Helios and BS2 for Dummies

[16th Widowmakr]

I have very limited experiance with Helios and A10c and now I want to set up BS2 the only problem is WHERE DO I START? I have browsed the thread on BS and Multi Monitors and now I am TOTALLY confused. Do I edit one of the existing Monitor Setup files or create my own? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a main monitor 1920X1080 and secondary 1024X768. What do I do first aside from the profile. I know how to cut and paste from others profiles but no idea how to get the displays on my second monitor.

[spikenet]

hi,

 

you will need to setup BS to display on multiple screens. Its pretty simple, checkout my helios profiles in my signature, it has lua files to get you started. Also checkout the helios forums.

It is simple to get helios, shkval and abris running on 2nd screen. It gets more complicated when you want flares, pvi and uv26. Personally I dont think its worth the hassle.

[JG14_Smil]

You'll need to explain more about what you want to do with your setup. ABRIS and Shkval on #2 monitor, along with Helios? You can edit an original file or create your own, it is just a text file with a .lua extention.

 

It's really not hard. You'll get plenty of help here... good luck.

[16th Widowmakr]

Thanks for now just the Schval and Abris on my 1024X768 screen. Baby steps... I have edited the lus file for my monitor but how do I edit your profile to fit my setup? My second monitor is to the right of my first monitor. When I open you profile to copy and past the panels most of it is covered in red probably due to your second screen being below your first.

UPDATE: Changed my setup to show my second below the first and it still showed up red most likely due to the differance in size of my second monitor. I will try to switch mine around so I can view your profile on what would be my larger monitor, then copy and paste back to my smaller one. Hope this works.

UPDATE: Well that didnt work. Dont know how to change my monitors around, my second monitor is still the smaller one.

Edited January 14, 2012 by 16th Widowmakr

[16th Widowmakr]

Edited the lua file and placed it in the MonitorSetup folder. Started the game and went to Options and tried to slect it for Screen and Spikes setup showed up in the list?

UPDATE: Ooops I saved the file as WidowBS2 but didnt chande the "name" in the file. Fixed that but still not getting anything on the second monitor.

Edited January 14, 2012 by 16th Widowmakr

[16th Widowmakr]

Edited my Options.lua and set width to 2944 now things get displayed on the second monitor. After editng the MonitorSetup lua things started to come together when all of a sudden the Cockpit started to be displayed across both monitors and my Screen file quit showing up in the Optionns menu in BS2. Does this sound like the Phantom Monitor problem and how do I fix it?

[spikenet]

checkout this thread first: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=60815

 

Once you have your multi monitor setup then worry about helios.

 

With helios, you will have to do a "reset monitors" command from the file menu.

 

Then you will have to move all the controls around to resize to your screen setup. It would be alot of work and I'd suggest do your own and just copy paste elements from an existing profile. With that screen res you will be limited with what you can fit anyway.

 

be aware that running helios and BS2 (windowed) will have a massive impact on your FPS. You could consider trying softTH.

[16th Widowmakr]

Haven't run Helios yet. Followed the steps in the thread and things were working well at first. Then suddenly the cockpit strarted to span both monitors and the MonitorSetup file I renamed WidowBS2 stopped showing up in the Screens listed in the Options in BS2. Instead there is a MFCD listed and no WidowBS2. I checked in the directory for it and WidowBS2 is there but MFCD is not! What gives?