScreen"] = false,
       ["visibRange"] = "Medium",
       ["aspect"] = 4.8,    

       ["textures"] = 1,
       ["shadows"] = 2,
       ["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"] = "1680x1050",
       ["civTraffic"] = 0,
       ["width"] = 5040,
   }, -- end of ["graphics"]
} -- end of options

Eagle Dynamics\Ka-50\Config\MonitorSetup\Shkval+Camera.lua

Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor, camera on the right'   [color=red](main view monitor 1, and abris and shkval on monitor 2 to the right)[/color]
Viewports =
{
    Center =
    {
         x = 1680;
         y = 0;
         width = 1680;
         height = 1050;
         viewDx = 0;
         viewDy = 0;
         aspect = 1.6;
    }
}

Shkval =
{
    x = 4200;
    y = 0;
    width = 840;
    height = 1050/2;  [i][color=#ff0000]to keep the aspect correct, half the height of the secondary screen 525/2[/color][/i]

}

ABRIS =
{
    x = 3360;
    y = 0;
    width = 840;
    height = 1050;
}

Your figures look ok,(not sure with the 5040 for a resolution figure, may be to large) but it wouldnt hurt to start out at 1024x1050 to help get it sorted, and i assume you have windows set up to extend desktop onto other monitor, Dont change any ingame resolutions as this will change whatever you have made in the files. I will post my setup for you but im using 1680x1050 main and 1024x768 second.

Some pro,s be along shortly to help i imagine.

monitor files.rar

Edited March 6, 2009 by IIIJG11 Reaper

Apollo13 · March 6, 2009

Maybe this may help:

http://vaaf.net/wiki2/index.php5?title=Black_Shark_MultiMonitors

Apollo

BTW: Editing with notepad does not work! Use notepad++

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/de/site.htm

omni · March 6, 2009

Notepad2 is far superior ;) As I said I looked at alot of resources, that was one of them. So far nothing seems to explain why only one monitor is displaying the stuff.

IIIJG11 Reaper · March 6, 2009

So have you tried 1024 for the phantom.? What vid card are you running?

omni · March 6, 2009

Yes, as I said before it only assigns 1024 pixels on my first monitor, then it squashes the remainding space for the camera. The 2nd monitor is left untouched. I have a 9800GTX NVidia GFX. Q9300 Quad Core. Asus Rampage Formula. 4GB DDR2 1066. Processor is Water Cooled.

IIIJG11 Reaper · March 6, 2009

Can you take a screen shot and post please.

IIIJG11 Reaper · March 10, 2009

So whats the update Omni.?? You get it going?

omni · March 10, 2009

Sorry, just been busy w/ school/work so haven't had a chance. Gave up on Vista and installed a dual boot of XP, was able to get it working w/out a hitch in XP.

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