Dual Monitor Setup

[kfilippi]

Hello to all,

 

I have tried to read thoroughly all posts regarding the multi-monitor setup, but I can't just make it work.

I have DCS Black Shark 1.02 and I am not sure if I am doing right since the most posts I've read so far are for BS2.

My main monitor is a HP w22207h 22" with resolution 1680*1050 and I have a secondary monitor (HPL1706) 17" with resolution 1024*768 on the right side.

Now I have setup the Shkval+monitor.lua as follows:

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('Camera+Shkval');

Description = 'Shkval on the left monitor, camera on the right';

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 1680;

height = 1050;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1.6;

}

}

 

Shkval =

{

x = 1680;

y = 0;

width = 1024;

height = 768;

}

 

Is there something wrong here??

 

On the other hand I have setup the options.lua as follows:

 

options =

{

["difficulty"] =

{

["padlock"] = true,

["easyRadar"] = false,

["miniHUD"] = false,

["birds"] = 0,

["optionsView"] = "optview_all",

["permitCrash"] = true,

["immortal"] = false,

["map"] = true,

["radio"] = true,

["labels"] = false,

["tips"] = true,

["aftSwitching"] = false,

["cockpitLanguage"] = "english",

["units"] = "imperial",

["easyFlight"] = true,

["altTrimmingMethod"] = true,

["externalViews"] = true,

["iconsTheme"] = "nato",

["fuel"] = false,

["weapons"] = false,

["setGlobal"] = false,

["geffect"] = "none",

}, -- end of ["difficulty"]

["views"] =

{

["cockpit"] =

{

["mirrors"] = false,

["reflections"] = false,

["russianHud"] = false,

["avionics"] = 1,

}, -- end of ["cockpit"]

}, -- end of ["views"]

["sound"] =

{

["world"] = 0,

["radioSpeech"] = true,

["cockpit"] = 0,

["volume"] = 0,

["headphones"] = 0,

["music"] = 0,

["subtitles"] = true,

["gui"] = 0,

}, -- end of ["sound"]

["graphics"] =

{

["multiMonitorSetup"] = "1Camera",

["color"] = "32",

["heatBlr"] = 0,

["scenes"] = "medium",

["water"] = 2,

["fullScreen"] = true,

["visibRange"] = "Medium",

["aspect"] = 1.3333333,

["textures"] = 1,

["shadows"] = 2,

["effects"] = 3,

["width"] = 2704,

["lights"] = 2,

["height"] = 1050,

["civTraffic"] = 0,

["resolution"] = "2704x1050",

["haze"] = 1,

}, -- end of ["graphics"]

} -- end of options

 

I calculated that the overall resolution is 2704, but should I put it to width or to the reoslution only or vice versa?

 

The problem is that to the in game setup the above resolution doesn't appear in the settings and the maximum resolution I can set from the in game options setting is 1980*1024!!!

 

I have windows 7 and I don't run the game in fullscreen but windowed as described in the most posts I've read.

 

If there is any post describing my issue please redirect me, since I may have missed it by accident.

 

Thanks.

shkval+camera.lua

options.lua

[cichlidfan]

You can edit a lua file to add the resolution you want, but for the time being you can also edit that field instead of just selecting from the pulldown.

 

Also, you will need to uncheck the fullscreen box.

[kfilippi]

Thank you cichlidfan, I 've already tried that.

 

Finally the problem was the aspect ratio in the option.lua. It was 1.3333333 and I had to type the correct aspect ratio which was 2704/1050=25.75238095238095

 

For anyone else reading this post.

[cichlidfan]

So is it working now? I assume that the aspect ratio you typed above is a typo (your decimal is in the wrong place).

[kfilippi]

Yes now it's working great and yes it is a typo!!!!!

[cichlidfan]

Cool. Sorry about not mentioning the part about the aspect ratio.

[kfilippi]

That's ok, sometimes you just need to think loud, thsnks for your time.