Triple Head 2 go and FS

[HarvesteR]

hello everyone

today i got my Triple Head 2 Go in the mail and needless to mention half an hour later, i had my 3 monitors all hooked up and running

i then fired up FS9 to try it out and OMFG!!!! what a view  :o

i just have one question now... when i pulled back the zoom i noticed that instead of widening the feild of view, FS is cutting out the FOV vertically... which is strange, since every other supported game works fine

i know that it is possible to have FS expand the VC view horizontally instead of clipping vertically, i just dont know how i can do that... i have the VC view pulled back at max but the latteral span is the same as with 1 monitor...

what am i missing here?

Cheers guys

HarvesteR

[SilverFox441]

What resolution does FS think it is using?

[beaky]

What resolution does FS think it is using?

This is a good point... if FS is set for a 4:3 or similar aspect ratio, I don't think it will look any different than usual. You need to try some "wide screen" resolutions... FS will do a few of those.

[HarvesteR]

FS is displaying on all 3 monitors, but the problem is that instead of giving me a wider field of view, i get the same horizontal span as with 1 monitor, except now its bigger on all 3 monitors and i cant see as much vertically as i used to

i guess what im really asking is, is there a way to crank the zoom even wider than 0.30? like 0.2 or lower?

[SilverFox441]

Displaying on all 3 monitors obviously isn't the problem... so let's address something else instead.

What resolution is FS running at?

Let's imagine that it's 1024x768. Sure maybe it uses the full available width... but it isn't showing anymore than a normal monitor that is set to the same resolution.

If FS was running at 1024x2304 it would have the same vertical resolution and 3 times the horizontal resolution as a single monitor at 1024x768.

Basically, you need to tell FS that the monitor is 3 times as wide so that it uses the real estate... otherwise it does whatever it thinks best.

[JBaymore]

I beleive that silverfox has given the answer.

Another piece of the puzzle however....... are you running an ATI video card?

[SilverFox441]

Actually, it seems I may have got a couple of minor things wrong... but along the right track.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/

Lots of good info and more than a few interesting things there, I wonder who will use the dualhead2go for a MIP display in a simpit?

[HarvesteR]

hi again

thanks for the help guys, i managed to solve this problem

turns out there is an option in the FSX.cfg that read 'WideViewAspect=False'... (its under the [display] section)

it was just a matter of switching that option to 'true' and there it was  :o  the full span of 3 monitors without any clipping at all

heres a shot:



(in this shot, im using the default backspace zoom level, but it can go wider now)
now i have the full vertical span i had before, and it

[JBaymore]

Great Harvester.

Now the Million Dollar Question:

What kind of framerates are you seeing with that view on short final coming into some large international airport with AI running, and what are your machine specs?

best,

......................john

[HarvesteR]

well... to be perfectly honest i havent tried that yet beacuse, well, im afraid  ;)

im trying to avoid the large hi-res areas since they turn my pc into a slideshow
im getting around 12-17fps with most settings turned half way down on not-too-complex areas
but the impressive thing is, that there was no noticeable change in FPS after installing the 3 head
i guess the reviews are true  ::)

my pc specs are:
Intel Dual Core 3.4ghz
2gig Dual Channel DDR2 RAM
Geforce 6800XT 256MB vid card
Asus P5LD2 mobo
running Win XP sp2

c ya

HarvesteR