Giving up on multi monitor

[chucky35uk]

monitor setup

 

It seems 1.0.2 patch does not like edited lau files. In the game options page, my monitor config file is missing. Just a white space. When I revert back to the default values, the white space has gone and there are no errors. I'll play around with the lau and monitor files and try and tweek things.

Chucky35uk

:thumbup:

[CAT_101st]

The 1.02 patch needed to be instaled over a clean install of 1.0. So if you had any mods you would get the errors. Also the 1.02 instll would have reset all your in game setings. So basicly you are starting all over. Make sure you are using notepad++ to edit the lua. files. now that you have the the displays up you just need to do a full reinstall of BS 1.0 first then the 1.02 patch with out making any changes to the v1.0 You have to get the errors fixed and a reinstall is the only sure fire way to do it. Save a copy of your lua. file som where as a refrance and creat a new one after the reinstall.

 

I am glad we are getting closer to your goal. It is all worth it.

[chucky35uk]

Cheers Cat....I have been at this for a week or more constantly. I am over the moon. The errors i think ill sort out. When the abris and shkval show on the other monitor, should i see a Black Shark splash screen as well? I mean, its not just shkval and abris on their own. Its not a real problem tho as both guages work perfectly.

Thanks

chucky35uk

[Avilator]

Yes, the background is supposed to extend onto the other monitor.

[chucky35uk]

errors

 

Gents.....one last thing......when i insert my 2nd monitor configured file into monitorsetup.lau, i get errors. When i take it back out, there are no errors.

Something in my custom made file BS does not like.

Ill attach the file.

Any ideas?

cheers

chucky35uk

:thumbup:

[CAT_101st]

shkval 768/2: lose the /2 also shuld be 1680 not 1685

[sweinhart3]

Ok im still having problems. After 4hours I made some progress but obviously not enough. The only thing I managed to figure out was that Soft TH would not activate unless I changed the options to force resolution = 1. Using the settings given below this is what I end up with.

Options.lua

 

["graphics"] =

{

["multiMonitorSetup"] = "my_monitor",

["color"] = "32",

["heatBlr"] = 0,

["scenes"] = "medium",

["water"] = 2,

["fullScreen"] = true,

["visibRange"] = "Low",

["aspect"] = 3.259,

["textures"] = 1,

["shadows"] = 2,

["effects"] = 2,

["width"] = 1920,

["lights"] = 2,

["height"] = 1080,

["civTraffic"] = 0,

["resolution"] = "1920x1080",

["haze"] = 1,

}, -- end of ["graphics"]

___________________________________

my_monitor.lua

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('my_monitor');

Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor,ABRIS on the right and camera on the center';

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 800;

y = 0;

width = 1920;

height = 1080;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1.777;

}

}

Shkval =

{

x = 0; -- Left side

y = 0;

width = 800;

height = 600;

}

ABRIS =

{

x = 2720;

y = 0;

width = 800;

height = 600;

}

_______________________________

 

This is what my screens look like. Note that on the main monitor as BS loads, you will see that the screen is shifted to the left and onto the small vga screen. I could live with that except if you draw an imaginary vetical line on the right side of the screen where the loading icon ends, when the sim starts and the screen is corrected, anything (switches and knobs) that are to the right of that line are not selectable. You can also see after it finishes loading that only half of the shkval renders on the left monitor and the other half onto the main screen. The abris doesnt even get displayed.

 

After a lot of messing with settings and changing the above code to stuff that doesnt even resemble the above code, I managed to get a nice neat fit for shkval on my left screen alone. I however was not able to resolve the abris not being displayed nor was I able to resolve the right side of the cockpit being unclickable.

Also before anyone says anything about the abris not being display at start of sim, trust me when I say after unpausing it so it shows up in the main display, it still is not rendered on the 3rd screen.

[chucky35uk]

Sweinhart...love your setup but ill let the professionals on here advise you.

Good luck.

chucky35uk

[sweinhart3]

thanks. obviously this is for A-10C but i want a working proof of concept so that when it is released it will be working proof of concept and minimal code change.

[sweinhart3]

Ok somehow it works now. Im not sure why it wouldnt work before but I made a few changes and it works all of a sudden. One thing I had to do was to make my primary monitor all the way to the left. For some reason I cant get anything to work if there is a monitor to the left of the main. I removed the Soft Th program and changed to windowed mode and it worked. Then I re-setup all the files to display the windows in the proper places and tested. Using the quickstart mission I measured 30fps. I then deleted the Soft Th config file and reinstalled it and set full screen on. Still works and now getting 60fps.

Edited September 21, 2010 by sweinhart3

[sweinhart3]

One other thing of note. Despite getting 60fps with Soft Th, and it is possible this only applies to the latest alpha version I tried, I found it rather impossible to play using that software because anytime certain events take place, i.e. a sam launch or release of countermeasures, fps would drop to 0-1fps and last several seconds.

[HuggyBear]

This is a problem with SoftTH 2.01

 

Use SoftTH 2.00 instead

 

-Bear