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Old March 2nd 08, 06:11 PM posted to alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim,rec.aviation.simulators
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Default Has Anyone Gotten 2 Monitors to Work with FS9 or FSX?


Sounds like you are trying to make a single ultra wide view out of two
monitors. FSX doesn't seem to SPAN monitors like windoze desktop
display setup can so you cannot "stretch" them. You can only have
view windows in one monitor or the other. You can simulate it to a
certain extent though by setting up two views manually to get the
effect that you desire.

Set your monitor resolutions first.

To do this in FSX go to the setup screen for display options -
SETTINGS - DISPLAY SETTINGS - CUSTOMIZE from the main FSX screen.

There, on the left side, in "Device-specific options" if FSX
recognizes both of your monitors you will see a dropdown box for
DEVICE: that allows you to set resolution for each of your monitors
independently.

When you start a flight, both monitors will then have capability to
display, but the things you are used to seeing will begin only in the
primary monitor. For anything that you want to have displayed in the
other monitor you will have to create and size a new view window and
then drag them over to that monitor.

Bear in mind that dual display takes a LOT of video and processor
horsepower so you will very likely suffer a lot of display quality
loss to get the additional monitor.

Also, since you can only manipulate view slewing in one window at a
time, you will only be able to view slew half of your view - the
active view window to "look around".

To simulate your ultra wide view, set up two virtual cockpit view
windows -one on each monitor and then use the "eyepoint adjust"
options to move the viewpoint position for each and then "slew view"
options to set the angles where you want them.

This is a HUGE pain to do, and as far as I know, there is no means to
save the positions of the windows once you have them where you want
them. (There may be something you can do in the setting files for the
aircraft) A little research on google or altavista may yield a way to
save the settings.


On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:03:35 -0500, "newsiimmer"
wrote:

Thanks everyone, but how do you set up the views and stretch themto the
other
monitor? I want to see the left and right side views of cockpit,etc but I
don't know which
assignments/settings I should use. Please help.