In this thread I want to collect several questions (and my answers) I got the last months via PM and e-mail concerning the monitor setup I showed at the LLTM'08 and I have at home:
Be aware that this represent only my personal experience and I speak for my self.
This is no official tech support of Eagle Dynamics.
The Answers can only deployed on LockOn-FC ! I will not (and can't->NDA) answer any question about DCS-Black Shark until it is released (edit: I'm talking about the final western release). So please don't even try to ask me about DCS and multihead support -although I showed it with a early Beta.
I will try to answer every single question but keep in mind that i do this as hobby in my free time.
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Question:
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Hi Urze,
My question is: your LLTM video is very nice
with the touchscreen, I'm thinking on some
similar. But I'll have only 2 screens, one must
be a 22" widescreen and one... Can I use a 17 or
19" 4:3 screen below the 22"? Will any VGA
handle this setup (a Radeon HD4850)? Will LOFC
and BS (if you have any idea) support that
custom resolution?
Thanks in advance and good work on your stuff!
Andy
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Answer:
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HI,
Thanks for your question.
As far as I know should every single Nvidia Graphic card solution support such function in in Windows XP. You have to take both monitors that are attached to the Card in Vertical Span mode (This function is not supported by Vista!)- I'm not talking about Dualview.
I can't really speak for ATI cause I have no card of this brand.
When it's configured in Windows your game should also list all resolutions that Windows supports.
I can run Lockon in 1600x2100 in this Vertical Span mode - but only with a trick: My touchsceen has a native resolution of 1024x768. Normally is the highest resolution in span mode determined by the highest resolution that is supported by both screens.
So under normal circumstances Windows/Nvidia would only allow a res of 1024x1536 (two times 1024x768 ). To be able to use the 1600x1050 of the upper screen I have to hook the Touchscreen up on a 5m VGA cable extension.
The trick is that Windows doesn't recognize the small monitor as 'Plug and Play' monitor anymore (!) it will be listed as Analog Monitor. And you can run Much more resolution modes on it - Higher ones than the native support of it - like 1600x1050 for instance.
(not every monitor does this - you have to try out!)
So I'm able to use the Highest resolution that my 22" monitor can support while I have also hooked up the smaller monitor below.
Instead Scaling the res of the 22" down to 1024x768 i scale the res on my 15" monitor up.
Please browse to this post for a clarification about the different screen sizes http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?...32&postcount=6.
Hope I could help you with this answer. -and If you don't mind I would like to release this 'conversation' on the DCS/Lockon forum in the Tech section - you are not the first that asked this  .
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