[INVESTIGATING] Bino View with multi-screen Setup

[Nirvi]

I have 1x24" mainscreen and 1x 23" touchscreen with helios. When switching to bino/JTAC or the F10 map, the screen is stretched over both screens. Any way to fix this so only my mainscreen is used with combind arms?

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=68008&d=1342024903

Edited July 13, 2012 by Nirvi

[PeterP]

This is a known problem.

 

Look in this thread at point #4 for a workaround.

 

>>> A Plea for View-Export/Multi-head/TH Users. - ED Forums

 

 

Well ,I dint spend any time in CA up to now - so I didn't isolated the PNG that is responsible for the Bino-Overlay .

 

But the instruction for the NVG refitting should give you a good idea what you have to do.

 

 

BTW: when reporting problems like this it is highly advisable to attach a image of it - so others get a idea what you are talking about without guessing.:)

Edited July 11, 2012 by PeterP

[Nirvi]

This is a known problem.

 

BTW: when reporting problems like this it is highly advisable to attach a image of it - so others get a idea what you are talking about without guessing.:)

 

Here we go :)

[Tacom]

Same problem here, although in a vertical fashion. :mad:

[metalnwood]

damn server timed out and lost my post.

 

Long and short of it is on the picture. I dont think this can be fixed like the overlay that was used with the NVG. I have the same bino issue as well.

 

ED are so close, they are doing the right things to support multiple monitors with different viewports etc but they are just not finishing it with multimonitor users in mind.

[beynesairforce]

I have the same problem by using a eyefinity 3 screen plus 1 screen for Helios.

Other point is the datablock of CA who is not present , chassis compas & weapon compas who are very "big"

 

Other probleme, the F10 view (both in CA / A10-C), the map view is display on the 4 screen, but the 4th screen is dedicated to helios with a wood mask. Map is unreadeable on it.

 

I didn't find a way to put F10view on a customizable part.....

[Kuky]

ah good to know about this, I'm not gonna bother installing CA :noexpression:

[diveplane]

ah good to know about this, I'm not gonna bother installing CA :noexpression:

 

your missing out on the fun..

[metalnwood]

Diveplane, if it wont work with your screen setup it wont work. I would like to be in the fun for sure but it wont work.

[diveplane]

Diveplane, if it wont work with your screen setup it wont work. I would like to be in the fun for sure but it wont work.

 

sure they will fix it multi display support. focus i rekon will be on the main glitches for now i guess.

cant some of u guys do a workaround for now play on a single display?

Edited July 13, 2012 by diveplane

[metalnwood]

I get far more fun now on 5 monitors in my aircraft than I will running on one display so I can drive tanks :) I will do it when it's ready but not prepared to give up the goodness I already have to do it :)

[Kuky]

I wont bother installing CA (even though I bought it) becuase I have no intention of changing the monitor config all the time. This really should be fixed and working properly by now.

[PeterP]

Workaround :

 

Only workaround up to now is to use SoftTH with DCS -

 

SoftTH has the function to draw all content that is spread among other screens at your main screen by using a hot-key : [AppKey+S]

 

So you can jump in a A-10 and spread everything like usual - and when you change to a commander position - you can bring everything at a single screen without much hassle.

 

Learn more in this thread: SoftTH NEWS

[metalnwood]

Peter, very interesting. I run eyefinity and didn't realise that softTH can compliment it, I thought it was a replacement when you didnt have eyefinity.

 

I thought the FPS would drop but your other thread suggests otherwise. I will have a look in to it.

 

Thanks!

[CaptHawk]

Let us know how well it works out :)

[metalnwood]

CaptHawk, I installed softth which wasnt too much hassle. At the same time I took PeterP's advise from another thread and use softth to set my triple screens up in portait-landscape-portrait. Its working well and you can press a hot key when in CA mode to have everything render on one screen, in my case I made that my center screen.

 

sorry, it doesnt show CA, just softth with new monitor orientation but it only took 30 mins to set it up. It should take less if you just have a simple monitor config and just want to use it for the CA fix.

[Hawat3001]

I have found the solution for HUD and FOV.

 

Open iinfo.lua located in:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\tech\CombinedArms\Cockpit

 

Change the last line

dedicated_viewport = {LockOn_Options.screen.width/2,LockOn_Options.screen.height/2*aspect,LockOn_Options.screen.width/2,LockOn_Options.screen.height/2*aspect}

 

by:

 

dedicated_viewport = {singleMonitorWidth/2+singleMonitorWidth,singleMonitorHeight/2*aspect,singleMonitorWidth/2,singleMonitorHeight/2*aspect}

 

Example (5760x1080 resolution):

dedicated_viewport = {1920/2+1920,1080/2*aspect,1920/2,1080/2*aspect}

 

Also I have found how to increase the fov, I have it working but I must to filter what of the files altered is the key

 

Edited July 14, 2012 by Hawat3001
Image added

[JorgeIII]

Anyone else tried this? I would like some confimation before messing up with more lua files. Thanks.

[beynesairforce]

I'm running a 760x1980 setup, screen above the main 5760x1080) is for Helios.

 

With iinfo tweak, i notice that some indicator have change but the info view (amo, gear, weapon ...) stay hidden.

 

I tweak in the same spirit iinfo2.lua and this information appears .....

 

Now, need to change the FOV of the general hud and to fix the F10 view

 

Anyone else tried this? I would like some confimation before messing up with more lua files. Thanks.

[PhoenixBvo]

I'm running a 760x1980 setup, screen above the main 5760x1080) is for Helios.

 

With iinfo tweak, i notice that some indicator have change but the info view (amo, gear, weapon ...) stay hidden.

 

I tweak in the same spirit iinfo2.lua and this information appears .....

 

Now, need to change the FOV of the general hud and to fix the F10 view

 

Could you perhaps post your iinfo2.lua? With my configuration (main screen 1920x1080, secondary 1280x1024 to the right), I didn't manage to get the info text in the proper place.

I'll have a go with softTH this evening, to see if it works satisfactory.

[beynesairforce]

 

Open iinfo.lua located in:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\tech\CombinedArms\Cockpit

 

Change the last line

dedicated_viewport = {LockOn_Options.screen.width/2,LockOn_Options.screen.height/2*aspect,LockOn_Options.screen.width/2,LockOn_Options.screen.height/2*aspect}

 

by:

 

dedicated_viewport = {singleMonitorWidth/2+singleMonitorWidth,singleMonitorHeight/2*aspect,singleMonitorWidth/2,singleMonitorHeight/2*aspect}

 

Example (5760x1080 resolution):

dedicated_viewport = {1920/2+1920,1080/2*aspect,1920/2,1080/2*aspect}

 

Also I have found how to increase the fov, I have it working but I must to filter what of the files altered is the key

 

Could you perhaps post your iinfo2.lua? With my configuration (main screen 1920x1080, secondary 1280x1024 to the right), I didn't manage to get the info text in the proper place.

I'll have a go with softTH this evening, to see if it works satisfactory.

 

For iinfo2 tweak it's the same modification than Hawat3001 describe for iinfo

[PhoenixBvo]

OK, then it happens to work for 3 screens, but with my config (main 1920x1080, secondary 1280x1024) I'll have to tinker on.

 

BTW, my edit of iinfo.lua looked as follows (which worked for the gun HUDs):

 

dedicated_viewport = {singleMonitorWidth/2,singleMonitorHeight/2*aspect,singleMonitorWidth/2,singleMonitorHeight/2*aspect}

[Kuky]

this edit works but not for binocular view, that one is still messed up

[Mt5_Roie]

Very cool info. Thanks!

[PhoenixBvo]

Workaround :

Only workaround up to now is to use SoftTH with DCS -

 

SoftTH has the function to draw all content that is spread among other screens at your main screen by using a hot-key : [AppKey+S]

 

So you can jump in a A-10 and spread everything like usual - and when you change to a commander position - you can bring everything at a single screen without much hassle.

 

Learn more in this thread: SoftTH NEWS

 

OK, so I tried SoftTH after reading it's readme and Peter's very helpful posts about it. It sounded very promising and the setup seemed pretty easy.

 

But... I ran into a problem. The mouse cursor is not working correctly on the main head. I can't click buttons in certain portions of the screen. The cursor changes shape and after some tests it turned out I had displaced desktop icons. On the second head the cursor works as it should. I did a forum search and couldn't find any similar reports. So I'm posting the problem here as it still concerns the workaround for the multimonitor problem which this thread discusses.

 

My config: 1920x1080 + 1280x1024

 

I have attached my options.lua, multimonitorsetup.lua (Camera+LMFCD(on right side).lua) and config.SoftTHconfig as well.

Could someone please explain where the error in my setup might be? I've tried different versions of configurations both in the SoftTHconfig, the options.lua and its multimonitorsetup.lua to no avail..

SoftTH_setup.zip

Edited July 19, 2012 by PhoenixBvo
Found a better reference post for quoting