Need help with dual monitor setup

[Demious]

I just bought a msi geforce N460GTX and I cant find how to get my FSX to run a dual monitor view.
On youtube videos I saw I need choose resolution of twice the monitor span, which would be 3840x1080 for my monitors, but those are not in the list to choose from.
I get the main window spread out over both monitors, but not the cockpit window, or any of the other windows, they get stuck at the size of one monitor, leaving the second monitor black.
How do I extend my cockpitview over both monitors?

[CXA001]

In order to extend your cockpit over 2 monitors, you will need something like Matrox Dual or Triple Head To Go.

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

[JSkorna]

Hi,

Set the second monitor for it's default/best resolution.

You have your monitors set to clone mode and it needs to be in the extend desktop mode or whatever Nvidia calls the modes.

Then start a flight, enter Windowed mode, drag what you want over to the second monitor and then enter full screen mode.

You do not need to purchase any other hardware or software to do this.

[Demious]

Matrox is just one way to go. I asked on several forums and with Nvidia, as well as the store I bought the card, if this card was fit for what I wanted and everyone told me this card is fit for dual monitor use. Just need to know how...

[Demious]

Sorry Jim, thanks for replying and I do really appreciate your effort, but to be honest, I'm starting to get tired of people constantly stating the obvious. This is explained in the manual, even more extensive then needed... If you check my question, it already says that I do have the FSX main window spread out over both monitors.
I do know what extended monitor mode is, my monitors áre in extended mode, I do know how to switch between fullscreen mode and windowed mode, my FSX ís in windowed mode, the FSX main window ís spread out over both monitors already, what I need to know is how to stretch the cockpitview sub-window, over the full 3840x1080 resolution of the main window. The main window is now half black, or is used for other windows like GPS/radio/2nd view/etc.

I do know how to use two monitors, that's simple enough. The question is how to create a DUAL-monitor-VIEW, for the cockpitview sub-window, within the already 3840x1080 resolution main-window.

[JSkorna]

OK, good luck to you then.

[alandc10]

Ok i will explain exactly what i have as i understand it is quite stressful trying to get this to work, I spent hours working this out by myself.

I have 2 24" monitors. The main view is directly infront of me and i use this in windowed mode as the VC. I zoom out until 50 and centre it so i can see my flight instruments. My second monitor is directly to the left of the main monitor and this is were it gets tricky, You will have to angle it in such a way that when you open a second vc view and drag it over to the other screen and turn left to look out the left cockpit window that all the runway lines and detail all flow nicely in line. This will vary between AC. I use ifly 737 and it lines up perfect both inside cockpit detail and outside views pan the screens beautifully. In my opion this is the best way to fly and is very rewarding. I have it mastered now and at the satrt of a new flight seconds set my view up. It is also very handy because ATC and other pop up windows appear on my side view, so i always have a clear view ahead.

So to summerise you are using the two monitors independantly in 1920x1080 (or what ever thecase may be) and creating two seperate views within flight sim and lining them up beautifully. Also note that it will only flow nicely if both views are set to the same zoom rate and you have the screens at the correct angle to each other. It will only line up when you are in the pilots seats, if you stand on the other side of the room it looks off but its not.

I know the above probably sounds like ive had way to many Buds but stick with it cause it makes flight sim so much more than it is already.

Hope this helps

Alan

[Demious]

You mean creat a left-seat-view and a right-seat-view and match those so they form one continues view? I've been trying that for weeks, to create a temperary solution, but whatever I do, when I centre the cockpit so that the bar between the 2 windscreens is at the edged of the monitors in the middle, I cant find any possition that lines up both sides of the runway. Whatever I do, I keep seeing 2 runways in a V-shape in fornt of me and the cockpit never lines up, I tried angling the monitors, but this doesnt help.
The only way I come close to line up both views, is to get the whole thing off centre, so I got the whole panel on one monitor and the second monitor showing a side-window of the cockpit, but besides this still not showing a centred cockpit, this wont work because of both views not working together when you zoom, or pan within the cockpit. And when I get the lines of the runway lined up, the horizon and the cockpit are off, when I get the cockpit lined up, the runway and the horizon are off and I dont get the horizon lined up, because it doesnt fully move allong with the cockpit. Maybe with taking enough time to figure out the exact possitioning of everything, I could get to line everything up right, but that isnt worth the effort for a temporary solution, since panning and zooming gives way more flexibility then not being able to pan or zoom. And besides that I would still be looking at an off-centred view of my cockpit, which annoys the hell out of me! That's why I went to dual-monitor, so I could split the view exactly in the middle of the cockpit, pilot possition on the left monitor, co-pilot possition on the right monitor
Also, with this way of working, when I switch from cockpit-view to outside-view, as I tend to do when the autopilot is taking over the controls, I end with one cockpit view and one outside-view, instead of a panoramic-view on the scenery.

My monitors do have the capability to stretch one window over both monitors, I can do that with my GSP, radio, 2D-panel and more. The only thing I need to know is how to do the same with the camera-view windows, so both monitors are running one single view, inside and outside the plane.

[Dragon1212]

Quick Question Are you trying to Run the virtual 3D cockpit across multiple moniters or manually making the 2d panels fit. if your trying to run the 3d, may i Suggest you go to windowed mode and drag the one window across both screens then go back to full screen? that way all of the cockpit will be the correct view and not a moved one because if you change the camera angle, FSX only is gonna change one and you will have to reset the angles for it to be showing correctly.

Sorry if I Missed you trying this its early here.

[alandc10]

I do not have the complete cockpit acros both screens. I have the captains forward view on one screen and the captains left side window view on the other.