Is multi computer posssible like in FS9?

[Thick8]

Would it be possible to link two computers together and use 1 for your gauge monitors and 1 for the main graphics? I've seen this done in the MS flight simulator franchise. Maybe have 2 purchased copies of the game. set up a multiplayer game. Then put the second computer in some sort of spectator mode and only have a helios display on that computer. Just thinking out loud.

John

[EtherealN]

Two purchased copies are not necessary, there are separate products available for this by third parties (including at least two that allow touch-control of instruments through an iPad or Android tablet). The PC products out there (several of which are free) also allow you to do the same thing but simply on a second screen on the same computer (remember: there is nothing that forces a PC to be one-screen-only; I use two on mine, but there are mainstream consumer graphics card that as standard support up to 6.)

[CyBerkut]

As I understand it, Helios can do the network comms and run on a computer other than the computer running DCS. Helios renders its own gauges, so a second copy of DCS does not need to be running on that second machine.

 

Now, MFD displays, ABRIS, etc... that's another matter. Although I think I saw a thread on these forums where somebody was figuring out how to render some displays on a networked computer.

 

You might want to check out the following thread, and subscribe to it:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86954

[Thick8]

Two purchased copies are not necessary, there are separate products available for this by third parties (including at least two that allow touch-control of instruments through an iPad or Android tablet). The PC products out there (several of which are free) also allow you to do the same thing but simply on a second screen on the same computer (remember: there is nothing that forces a PC to be one-screen-only; I use two on mine, but there are mainstream consumer graphics card that as standard support up to 6.)

 

Thank you for the info. I'm currently running 3 screen Eyefinity at an acceptable (to me) framerate. But when I ran Helios the sim became a slide show. That's why I'm looking for a different solution. I don't want to lower my ingame settings as I'm a fan of the eye candy.

John