Newbie.....bet you guys are tired of us

[Walking Dude]

Just got a second monitor.....touch screen. TrackIR here tomorrow. TM Warthog controlers. A-10 game.

 

Can you say overwhelmed?

 

I know I need Helios for the control panels on the second monitor.

Any tips, links, help can you guys offer?

 

both monitors are 1920 x 1080 24 inchers.

 

Two vid card, amd radeon HD 6900 in a crossfire

 

AMD bulldozer proc.

 

32 gig ram.

 

 

TIA

 

WD

[Cookie]

Tired of newbies? Hell no, the more the merrier. Fetch a beer, sit down and relax with the rest of us. Oh, and do want a steak or a burger? :beer:

 

As for tips... have you received the TM Warthog already? In case you haven´t, make sure to videotape yourself when you unbox that thing. I for one couldn´t stop giggling like a little girl for ten minutes straight when I wrapped my hands around it for the first time.

[cichlidfan]

I tried to take pictures when I unpacked mine but I got too excited, and forgot about the camera. I only ended up with one picture of the box and then one of the thing on the desk before I attached the stick to the base. :doh:

 

EDIT: For Helios, go to http://www.gadrocsworkshop.com/downloads

[Aries]

With that gear, you'll certainly un-n00b yourself pretty quick!!!

 

Happy times ahead... :thumbup:

[bart]

Just got a second monitor.....touch screen. TrackIR here tomorrow. TM Warthog controlers. A-10 game.

 

Can you say overwhelmed?

 

I know I need Helios for the control panels on the second monitor.

Any tips, links, help can you guys offer?

 

both monitors are 1920 x 1080 24 inchers.

 

Two vid card, amd radeon HD 6900 in a crossfire

 

AMD bulldozer proc.

 

32 gig ram.

 

 

TIA

 

WD

 

Have you had any graphics issues with the crossfire option?

 

I've got two AMD Radeon HD 6950 cards and in crossfire mode I get Graphic issues, I can't remember the technical term for it now but they are like long thin triangles shooting out from the corners of objects in the cockpit. When I disabled crossfire all is ok!!

 

BTW Welcome to the addiction!!! This is an awsome sim, and it's very realistic. I used to be in the air force years ago and part of my job was doing ground runs on the jets and I was taxi qualified, not A-10's.....Harrier and Tornado.... and this sim is about as near as I have ever experienced apart from the real thing!!!

Edited March 29, 2013 by bart

[FreeFall]

EDIT: For Helios, go to http://www.gadrocsworkshop.com/downloads

 

Yes. And download Loz SM v2.1 -profile. Read the README-file carefully.

[Corrigan]

The TIR might drive you bonkers the first 10 hours or so; you should expect some motion sickness and silly motor responses. After a while it will come as completely natural to you though. The brain is awesome.

[dburne]

The TIR might drive you bonkers the first 10 hours or so; you should expect some motion sickness and silly motor responses. After a while it will come as completely natural to you though. The brain is awesome.

 

I got my first Track IR many years ago, at that time it was the Track IR3 - before they even had come out with the vector expansion.

I get very motion sick very easily, in fact, I cannot even play FPS games for this reason - within about 20 minutes of playing one, I am so sick at my stomach, it is just not worth it.

For whatever reason, flying sims and racing sims do not bother me. I have only been flight simming the last few years.

 

Anyway- when I ordered that first Track IR all those years ago, that was a big concern of mine - the motion sickness, I was afraid I might not be able to use the thing because of that.

I was very pleased once I got it and started using it, it had no effect at all on me in that regard.

[FreeFall]

Actually, with flying I was totally comfortable with TrackIR5 from the first beginning. Default profile. No problem. It did feel natural to me. I'm not an IRL pilot though.

 

However, haven't used it with rally/car racing because somehow I cannot take corners accurately with it.

 

I think that overall the TrackIR experience is very personal/individual.

[Faelwolf]

You've got a great set up for this sim.

Once you get used to trackIR, you will find yourself turning your head to get a better look while watching videos :)

I think you will find this to be a very welcoming and patient community!

[Harzach]

Once you get used to trackIR, you will find yourself turning your head to get a better look while watching videos :)

 

So true! "Look over there, dammit! Oh, just give me the controls!" :joystick:

 

Welcome Walking Dude - you'll find this community to be very supportive to new members. You're going to have a pretty sweet setup!

[Zenra]

Heck no! Every time somebody new signs on and starts asking questions I learn (or maybe relearn) things I thought I knew.

 

Congrats on getting a great rig to work with - will make the learning faster and definitely immerse you in the sim.

[Walking Dude]

Tired of newbies? Hell no, the more the merrier. Fetch a beer, sit down and relax with the rest of us. Oh, and do want a steak or a burger? :beer:

 

As for tips... have you received the TM Warthog already? In case you haven´t, make sure to videotape yourself when you unbox that thing. I for one couldn´t stop giggling like a little girl for ten minutes straight when I wrapped my hands around it for the first time.

 

thankx cookie. Ribeye steak med. rare please.....lolol.

No I didn't take pics, but I was overwhelmed by the whole setup. What a quality built setup!

 

Have you had any graphics issues with the crossfire option?

 

I've got two AMD Radeon HD 6950 cards and in crossfire mode I get Graphic issues, I can't remember the technical term for it now but they are like long thin triangles shooting out from the corners of objects in the cockpit. When I disabled crossfire all is ok!!

 

BTW Welcome to the addiction!!! This is an awsome sim, and it's very realistic. I used to be in the air force years ago and part of my job was doing ground runs on the jets and I was taxi qualified, not A-10's.....Harrier and Tornado.... and this sim is about as near as I have ever experienced apart from the real thing!!!

 

I haven't even loaded the game yet. Was waiting on the second monitor and the trackIR. And the A-10 manual. MAN what a monster that is. I thought the F-4 manual was imense!

With the second monitor, do I hook it up to the first vid card or the second vid card. Will let you know I have issues with the graphic issues. Did you contact AMD about the issue?

 

THANKX all for the warm welcome. I cant wait to fire this whole rig up. I have to do some moving around of the puter, drill a 2 inch hole in the desk so I can run all these cables, put the puter in the knee hole. Cant wait to fire this all up!

[ApoNOOB]

Be one of the cool guys... And join the TeamSpeak of every MP server that you join! :D

 

I've got a little newbie question too, I have a slower onboard graphic card too, would that one take load from my "normal" one if I plug one of my two monitors into that? (Don't have Instruments or MFCD's on it, just TS, .pdf's etc.)

[Walking Dude]

Be one of the cool guys... And join the TeamSpeak of every MP server that you join! :D

 

I've got a little newbie question too, I have a slower onboard graphic card too, would that one take load from my "normal" one if I plug one of my two monitors into that? (Don't have Instruments or MFCD's on it, just TS, .pdf's etc.)

 

As soon as I learn how to fly this bad boy. Let alone get thru this monster instruction manual!

[Walking Dude]

I have two vid cards in crossfire. And I just bought a touch screen monitor for two monitors. Do I hook each monitor to each vid card?

[bart]

I have two vid cards in crossfire. And I just bought a touch screen monitor for two monitors. Do I hook each monitor to each vid card?

 

I'm not sure. The way my system works is you only plug one monitor into the primary graphics card, I have a 32" Sony flat screen tv connected via a HDMI cable, the sockets in the secondary card have small plastic blanks in there to stop anyone connecting anything to it.

 

Has your touchscreen got USB? If so I'd use that.

 

I've just ordered two Lilliput 8" screens to use as MFD screens with the Thrustmaster Cougar MFD's on them. They are USB so only problem I will have is setting it up and getting it all to work!!

 

No I didn't contact AMD about the graphics glitch I've got in crossfire. I tried updating the drivers etc, but was unable to get rid of it other than disabling x-fire. The game still runs ok on one card, I get stutter when using CBU's but I belive this is a known issue.

 

You will enjoy the game much better with all the hardware you're getting, I'd hate to fly it without mine, it's high workload as it is!!!

[Konrad Friedrich]

As soon as I learn how to fly this bad boy.

 

The 'bad boy' is a tame, gentle buddy.

As long you are sitting on the right side of it's gun... ;)

[Harzach]

I have two vid cards in crossfire. And I just bought a touch screen monitor for two monitors. Do I hook each monitor to each vid card?

 

With Crossfire, all displays plug into one GPU.

[Walking Dude]

With Crossfire, all displays plug into one GPU.

 

thankx dude

[Walking Dude]

Crap....they have a new Asus sabertooth Gen 3/ rev.2 board out. Then put the FX 8350 in it. I see a upgrade coming before I even get this up and running.....lolol

[Hamblue]

The new haswell chips are only about 2 months away :thumbup:

[Walking Dude]

The new haswell chips are only about 2 months away :thumbup:

 

haswell is intell. I am a amd dude......lolol

[Hamblue]

Yeah I heard about you two :music_whistling:

[Walking Dude]

Yeah I heard about you two :music_whistling:

 

LOLOL Love the underdog. Why I am a diehard cubs and raiders fan!