Caspet Posted March 1, 2013 Posted March 1, 2013 Hi all. Having a problem with the cockpit cursor not clicking the switches until I hover to the left, i.e. if I want to pull the right fire handle I have to click were the middle one is. I'm running two monitors, main one is 1920x1080 (main cockpit) and a 1024x768 set at 800x600 for my Cougar mfd's. I have SoftTH installed and have just updated to Windows 8 Pro 64 bit. (I know what your thinking!) I've tested the smaller screen at its native res but it makes no differences and have also turned aero interface on and off, no difference their either. Have tried it with one screen and all is okay so can only imagine it's something to do with the two monitors under Windows 8. Iv'e attached one of my own monitors lua files if it helps. Any ideas anyone? Cheers.Dave2.lua Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee Muhammad Ali-(Cassius Clay) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
MadTommy Posted March 1, 2013 Posted March 1, 2013 (edited) Your lua looks ok to me... I'd try it without SoftTH.. Edited March 1, 2013 by MadTommy i5-3570K @ 4.5 Ghz, Asus P8Z77-V, 8 GB DDR3, 1.5GB GTX 480 (EVGA, superclocked), SSD, 2 x 1680x1050, x-fi extreme music. TM Warthog, Saitek combat pro pedals, TrackIR 4
Caspet Posted March 1, 2013 Author Posted March 1, 2013 Will give it a go MT Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee Muhammad Ali-(Cassius Clay) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Caspet Posted March 1, 2013 Author Posted March 1, 2013 No that didn't work, just get the "DCS World has stopped working" message. This was all okay until I upgraded (downgraded!!!) to Windows 8. :( Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee Muhammad Ali-(Cassius Clay) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
MadTommy Posted March 1, 2013 Posted March 1, 2013 No that didn't work, just get the "DCS World has stopped working" message. This was all okay until I upgraded (downgraded!!!) to Windows 8. :( That is because you most likely ran it in full screen. You need to use 'windowed mode' when not using SoftTH. I have no idea if SoftTH is the problem, but removing it and then testing will either point to the problem or eliminate it from the possible causes. i5-3570K @ 4.5 Ghz, Asus P8Z77-V, 8 GB DDR3, 1.5GB GTX 480 (EVGA, superclocked), SSD, 2 x 1680x1050, x-fi extreme music. TM Warthog, Saitek combat pro pedals, TrackIR 4
Caspet Posted March 1, 2013 Author Posted March 1, 2013 What a plum I am.:doh: Thanks Tommy that worked but can't understand why, when it's been working fine for the past year, it suddenly does that....Strange. I would prefer to work in full screen though. any more ideas? Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee Muhammad Ali-(Cassius Clay) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
MadTommy Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 What a plum I am.:doh: Thanks Tommy that worked but can't understand why, when it's been working fine for the past year, it suddenly does that....Strange. I would prefer to work in full screen though. any more ideas? Not quite sure you've understood. (or i've understood for that matter) when using a multimonitor setup with a custom lua you have to run in windowed mode. SoftTH overcomes this and allows you to run in full screen. That is how it has always been. Personally i prefer to run without softTh due to it's inability to alt tab, i also notice no difference between running full screen and windowed mode with regards to fps. So i see no advantage with softTH. But back on topic... did you get it running without softTH and did the misalignment go away? If so just dump softTh and run in windowed mode and you're golden! Your last answer was not very clear about where you got to with this..goodluck. i5-3570K @ 4.5 Ghz, Asus P8Z77-V, 8 GB DDR3, 1.5GB GTX 480 (EVGA, superclocked), SSD, 2 x 1680x1050, x-fi extreme music. TM Warthog, Saitek combat pro pedals, TrackIR 4
Caspet Posted March 2, 2013 Author Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) Not quite sure you've understood. (or i've understood for that matter) Yes I understand the concept and your right it is better. Alt-Tab, slightly better frame rate (tested it last night). I was more curious to find out why it happened. I read some where it was better in full screen mode, couldn't be more wrong. It is working, cursor in the right place now.... so it's goodbye SoftTH. Thanks for your help Tommy:thumbup: Edited March 2, 2013 by Caspet Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee Muhammad Ali-(Cassius Clay) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
MadTommy Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 No worries.. glad you got it working.. a very lucky guess that it was softTH, i didn't actually think it would be the issue, but the less things to trouble shoot the better was my thinking. Its odd that some folks swear full screen gives better fps.. i've never found that to be the case.. its probably affected by hardware and whether you run at native resolutions. SoftTH is rather old and Win8 is rather crap & new.. not a great combo :D i5-3570K @ 4.5 Ghz, Asus P8Z77-V, 8 GB DDR3, 1.5GB GTX 480 (EVGA, superclocked), SSD, 2 x 1680x1050, x-fi extreme music. TM Warthog, Saitek combat pro pedals, TrackIR 4
Caspet Posted March 2, 2013 Author Posted March 2, 2013 SoftTH is rather old and Win8 is rather crap & new.. not a great combo :D :lol: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee Muhammad Ali-(Cassius Clay) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Sorin Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 I have also found DCS 1.2.3 on Windows 8 64 bit working better without SoftTH. Got 5 monitors now...:D maybe I should stop adding...
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