No wide screen support for FS9?

[Black ZR-1]

I was looking for a wideview setting in the FS9.cfg file but no luck. Is there a "WideViewAspect=True" setting you can set in FS9 like you can in FSX?

[microlight]

FS9 doesn't have a widescreen setting - but I've found that it's not a real issue at all - in fact having flown with a widescreen laptop and desktop for a couple of years, I've found that it's preferable to the 4:3 standard (even if the gauges aren't circular).

In any case, it only applies to the 2D panel: the VC and outside views are not distorted.

[tgibson]

While the outside view is not distorted, to get the same view out the window you need to change the ZOOM factor.  While 1.0 zoom on a 4:3 monitor is the correct setting to get the proper proportions, on a 16:9 monitor the correct zoom setting is 0.75. 

The way to calculate that is:

Standard Monitor:  4:3 = 3/4 = 0.75

Widescreen Monitor:  16:9 = 9/16 = 0.5625

Widescreen ratio/Standard ratio = 0.5625/0.75 = 0.75

So 0.75 is the correct zoom factor for a 16:9 monitor.

This assumes that the outside view stretches from on side of the monitor to the other.

Hope this helps,

[Mazza]

I just set my res to it's my monitors native res (1400X900) which is WS and everything was fine.... :-?