brettt777 Posted December 14, 2024 Posted December 14, 2024 My main display is a single 32" QHD. I have a second UHD display besides that, then the three Winwing MFD's. In the Display Link, I had the three MFD's positioned below the second display as was recommended to me. So then in DCS, my display resolution would always want to be like, 4097x2048 or some such thing. If I left it like this, the MFD's work, but the main display has folds in it like it wants to be on triple monitors. I messed around with different resolutions but as long as I had it setup for the Winwing system, I had those fold lines in the main display. So this morning I tried positioning the MFD's below the main display. This gave me a resolution of 2560 X 2048. I thought this would fix the folds issue but it did not. The folds are still there even though it's supposedly looking at one monitor width wise. If I set the resolution to regular QHD, 2560x1440, then the MFD's no longer show up and I still have the fold lines. The only way I've found to get a normal display is to disable the Winwing stuff completely, which is obviously not the preferred option. So, what am I missing here? Why does my main display have folds lines in it whenever the Winwing is enabled, regardless of what resolution I set it to? I have the MFD's setup properly in SimAppPro, and they are set to portrait in Display Link, and they are positioned below the main display. What am I doing wrong? Why does my system think it's got three monitors even when I tell it one? What should my resolution be and where should the MFD's be positioned in relation to the main display? AMD Ryzen 9 5900X @ 4.4ghz, 64gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, GeForce RTX-3060ti 8GB DDR6, Three KTC 32" QHD monitors @ 165hz, Rosewill 80plus Bronze 1000w, Corsair Hydro H100i, 2tb M.2 SSD for OS, Two 3tb HDD, 2tb SSD for DCS, P3D, Star Citizen, Sound Blaster Zx, Thermaltake Overseer RX-I, Winwing Orion 2 HOTAS F-15EX throttle and F-16EX stick, Winwing 3 MFD MIP with FA-18 UFC and F-16 ICP, TrackIR 5, Surround Speakers & Subwoofer, Oculus Quest 2 VR. :joystick::pilotfly:
MAXsenna Posted December 14, 2024 Posted December 14, 2024 My main display is a single 32" QHD. I have a second UHD display besides that, then the three Winwing MFD's. In the Display Link, I had the three MFD's positioned below the second display as was recommended to me. So then in DCS, my display resolution would always want to be like, 4097x2048 or some such thing. If I left it like this, the MFD's work, but the main display has folds in it like it wants to be on triple monitors. I messed around with different resolutions but as long as I had it setup for the Winwing system, I had those fold lines in the main display. So this morning I tried positioning the MFD's below the main display. This gave me a resolution of 2560 X 2048. I thought this would fix the folds issue but it did not. The folds are still there even though it's supposedly looking at one monitor width wise. If I set the resolution to regular QHD, 2560x1440, then the MFD's no longer show up and I still have the fold lines. The only way I've found to get a normal display is to disable the Winwing stuff completely, which is obviously not the preferred option. So, what am I missing here? Why does my main display have folds lines in it whenever the Winwing is enabled, regardless of what resolution I set it to? I have the MFD's setup properly in SimAppPro, and they are set to portrait in Display Link, and they are positioned below the main display. What am I doing wrong? Why does my system think it's got three monitors even when I tell it one? What should my resolution be and where should the MFD's be positioned in relation to the main display?Try out Helios? Simapp pro might be better for WW devices, While Helios will teach you how and why things are setup in DCS as they are. (Might make you more frustrated knowing that though, and why it isn't easier OotB!Cheers! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk 1
jonsky7 Posted December 14, 2024 Posted December 14, 2024 I don't have WinWing displays. Do they show up in Windows Display Settings like normal monitors do?
MAXsenna Posted December 14, 2024 Posted December 14, 2024 I don't have WinWing displays. Do they show up in Windows Display Settings like normal monitors do? I'm positive they do. At least they showed in the video for that guy who made a video about brighten DCS MFDs with Reshade. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
brettt777 Posted December 15, 2024 Author Posted December 15, 2024 2 hours ago, jonsky7 said: I don't have WinWing displays. Do they show up in Windows Display Settings like normal monitors do? Yes, they show up like normal monitors and you can adjust the position and orientation. But you have to be a bit careful where you put them. I put mine below my main display and then my task bar would come up on the MFD's so I moved it to the top so it comes up at the top of my main display. I'm just not sure exactly how they should be set up for DCS to work properly. AMD Ryzen 9 5900X @ 4.4ghz, 64gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, GeForce RTX-3060ti 8GB DDR6, Three KTC 32" QHD monitors @ 165hz, Rosewill 80plus Bronze 1000w, Corsair Hydro H100i, 2tb M.2 SSD for OS, Two 3tb HDD, 2tb SSD for DCS, P3D, Star Citizen, Sound Blaster Zx, Thermaltake Overseer RX-I, Winwing Orion 2 HOTAS F-15EX throttle and F-16EX stick, Winwing 3 MFD MIP with FA-18 UFC and F-16 ICP, TrackIR 5, Surround Speakers & Subwoofer, Oculus Quest 2 VR. :joystick::pilotfly:
jonsky7 Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 I watched a setup video to try and understand what is going on. The following is based on the assumption that your "folds" are vertical and equally spaced on your main screen, which is the view from the pilot seat: There seems to be a setting in the app that chooses between 3 screen setup and single screen, have you perhaps chosen the 3 screen setup? This setting may refer to the Main view (or cockpit view), and not the actual number of screens you have in your setup. DCS has two default settings Single screen, which is one view looking forward out of the cockpit, 3 screen has a left view, forward view, and a right view. I think the app is asking which one of these you want, and then it writes a DCS monitor config file for you. I can see where this may be a bit confusing. You could think of it as asking do you want a single view, or three views. DCS doesn't really care how many actual monitors you have. It treats all of your monitors as one large display area, and the config file tells it where to place various "views" in that display area. So it will squash the "3 Views" onto one monitor if you, or the app, tells it to. If this doesn't help, let us know and we can try something else. 1
brettt777 Posted December 15, 2024 Author Posted December 15, 2024 15 hours ago, jonsky7 said: I watched a setup video to try and understand what is going on. The following is based on the assumption that your "folds" are vertical and equally spaced on your main screen, which is the view from the pilot seat: There seems to be a setting in the app that chooses between 3 screen setup and single screen, have you perhaps chosen the 3 screen setup? This setting may refer to the Main view (or cockpit view), and not the actual number of screens you have in your setup. DCS has two default settings Single screen, which is one view looking forward out of the cockpit, 3 screen has a left view, forward view, and a right view. I think the app is asking which one of these you want, and then it writes a DCS monitor config file for you. I can see where this may be a bit confusing. You could think of it as asking do you want a single view, or three views. DCS doesn't really care how many actual monitors you have. It treats all of your monitors as one large display area, and the config file tells it where to place various "views" in that display area. So it will squash the "3 Views" onto one monitor if you, or the app, tells it to. If this doesn't help, let us know and we can try something else. Yeah, right after I posted this, I watched yet another YT post about the MIP setup. In this one, the guy mentioned the camera setup in SimAppPro in passing like he didn't know what it was for. I sure did. I went to mine and set it for one camera instead of three and no more fold lines. 1 AMD Ryzen 9 5900X @ 4.4ghz, 64gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, GeForce RTX-3060ti 8GB DDR6, Three KTC 32" QHD monitors @ 165hz, Rosewill 80plus Bronze 1000w, Corsair Hydro H100i, 2tb M.2 SSD for OS, Two 3tb HDD, 2tb SSD for DCS, P3D, Star Citizen, Sound Blaster Zx, Thermaltake Overseer RX-I, Winwing Orion 2 HOTAS F-15EX throttle and F-16EX stick, Winwing 3 MFD MIP with FA-18 UFC and F-16 ICP, TrackIR 5, Surround Speakers & Subwoofer, Oculus Quest 2 VR. :joystick::pilotfly:
jonsky7 Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 31 minutes ago, brettt777 said: Yeah, right after I posted this, I watched yet another YT post about the MIP setup. In this one, the guy mentioned the camera setup in SimAppPro in passing like he didn't know what it was for. I sure did. I went to mine and set it for one camera instead of three and no more fold lines. Brilliant! 1
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