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I'm running FSX on Eyefinity but I have a small problem. My 2D cockpit will not show up, instead there are just black void where the cockpit is supposed to be.

My virtual cockpit works just fine, but I cannot access my 2D cockpit. Pressing W several times does the same thing. All I see is black instead of the cockpit and above the black is my view of the world. This is very annoying since I cannot access my switches in 2D mode.

Also, I get this flickering circle where my pointer is supposed to be when I devert to 2D mode. In order to prevent this, I have to avoid 2D cockpit mode at all times and keep it in Virtual cockpit. If I accidently go back to 2D cockpit mode, the flickering circle will start and the only way to make it go away is if I end the flight and restart it.

Any ideas?

My specs:

I7 920
EVGA X-58 3SLi
6 gigs DDR3 1066
HD 5870 XFIRE
3x Dell U2410

After doing some research online, I believe I've found a solution.

These are the steps to take to fix the issue with the 2D main panel window not showing up on triple-wide resolutions, which causes extreme performance drops and the windows 'wait' cursor to remain active.

1) Open the Panel folder for the aircraft you wish to fix.

2) Make a backup copy of your panel.cfg file, in case anything goes wrong.

3) Open the Panel.cfg file in notepad.

4) Scroll down to the [window00] section. (This is *usually* the main panel window.)

5) Change the line:

window_size= 1.000, 0.874

to:

window_size= 0.333, 0.874


6) Comment out the following line:

window_pos= 0.000, 0.120

When commented out, the line should look like this:

// window_pos= 0.000, 0.120

7) Save the file.

Repeat steps 1-7 for each additional aircraft you wish to fix.