time2fly Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Hello all - I recently decided to run a triple monitor setup for FSX. Some issues I will ask about in a sec, but first here is the system I'm running. Intel Core i7-6700K Processor 4.0GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 VR Ready G.Skill 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM Toshiba 1TB 7,200RPM HDD + Samsung 250GB SSD Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64-bit ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6 Motherboard CoolerMaster EVO Hyper 212 Cooler EVGA 750W Bronze Power Supply 802.11n Wireless Issue 1) I am running the 3 monitors using Nvidia Surround. I have tried the Wideview=True mod in fsx.cfg but do not like the distortion you see as you move from the center screen towards the outer screens, so I don't use that modification. Since we cannot zoom beyond .30 we are stuck with the relatively close views of the panels and the aircraft, even in external views (although the Wideview fix DID allow a lot further out zoom level (both external and in cockpit) but that distortion....) The closer views of .30 I can live with, but I have to manually zoom each view to .30 before every flight? Question 1) Is there any setting in fsx.cfg that can change the global default zoom for all views to the .30 so I don't have to do this each and every flight? Issue 2) The spinning circle mouse cursor from hell whenever I open a 2D view. I have researched and found a fix where you alter the panel.cfg Window 00 to something less than 1.000,1.000 and it fixes that aircraft. Question 2) Has there been a newer fix to the cursor problem than the panel.cfg mod to every aircraft? I found the panel.cfg fix on a fairly old thread... Issue 3) I would like to run the 3 monitors as the linked together view out the windows and then run a 4th monitor below them that I drag the instrument panel onto. Question 3a) Can I use the onboard graphics for the instrument panel view only? Please elaborate if so... 3b) If not able to use the integrated graphics, the GTX 1070 in the PC has 5 output slots (3 display ports, 1 HDMI, and 1 DVI-D. Would this tax the one card too much? 3c) Somewhat related I think - is opening another view on any monitor practically the same demand on the system as another actual physical monitor itself? Is there any difference? And finally... I would actually rather have the 3 monitors that show me the view outside be the Cockpit view (but closing the 2D Instrument Panel) instead of the Virtual Cockpit view because with the Instrument Panel removed there are no obstructions such as window frames, top of panel,etc). The problem with this arrangement however, is that in Cockpit view, the hat switch only snaps to left, right, back, forward etc and doesn't pan as it does in Virtual Cockpit view. Question 4 then is... Any way to have the Cockpit view hat switch pan instead of snap? Have t been able to get it to do that yet. Thanks for reading - hope somebody has seen some of theses issues and has been able to fix them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 1-default zoom may be settable in the cameras.cfg file.maybe more zoom also. (same location as fsx.cfg) 2-don't think so. old method works fine. 3-depends very much on system and card. see if card is specced to allow more then three. look in site of manuf. also, why use onboard at all if you have the card? 4-think that's also possible in cameras.cfg. "pan" or something. saw a thread about it recently. maybe still in fsx forum. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Remembered where i read about panning in 2d panel view. Was in first sticky in fsx forum. 'how to keep fsx interesting'. Last page of that thread. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2fly Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 thanks! I will check it out. I have another question now. I changed the settings in camera.cfg to InitialZoom = 0.3 for all the views that were in it, but none of them changed anything...I thought that would globally change all aircraft view settings? Was also able to solve 4) and can now pan in Cockpit View. It took that change, but not the zoom change...hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrUnSavory Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 You may also want to check the Wide Screen Gaming Forums for help. http://www.wsgf.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Had the same thing happen. Wanted to make panning possible in tower. Didn't take. Tried more and more changes, still nothing. Then suddenly it all took and had overdone it. I thought I did had to do a pc reboot before it took. Went back to the backup i had made and started fresh. But later changes did take right away. Difference between that and before: I redu up a new flight with the selection screen, instead of loading a saved one. Maybe camera.cfg settings are somehow stored in the saved flight. Not sure. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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