Dual Monitor setup help

Raz_Specter · March 26, 2009

Hi All,

I am having issues getting the Abris and the Shkval display on my external screen.

This is what i have:

primary display = 1920 x 1200

secondary display to the right of main display 1600 x 1200

i have adjusted the options.alu file at the bottom to this

["effects"] = 3,
["lights"] = 2,
["haze"] = 1,
["terrPrld"] = "20",
["height"] = 1200,
["resolution"] = "1920x1200",
["civTraffic"] = 0,
["width"] = 3520,      ----- i got this by adding the with of both displays together

i then have created a file in my monitorsetup directory called mydisplay.alu

Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor,ABRIS on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
Center =
{
x = screen.width / 3;
y = 0;
width = screen.width / 3;
height = screen.height;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
aspect = screen.aspect / 3;
}
}
Shkval =
{
x = 1920;
y = 1200;
width = screen.width / 3;
height = screen.height;
}
ABRIS =
{
x = 2720;
y = 1200;
width = screen.width / 3;
height = screen.height;
}

nothing is displaying on the second screen, all i seem to manage to do it to stretch the game ove 2 monitors, which in essence looks nice but not what i want.

does anyone have similar resolutions that I am using and can post their config or offer advice on what i am doing wrong please?

thanks Mithandra

S77th-RYKE · March 26, 2009

Hi All,

I am having issues getting the Abris and the Shkval display on my external screen.

This is what i have:

primary display = 1920 x 1200
secondary display to the right of main display 1600 x 1200

i have adjusted the options.alu file at the bottom to this
["effects"] = 3,
["lights"] = 2,
["haze"] = 1,
["terrPrld"] = "20",
["height"] = 1200,
["resolution"] = "1920x1200",
["civTraffic"] = 0,
["width"] = 3520,      ----- i got this by adding the with of both displays together
i then have created a file in my monitorsetup directory called mydisplay.alu
Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor,ABRIS on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
Center =
{
x = screen.width / 3;
y = 0;
width = screen.width / 3;
height = screen.height;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
aspect = screen.aspect / 3;
}
}
Shkval =
{
x = 1920;
y = 1200;
width = screen.width / 3;
height = screen.height;
}
ABRIS =
{
x = 2720;
y = 1200;
width = screen.width / 3;
height = screen.height;
}
nothing is displaying on the second screen, all i seem to manage to do it to stretch the game ove 2 monitors, which in essence looks nice but not what i want.

does anyone have similar resolutions that I am using and can post their config or offer advice on what i am doing wrong please?

thanks Mithandra

check configs in the phantom monitor thread , it worked pretty good for me

here;

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=37983&page=2

Raz_Specter · March 27, 2009

ok still having problems getting anything to display on my second monitor.

As far as I am aware you plus the width of both your screens right?

so my main screen is 1920 and my second screen is 1600 so thats 1920 + 1600 = 3520

this still doesnt work for me when i enter this in the main file appart from showing the game over 2 screens.

I read something about choosing something in the Nvidia option, i have had a look through the options but have not been able to see anything.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

thanks Mithandra

S77th-RYKE · March 27, 2009

ok still having problems getting anything to display on my second monitor.

As far as I am aware you plus the width of both your screens right?

so my main screen is 1920 and my second screen is 1600 so thats 1920 + 1600 = 3520

this still doesnt work for me when i enter this in the main file appart from showing the game over 2 screens.

I read something about choosing something in the Nvidia option, i have had a look through the options but have not been able to see anything.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

thanks Mithandra

can't tell what you are doing wrong without having info from your options.lua (graphics section)

AND are you using the phantom monitor fix or not ?

Raz_Specter · March 27, 2009

Great - solved the problem, not sure what i was doing but its all working now, I am running the phantom monitor exe also which works great.

For info i am also running in full screen mode in windows 7 without a problem.

here is my setup hope this helps others.

main monitor on left 1920 x 1200

second monitor on right 1600x1200

options.alu

options = 
{
["views"] = 
{
["cockpit"] = 
{
["mirrors"] = false,
["reflections"] = false,
["avionics"] = 3,
["russianHud"] = false,
}, -- end of ["cockpit"]
}, -- end of ["views"]
["difficulty"] = 
{
["padlock"] = false,
["easyRadar"] = false,
["enemies"] = true,
["setGlobal"] = false,
["immortal"] = false,
["geffect"] = "realistic",
["easyFlight"] = false,
["permitCrash"] = false,
["radio"] = false,
["tips"] = true,
["fuel"] = false,
["aftSwitching"] = false,
["cockpitLanguage"] = "english",
["units"] = "imperial",
["externalViews"] = true,
["hud"] = false,
["myPlane"] = true,
["iconsTheme"] = "nato",
["map"] = true,
["weapons"] = false,
["allies"] = true,
["labels"] = true,
}, -- 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"] = "myviewfile",
["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"] = 1200,
["resolution"] = "1920x1200",
["civTraffic"] = 0,
["width"] = 3520,
}, -- end of ["graphics"]
} -- end of options

myviewfile.alu

Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor,ABRIS on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
Center =
{
x = 0; 
y = 0;
width = 1920;
height = 1200; 
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
aspect = 1.25; 
}
}
Shkval =
{
x = 1920; 
y = 0;
width = 800; 
height = 1200; 
}
ABRIS =
{
x = 2720; 
y = 0;
width = 800; 
height = 1200; 
}

Hope this helps others

Thanks Mithandra

Raz_Specter · March 27, 2009

also here is a picture of my setup.

thanks Mithandra

AsRockSD · March 27, 2009

Great - solved the problem, not sure what i was doing but its all working now, I am running the phantom monitor exe also which works great.

For info i am also running in full screen mode in windows 7 without a problem.

here is my setup hope this helps others.

main monitor on left 1920 x 1200

second monitor on right 1600x1200

options.alu

options = 
{
["views"] = 
{
["cockpit"] = 
{
["mirrors"] = false,
["reflections"] = false,
["avionics"] = 3,
["russianHud"] = false,
}, -- end of ["cockpit"]
}, -- end of ["views"]
["difficulty"] = 
{
["padlock"] = false,
["easyRadar"] = false,
["enemies"] = true,
["setGlobal"] = false,
["immortal"] = false,
["geffect"] = "realistic",
["easyFlight"] = false,
["permitCrash"] = false,
["radio"] = false,
["tips"] = true,
["fuel"] = false,
["aftSwitching"] = false,
["cockpitLanguage"] = "english",
["units"] = "imperial",
["externalViews"] = true,
["hud"] = false,
["myPlane"] = true,
["iconsTheme"] = "nato",
["map"] = true,
["weapons"] = false,
["allies"] = true,
["labels"] = true,
}, -- 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"] = "myviewfile",
["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"] = 1200,
["resolution"] = "1920x1200",
["civTraffic"] = 0,
["width"] = 3520,
}, -- end of ["graphics"]
} -- end of options

myviewfile.alu

Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor,ABRIS on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
Center =
{
x = 0; 
y = 0;
width = 1920;
height = 1200; 
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
aspect = 1.25; 
}
}
Shkval =
{
x = 1920; 
y = 0;
width = 800; 
height = 1200; 
}
ABRIS =
{
x = 2720; 
y = 0;
width = 800; 
height = 1200; 
}

Hope this helps others

Thanks Mithandra

Sweet, Any chance you could edit this so it would work with a 1600x1200 and another 1600x1200 or\and 1600x1200 and 1280x1024. Then at least i will have one system setup then lol.

I tried all last week it just made me mad at it and had enough of trying to get it right at the moment lol.

Stalker_it · March 27, 2009

In which folder is options.lua?

:helpsmilie:

Acedy · March 27, 2009

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

Illu · March 27, 2009

Sweet, Any chance you could edit this so it would work with a 1600x1200 and another 1600x1200 or\and 1600x1200 and 1280x1024. Then at least i will have one system setup then lol.

I tried all last week it just made me mad at it and had enough of trying to get it right at the moment lol.

I have a 24 inch monitor to the left and a 21 inch to the right but both set up at resolution 1600x1200.

They are in dual view (not horizontal span).

Here is my setup.

options.lua

options =

{

["views"] =

{

["cockpit"] =

{

["mirrors"] = false,

["reflections"] = false,

["avionics"] = 1,

["russianHud"] = false,

}, -- end of ["cockpit"]

}, -- end of ["views"]

["difficulty"] =

{

["padlock"] = false,

["easyRadar"] = false,

["enemies"] = true,

["setGlobal"] = true,

["immortal"] = false,

["geffect"] = "realistic",

["easyFlight"] = false,

["permitCrash"] = false,

["radio"] = true,

["tips"] = true,

["fuel"] = false,

["aftSwitching"] = false,

["cockpitLanguage"] = "english",

["units"] = "metric",

["externalViews"] = true,

["hud"] = false,

["myPlane"] = true,

["iconsTheme"] = "nato",

["map"] = true,

["weapons"] = false,

["allies"] = true,

["labels"] = true,

}, -- end of ["difficulty"]

["audio"] =

{

["wind"] = 100,

["radio"] = 100,

["musicEn"] = false,

["engines"] = 100,

["soundEn"] = true,

["effects"] = 100,

["music"] = 0,

["radioSpeech"] = true,

["warnings"] = 100,

["volume"] = 100,

["inCockpit"] = 100,

["mech"] = 100,

["subtitles"] = true,

["gui"] = 50,

}, -- end of ["audio"]

["graphics"] =

{

["multiMonitorSetup"] = "1600_1200",

["color"] = "32",

["heatBlr"] = 0,

["scenes"] = "high",

["water"] = 2,

["fullScreen"] = false,

["visibRange"] = "Medium",

["aspect"] = 4,

["textures"] = 2,

["shadows"] = 1,

["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"] = 1200,

["resolution"] = "3200x1200",

["civTraffic"] = 1,

["width"] = 4800,

}, -- end of ["graphics"]

} -- end of options

……………………………..

1600_1200.lua

Description = 'Camera on the left monitor, Shkval and ABRIS on the right'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 1600;

y = 0;

width = 1600;

height = 1200;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1.33333333333; -- widescreen main screen, for a non-widescreen main monitor use 4 / 3

}

Shkval =

{

x = 3195;

y = 300;

width = 800;

height = 600;

}

ABRIS =

{

x = 3995;

y = 0;

width = 800;

height = 1200;

}

………………….

Hope this can be of help.

Cheers,

Fakum · March 31, 2009

What you have is exactly what I want to now setup Mithandra , thanks for the thread, I just gotta dig in and see what this Fanton fix is all about,, thx

Fakum · March 31, 2009

Whats the bottom line here guys, I get the impression that you can suffer significant FPS loss while using another monitor for say the Abris and Skval. Is this an absolute under Vista using the affinity script? I have a 30" gateway, and a 17" monitor i was going to set up for this, but after alot of reading, I get the impression its not worth it?

S77th-RYKE · March 31, 2009

Whats the bottom line here guys, I get the impression that you can suffer significant FPS loss while using another monitor for say the Abris and Skval. Is this an absolute under Vista using the affinity script? I have a 30" gateway, and a 17" monitor i was going to set up for this, but after alot of reading, I get the impression its not worth it?

all depends on your machine and the settings you want to fly with ..

I really liked going to a big Skhval on another monitor , but I prefered going to 3 monitors and back to a small one . it's a compromise ...

Raz_Specter · July 6, 2009

sorry for the late post guys been away :)

I suffered no frame loss when running on my hardware.

I have since upgraded my gfx card to a single Gainward GTX 295.

Raz_Specter · July 6, 2009

What you have is exactly what I want to now setup Mithandra , thanks for the thread, I just gotta dig in and see what this Fanton fix is all about,, thx

Hi Fakum,

The phantom Monitor fix is a exe that you run in the background which emulates a monitor to the left (in mysetup anyways).

JG14_Smil · July 8, 2009

can you fly MP with that setup?

(you'll go blind if you keep flying SP missions...) :)

Fakum · July 8, 2009

Hi Fakum,

The phantom Monitor fix is a exe that you run in the background which emulates a monitor to the left (in mysetup anyways).

Hi, and thanks for the info, I eventually got it all setup and running, but could never get the 2nd monitor dimensions setup properly to look right,, I gave up after endless hours, but thanks,,, glad to see your up and running,, congrats

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