Multi-monitor set-up guide & help (unofficial)

Hi Guys,

since installing and using the new Easy Monitor Configurator http://www.scsimulations.com/showthread.php?1177-WIP-Easy-Monitor-Configurator&p=7708#post7708 i cannot see my MFD´s anymore. I changed the windows display order du to import additional things with Helios. Then i customized my .lua in MonitorSetup folder. Somewheres an issue now and i don´t find it.

This is my current My_Monitorsetup_File_A10.lua:

_ = function(p) return p; end;
name = _('My_Monitorsetup_File_A10');
Description = 'Left MFCD on the left monitor,Right MFCD on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
Center =
{
x = 0;
y = 0;
width = 6320;
height = 1050;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
aspect = 4.8;
}
}

LEFT_MFCD =
{
x = 5040;
y = 80;
width = 469;
height = 479;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
}

RIGHT_MFCD =
{
x = 5680;
y = 80;
width = 469;
height = 484;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

This is my Win Setup:

Hope somone can help me to get it running again...

Regards,

Terrorvogel

_ = function(p) return p; end;
name = _('My_Monitorsetup_File_A10');
Description = 'Left MFCD on the left monitor,Right MFCD on the right and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
Center =
{
x = 0;
y = 0;
width = [color=Red]5040[/color];
height = 1050;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
aspect = 4.8;
}
}

LEFT_MFCD =
{
x = 5040;
y = 80;
width = 469;
height = 479;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
}

RIGHT_MFCD =
{
x = 5680;
y = 80;
width = 469;
height = 484;
viewDx = 0;
viewDy = 0;
}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

i think the problem is the red value should be 5040 and not 6320.

Have you changed the EMC default value or not?

EMC takes the current desktop size to set as center viewport size, maybe in your configuration it returns bad values.

Check 5040 and tell me if it changes anything

I changed it back to 5040, like it has been before, but nothing changes. I only see the primary screen as usual at 5040x1050 but no MFD´s at the right.

At the beginning of all problems, the Easy Monitor Configurator installed something with EMC LUA Installer. I already unistalled it. What does it change and where do i find the changed files? How can i set it to default? I think heres the problem.

Regards,

Terrorvogel

@icemaker

What else can i try to get my MFD´s back?

Regards,

Terrorvogel

you need to have in game options 6320x1050 is that value correct?

LAU file publish

:lol:

 

Now I just need more free time:mad:

Is there anyway that you can upload your lau file for us. I'm working on a similar setup and would really appreciate your file as a solid beginning point. I'll do the same in return.

Thanks!

you need to have in game options 6320x1050 is that value correct?

Yes thats correct. The whole resolution is 6320x1050

I have reinstalled DCS:A-10 now and i have back my MFD´s but i see a piece of desktop at the left and parts of cockpit in my MFD´s. In A-10 under "Options" i can see a resolution of 5680x1050.

If changing to 5040x1050 (resolution of mainscreen only) i dont see my MFD´s anymore. This is very confusing. Where can i set the total resolution of 6320x1050? In DCS Black Shark this was needed in options.lua but that doesnt work in A-10 because i tried.

This is my monitor.lua:

_ = function(p) return p; end;
name = _('My2MonitorsetupFileA10');
Description = '3SCREENSandEXPORTEDthings'
Viewports =
{
Center =
   {
       x = 0;
       y = 0;
       width = 5040;
       height = 1050;
       viewDx = 0;
       viewDy = 0;
       aspect = 4.8;
   }
}

CMSC =
   {
       x = 5726;
       y = 454;
       width = 245;
       height = 245;
   }

RWR =
   {
       x = 5665;
       y = 10;
       width = 207;
       height = 207;
   }

RIGHT_MFCD =
   {
       x = 5107;
       y = 13;
       width = 466;
       height = 466;
   }

LEFT_MFCD =
   {
       x = 5110;
       y = 569;
       width = 453;
       height = 453;
   }

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

Regards,

Terrorvogel

Now it works!

Didn´t knew that in A-10 Options the resolution can be inserted manually by double click...

Now i´m running at 5040x1530 and erverythings fine.

Thx to all so far

Regards,

Terrorvogel

I was wondering if someone could take a look at my monitor setup file and see what I might be doing wrong. I want to run my main display on my 23" 16:10 1680X1050 widescreen monitor which is in the center and surounded by two 4:3 19" 1280X1024 monitors on each side. I wanted the display on the right to mirror my right and left MFCDs so that I could "grab" the images and send them to my Ipad for use with the Ipadpit.

http://www.ipadpit.nl/

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=68676&highlight=ipadpit

Here is the custom monitor config file:

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('Camera + DUALMFD250');

Description = 'Dual MFCD on the right and camera on the center'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 1680;

height = 1050;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1.6;

}

}

LEFT_MFCD =

{

x = 1700;

y = 700;

width =250;

height = 250;

}

RIGHT_MFCD =

{

x = 1951;

y = 700;

width = 250;

height = 250;

}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

And my resolution I set in game under the options screen to 4240X1050 (1280+1680+1280) and the game then calculates the aspect ratio itself.

The plan is to have my full cockpit on the 23” widescreen monitor in the center as normal. Do nothing with the left monitor and then have the left and right MFCDs on the right monitor each rendered at a size of 250x250. The left MFCD would start at the location X = 1700 Y = 700 and span right for 250, then the right MFCD would be right next to it at X = 1951 and go for 250. I just chose some random spot on the right monitor to setup the screen grabber to pickup the MFCDs and stream the images to my Ipad using the Touch IR+ server, so the location is not a requirement at all. I should mention a few notes though.

• My 23” monitor in the middle is actually the #1 monitor as windows sees it. Meaning, the start menu is on that screen at the bottom left. My left monitor’s top left corner then would be X = -1280, Y = 0. If that makes sense.
  

• The aspect ration above in the custom monitor file I figured by 16/10 = 1.6, seems to look correctly.
  

So after all of that said, the problem I am having is that after I load a mission and it finishes loading and it comes to the pause screen where you would hit pause to un-pause the game and start flying, the sim crashes. The whole thing locks up and stops responding. I have to force it to close and try again. As far as i can tell it looks as though everything should be in the correct placement on my screens but I can’t get it to load without hanging up. I was able to get the sim to play when I had an incorrect value for the total screen resolution set at 2960X1050. This caused the main cockpit screen to render half on the 23” center monitor and the other half on the right 19” monitor, with the MFCDs then properly set off a bit further to the right on the right 19” screen.

So if this makes sense to someone and they have any ideas for something I can try, or need more information or clarification please help and let me know.

If you are not rendering anything from the sim onto the left monitor leave it out of the equation.

Set the monitor res in game to 2960x1050 and Aspect to 1.6 or 16/10.

Other than that your numbers look like they should work.

The DCS export does not recognize negative numbers as in your -1280 that you mentioned as an an example of location...i do understand what you mean by using that though.

If you are not rendering anything from the sim onto the left monitor leave it out of the equation.

Set the monitor res in game to 2960x1050 and Aspect to 1.6 or 16/10.

 

Other than that your numbers look like they should work.

The DCS export does not recognize negative numbers as in your -1280 that you mentioned as an an example of location...i do understand what you mean by using that though.

Yup tried that, it was my first thought but as you can see the results did not come out.

As you can see in the picture right above everything looks ok if I could just shift the total images to the left so that it lined up with the left edge of my center monitor there.

Also here is a link to some other images to help show what's going on.

http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r125/sinandgrin/DCS%20A10C%20help/

Ok I was able to get it to work finally. The key was that I had to change the monitor layout in windows first, so that the middle monitor was #1 and it was oriented all the way to the left. Then to it's right (in windows) was the monitor physically located to it's left. After I did that it all came together and ran fine. Unfortunately it was a bit of a drag on my FPS so i'm not sure i'll keep the setup that way. Might be time to buy some new hardware.

Do me a favor.. I'd like to see a screenshot of your windows monitor setup screen and the resolution that each monitor is setup in the monitor setup screen.

What we have here is a ghost monitor issue that needs to be solved.

Maybe you can drop your options.lua code in here also...its in the users\saved games\dcsa10\config folder

EDIT:Looks like you got it solved. I was kind of going that route with my above request.

Okay guys here is a weird one. I am running triplehead2go with three Acer 23 in monitors and it works well with one exception. The chat lines cut off between my left and center monitor. Is there anyway to fix this . I am not sure where to look

I've tried for 3 weeks now to get my 2 MFCD's on the right 1280x1024 monitor with the main window on the left 1920x1080 monitor to no avail. Could somebody help me before I break something expensive? I've tried just taking existing files and editing them, rewriting new ones, but nothing works.

Perhaps post what you have done and the config files you have and errors you recieve and we can help you from that.

I have got a 7" touchscreen monitor and i want to have the CDU inside it as it stands vertically.

In windows the monitor is set up like this giving me a screen resolution (as worked out from the tutorial) of 2160x1050. I have a 1680x1050 22" monitor and the touchscreen is 480x800.

I have created a LUA file and it is in the monitors folder. When i go in game the file doesn't show in the monitor tab in options display.

Can anyone give me some advice on what i should do to have the set up i want?

Please don't hold back i am dumb ass!

Its ok i have managed to sort out getting the monitor file to show and i seem to have the display done. I have managed to output the cdu data to my small touchscreen but tinkering around now to get it in the right place.

Thank you SO MUCH for the info in here! Got my 17" LCD set up for both MFCD's in no time and made two menu options, one for that and another for just the right MFCD. Everything I needed was in the first post.

Any recommendations on what else I could put on the second monitor? It's 1280x1024, so without stretching the MFCD's too much I still have some room to work with.

Thank you SO MUCH for the info in here! Got my 17" LCD set up for both MFCD's in no time and made two menu options, one for that and another for just the right MFCD. Everything I needed was in the first post..

:thumbup:

cannot get my radeon 6970 to work in game; seems to work in windows. followed madtommys instructions to the letter but no joy. Isuspect a bad card..can you recommend a more reliable one? must order soonI'm time restricted. Many thanks, Rogueone

cannot get my radeon 6970 to work in game; seems to work in windows. followed madtommys instructions to the letter but no joy. Isuspect a bad card..can you recommend a more reliable one? must order soonI'm time restricted. Many thanks, Rogueone

I'd suggest before you get a new card you might want to describe your problems and post up your monitor lua file & setup. To check you done this right.. as getting a new crad seems a little rash as a 1st step..

Thankd for qyick reply. My setup: INTEL i-5 overclocked to3.21 g hz,

ASUS motherboard; 8 gb ram; sapphire radeon 6970 graphics card; creative x-91 infinity chanpion sound; warthog controllers, mfd's; ir-5 tracking running win 7 64 bit. I did not change any syntext in my .lua file just plugged in the numbers shown below. Used ccc to make main monitor left most per instructions. (don't know how to copy >lia filr to pos will just type in my settings)

center =

{

x = 1024;

Y = 0;

width = 1280

height= 1024

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = screen.aspect / 3;

}

}

LEFT_MFD =

{

X = 0;

Y = 0;

width = 1024;

heifgt = 768;

}

RIGHT_MFD =

{

X = 2304;

Y = 0;

width = 1024;

height = 768;

}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

Running 2 1024 x 768 8" vga monitor; main monitor is 27' VGA AT 1280 X 1024.

nO MATTER WHAT i DO i NVER GET ANY DISPLAY INFORMATION ON MY 2 8" MONITORS....MAIN DOES CRAZY THINGS

Much appreciation from an old man

dx

p.s forgot to add set total resolution to 3320 x 1024 (know its important)

Rogueone

Which monitor is your 'primary' monitor in windows?

If it is not your left most one, make it so. If this is not desirable you will need to rearrange your monitors virtually so at least in windows, not necessary physically, the left is the primary monitor.

This is a requirement to get this working..

Requirements:

Full screen OFF (ingame).

Extended desktop enabled in Windows.

The 'primary' monitor, in Windows, needs to be your top left most monitor, otherwise you may have problems.