Running FS9 on a widescreen laptop

[microlight]

Hi all,

Planning to buy a Dell 1520dsgi laptop for work, so I can have FS9 with me when I travel. Question about the display - as it's widescreen, will FS9 appear sideways-stretched? If so, is there a setting for displaying in 4:3?

It's an Intel twin-core machine with Nvidia 8600M graphics and 2GB memory - but it has Vista. I'm assuming that FS9 will run full-screen under Vista?

Many thanks, all!
Martyn

[Wii]

Turn the resolution up and it will be fine. I'm running on a 22" widescreen LCD monitor. No stretching with 1680x1050.

[N. Chapman]

i'm running a 17" 1920x1200 res on my laptop and FS9 maxed with no stretching to be seen. only in the 2D panel because those were made for 4:3. but its not that bad.

[microlight]

Thanks guys! Any recommendations for a 'travel joystick'?

[Wii]

Thanks guys! Any recommendations for a 'travel joystick'?

Hrmm...not that I can think of...they are all really bulky and big.

[dodger]

I just bought an Acer (X223) widescreen 22". The native res. is given as 1680x1050, my video card (NV5200) will let me select 1600x900 which seems to be OK for FS9, except, as ndude737 mentions, the 2d panel gets stretched (oval gauges, etc). Hard to tell if the other views are correctly proportioned - any way to test this? Or to have the panel view corrected?

[N. Chapman]

the only way to get the 2d panel to have round gauges is to resize it to the proper size. the other views are correct as long as you run the native resolution or something proportional to it.

[microlight]

Another question - got the laptop - FS9 works fine.

Trying to use it with a USB gamepad - how do you configure the gamepad for ground steering? The two mini-joysticks control ailerons and rudder in the air, but what about the ground?

Thanks!

[microlight]

Success! I transferred my complete FS9 installation, addons and all to my HP Compaq 6715S (with good old XP SP2 on it!), with a Saitek game pad for portability, and it all works great! At least as good performance as my desktop.

Now I can travel and fly!