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ok its not working, the monitors are set as you say in windows. my abris is pretty much on target with the smaller lcd. on the lcd that is suppose to dispaly the shkval, i see my cockpit, and on my main monitor, i see a small strip of the cockpit, then it has the shkval.

ty for the help :)

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ok great, after some tweaking of your file, i got it all working. thanks a bunch for your file.. if your curious, heres what i tweaked

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('MFD SETUP2');

Description = 'USB MON'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 800;

y = 0;

width = 1152;

height = 864;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1.7;

}

}

 

Shkval =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 800;

height = 480;

}

 

ABRIS =

{

x = 2000;

y = 00;

width = 800;

height = 480;

}

 

GUI =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 1152;

height = 864;

}

UIMainView = GUI

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Hi all I have one 32" main screen at 1920x1080 and two HDMI 8" screens in my config(left one at 1920/0 right at 2780/0, how can I do to export A-10C or other MFDs on my two screen please?

 

Thank you

 

Edit: All is ok!! Found my mystake, really thank you for this thread!!!


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Can someone help me a bit with this? I am trying to export my Radar from the F-15C in 1.5. I have a 3840x2160 main monitor and a 1680x1050 monitor below for Helios(have a new 1920x1080 touchscreen on the way).

 

I thought I was doing this correctly and was trying to just modify the file that Capt Zeen has with his profile but that isn't working. Any ideas?

 

Here is the script:

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('2_monitors_F-15C');

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

 

--TOTAL DEL VIEWPORT

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 3840;

height = 2160;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 16/9;

}

}

 

--radar F-15C

Right_MFCD =

{

x = 3840;

y = 40;

width = 318;

height = 318;

}

 

 

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

 

 

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help to mod my current lua

 

Hi all, Iam using a 21 inch crt as my main viewing screen and two smaller 7 inch HDMI screens to display instruments. heres my current config. it works great on the KA50. but I want to make it so i can have both the left and right MFCD enabled on the two smaller monitors for when i switch to the f15 or a10. is there a way to add this to my current config so i can switch planes while i multiplayer mode without having to reload a new monitor profile?

 

heres my current LUA.

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('MFD SETUP1');

Description = 'USB MON'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 800;

y = 0;

width = 1152;

height = 864;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1.7;

}

}

 

Shkval =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 800;

height = 480;

}

 

ABRIS =

{

x = 2000;

y = 00;

width = 800;

height = 480;

}

 

GUI =

{

x = 800;

y = 0;

width = 1152;

height = 864;

}

UIMainView = GUI

 

 

thanks a bunch :)

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Hi, I'm sorry, but its been many years since I did this so I cant explain it all, but I think I can help you by sharing my monitor config lua as it was setup to export between the A-10 and KA-50. I think if you look at it you may grasp the concept of how you need to configure it to do what you want?

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('Fakums All Modules V1');

Description = 'Fakums All Modules V1';

Viewports =

-- Put your values in , and delete all exports that you don't want to use !

--[[

List of Exports:

 

----------------------

Eagle Dynamics A-10C =

----------------------

 

MFCD_init.lua

ED_A10C_LEFT_MFCD

ED_A10C_RIGHT_MFCD

 

CDU_init.lua

ED_A10C_CDU

 

DIGIT_CLK_init.lua

ED_A10C_CLOCK

 

AN_ALR69V_init.lua

ED_A10C_RWR

 

CMSP_init.lua

ED_A10C_CMSP

 

CMSC_init.lua

ED_A10C_CMSC

 

freq_status_init.lua

ED_A10C_UHF_FREQUENCY_STATUS

 

preset_channel_init.lua

ED_A10C_UHF_PRESET_CHANNEL

 

repeater_init.lua

ED_A10C_UHF_REPEATER

 

 

----------------------

Eagle Dynamics Ka-50 =

----------------------

 

ABRIS_init.lua

ED_KA50_ABRIS

 

SHKVAL_init.lua

ED_KA50_Shkval

 

UV_26_init.lua

ED_KA50_UV26

 

PVI_init.lua

ED_KA50_PVI

 

Ekran_init.lua

ED_KA50_Ekran

 

CautionLights_panel.lua

ED_KA50_CautionLights

--]]

 

 

{

Center =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 2560;

height = 1600;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 1.6;

}

}

 

GUI=

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 2560;

height = 1600;

}

 

UIMainView = GUI

 

--//////////////////////////////////////

-- Eagle Dynamics A-10C =

--//////////////////////////////////////

 

ED_A10C_LEFT_MFCD =

{

x = 2627;

y = 120;

width = 445;

height = 445;

}

 

ED_A10C_RIGHT_MFCD =

{

x = 3968;

y = 120;

width = 445;

height = 445;

}

 

--ED_A10C_CDU =

-- {

-- x = 300;

-- y = 600;

-- width = 200;

-- height = 300;

-- }

 

ED_A10C_CLOCK =

{

x = 3037;

y = 826;

width = 125;

height = 125;

}

 

ED_A10C_RWR =

{

x = 3160;

y = 161;

width = 175;

height = 175;

}

 

ED_A10C_CMSP =

{

x = 3637;

y = 192;

width = 267;

height = 62;

}

 

ED_A10C_CMSC =

{

x = 3421;

y = 140;

width = 216;

height = 48;

}

 

ED_A10C_UHF_FREQUENCY_STATUS =

{

x = 3190;

y = 562;

width = 135;

height = 35;

}

 

ED_A10C_UHF_PRESET_CHANNEL =

{

x = 3304;

y = 476;

width = 33;

height = 33;

}

 

ED_A10C_UHF_REPEATER =

{

x = 3205;

y = 695;

width = 125;

height = 30;

}

 

 

--//////////////////////////////////////

-- Eagle Dynamics Ka-50 =

--//////////////////////////////////////

 

ED_KA50_ABRIS =

{

x = 500;

y = 600;

width = 300;

height = 300;

}

 

ED_KA50_Shkval =

{

x = 0;

y = 600;

width = 300;

height = 300;

}

 

ED_KA50_UV26 =

{

x = 300;

y = 600;

width = 200;

height = 300;

}

 

ED_KA50_PVI =

{

x = 800;

y = 300;

width = 300;

height = 300;

}

 

ED_KA50_Ekran =

{

x = 800;

y = 600;

width = 300;

height = 300;

}

 

ED_KA50_CautionLights =

{

x = 800;

y = 0;

width = 500;

height = 500;

}

 

--//////////////////////////////////////

-- Eagle Dynamics UH-1H =

--//////////////////////////////////////

 

ED_Kneeboard =

{

x = 3998;

y = 0;

width = 480;

height = 702;

}

 

 

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

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I think you need to create that structure as represented in my example,, see how mine is categorized? Looks like at the end of mine I added the UH-1H a bit later, but it makes an example of what to do to structure the file. Hope that helps because I don't think I can explain it any better because I don't remember it all.

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is it possible to get one one monitor with the inside of the cockpit only and another mointor with the outside view and HUD overlaid only?

 

thx

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is it possible to get one one monitor with the inside of the cockpit only and another mointor with the outside view and HUD overlaid only?

 

thx

 

EDIT: the following does not remove the cockpit frame from the monitor, if that is what you meant.

 

Yes.

 

Try the attached.

 

NOTE! It assumes you have two screens of the same resolution, side by side in Windows setup (right click on desktop, select screen resolution).

 

If not you will need to change a few things. Start by telling us exactly what you have.

 

Of course you will probably want to physically position the cockpit/HUD monitor above the Instruments monitor.

1Camera_OverInsts.lua

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is it possible to get one one monitor with the inside of the cockpit only and another mointor with the outside view and HUD overlaid only?

 

thx

 

I don't think so unfortunately. I've wanted to do this in lots of sims but there always seems to be something that stops me achieving what I want.

 

You can have a cockpit-less forward view with HUD on one monitor and use Helios on the other to show the gauges/switches but then I don't think the outside view can be panned with TrackIR or similar and is fixed forward and of course you might prefer a proper cockpit view on the second monitor rather than a Helios-one.

 

You could probably set up a view that spans both monitors and adjust it so that the upper part (windows and HUD) is on the top monitor and the lower (inside cockpit) part on the bottom monitor but that's not going to be maintained as you look around with TrackIR. If you disable pitch tracking, so that the view doesn't move up/down when you move your head, I guess you could just pan left/right and maintain the split but then you won't be able to view parts of the cockpit or scan vertically out of the windows.

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thanks for the replies everyone. i'm new to DCS but used to play falconBMS a while ago and was unable to set that up on falcon too. anyhow, maybe i'll just play with putting my MFDs on a side monitor.

 

i noticed this discussion is all specific to the A10. do all these tips also work with the f15?

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thanks for the replies everyone. i'm new to DCS but used to play falconBMS a while ago and was unable to set that up on falcon too. anyhow, maybe i'll just play with putting my MFDs on a side monitor.

 

i noticed this discussion is all specific to the A10. do all these tips also work with the f15?

 

My post works with all cockpits once you sort out the resolutions, if they are different. If you have a good sized monitor you get a good sized instrument panel and may not need to overlay the MFDs specially. It depends on how much you want to set the zoom in or out.

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MFD Help

 

I have a 5 monitor setup. 3 are 1920 x 1080. The others are the 800 x 600 Lilliput displays.

 

I am trying to see if someone can write a lua file for me or help in this task. No clue how to do this.

 

I have the 3 monitors setup up in a row and the 2 lilliput monitors side by side below the other monitors.

 

How do i configure them for the a10 warthog for mfd display? Can even send money via paypal for working lua.

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I have a 5 monitor setup. 3 are 1920 x 1080. The others are the 800 x 600 Lilliput displays.

 

I am trying to see if someone can write a lua file for me or help in this task. No clue how to do this.

 

I have the 3 monitors setup up in a row and the 2 lilliput monitors side by side below the other monitors.

 

Could you please show a screenshot of your DisplayLink Manager ?

For ex, here is mine : http://www.fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/images/2015/12/19/Sanstitre-1.jpg

 

And here are my LUA's for A-10C & KA-50

MonitorSetup.zip

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I have a 5 monitor setup. 3 are 1920 x 1080. The others are the 800 x 600 Lilliput displays.

 

I am trying to see if someone can write a lua file for me or help in this task. No clue how to do this.

 

I have the 3 monitors setup up in a row and the 2 lilliput monitors side by side below the other monitors.

 

How do i configure them for the a10 warthog for mfd display? Can even send money via paypal for working lua.

 

It's actually quite easy once you know what the values mean. I have to redo mine this afternoon, so if you don't have a working solution posted by then, I'll post mine.

 

I'm assuming your DisplayLink drivers are installed and identifiable by Windows? In display configuration of Windows, when you hit IDENTIFY you see the requisite numbers on all five displays, correct?

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I have no clue what that is, but I'll try and use it! Thanks bae <3 :*

 

 

Edit : ahh think I get it now ty

 

Edit 2 : Okay, I got it. but the entire right half of my monitor seems to be cut out. Like the second monitor is still showing Abris, but the main "Center" is cut in half :(

 

Edit 3 : Okay its all golden now :P


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I have a 5 monitor setup. 3 are 1920 x 1080. The others are the 800 x 600 Lilliput displays.

 

I am trying to see if someone can write a lua file for me or help in this task. No clue how to do this.

 

I have the 3 monitors setup up in a row and the 2 lilliput monitors side by side below the other monitors.

 

How do i configure them for the a10 warthog for mfd display? Can even send money via paypal for working lua.

 

 

OK, it looks like some syntax has changed. Let me explain how my setup below. As you can see I have three monitors that are 1920 X 1200. So the *total* width is 5760. Also, while the three monitors height is 1200, if you factor in the 600 for the Lilliputs (800 x 600 monitors), the total height is 1800. See picture below: (Note in the picture, I made a mistake and said the height is 2000. It should be 1800!

 

qdPnHfd.png

 

 

 

As you can see, the Windows identified order doesn't really matter. For me, monitor 2 is my "main monitor" And my *LEFT* MFCD is monitor #5 which is 800x600 Lilliput monitor. #4 is my right MFCD. But the way I setup my 8" monitors is like this:

 

cYxhQG5.png

 

As you can see, the right side of the *LEFT* MFD/Lilliput is covered. 7" is slightly too small, and 8" monitors have too much screen space. So I just covered it up and no one is the wiser! Also note that the left side of my *RIGHT* MFD is covered. This is important because it will affect how you configure the lua file.

 

Note that youll need to use an editor like Notepad++, Ultraedit, or VIM to create these files. Windows notepad may mess up the UTF formatted files.

 

My lua file (attached to this post) is called HSBMFD1.LUA You need to copy it to (I'm assuming your DCS is installed in the default C drive/location)

 

For Alpha 2.0 release:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha\Config\MonitorSetup\

 

 

For Beta 1.5 release:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Config\MonitorSetup\

 

For 1.2 GA release:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\MonitorSetup\

 

 

Explanation of the contents of the LUA that I attached is as follows:

 

 

_ = function(p) return p; end;

name = _('HSBMFD1');

 

/* Note that the file name doesn't really matter. DCS will read the above "name= " and will display it CONFIGURATION section. */

 

Description = '3 Screens and L-R MultiMFD'

Viewports =

{

Center =

{

x = 0;

y = 0;

width = 5760;

height = 1200;

viewDx = 0;

viewDy = 0;

aspect = 4.8;

},

 

/* Here, I'm saying that I have one screen that's 5760 by 1200 and the aspect ration is 5760/1200 which equals 4.8. But this is *not* what you type in the CONFIGURATION screen - explained later. And one more note: I like to just use one 'wide' Center view port. You may prefer the Left, Center, Right approach that the default "3 Cameras" LUA uses. So adjust to suit your taste */

 

LEFT_MFCD =

{

x = 0;

y = 1200;

width = 525;

height = 525;

},

 

 

/* OK, this is easy. You can see from my first picture of Windows monitor setup screen that the left MFD/Lilliput starts at X= 0 (far left) and down by 1200 (below the #2 monitor in my example above.) I also used a program called PixelWindow to masure that MFCD size is 525 x 525 in size */

 

 

 

RIGHT_MFCD =

{

x = 1075;

y = 1200;

width = 525;

height = 525;

},

 

/* OK, so this is a little weird, right? Why is the "X" value at 1075? Shouldn't it just be 800? I even labeled it as X=800 and Y=1200 in my picture above The problem in my case is that I covered the left side of the *RIGHT* MFD. So there's some dead space that I have to take into account. For the LEFT MFCD, it didn't matter because the MFD is flush to the left side of the Lilliput monitor (X=0). In the above config, I told DCS that my MFCD's screen size is 525 x 525 starting from the left side of the monitor. The fact that I'm not using the full 800 pixels is beside the point for DCS. Now lets talk about hte right MFCD. How much do I need to move the right MFCDs "X" value by? Well, that's easy if you think about it. The monitor itself is 800 pixels wide. But I'm only using the right 525 pixels. So how much am I *not* using? How many pixels are covered up by my little cover? 275! (800-525). So that means that my *RIGHT* MFCD really starts at 800 (width of the left Lilliput) + 275 (the space that I covered up) which equals 1075. And again I'm telling DCS that the right MFCD is 525 by 525 pixels big. */

 

 

}

 

UIMainView = Viewports.Center

LEFT_MFCD = Viewports.LEFT_MFCD

RIGHT_MFCD = Viewports.RIGHT_MFCD

 

 

/* Now here's where it gets interesting. I couldn't get the old *working* config in the new alpha/beta release. I guess DCS changed how LUA files are read. I had to state at the bottom that the LEFT_MFCD is configured via "Viewports.LEFT_MFCD" section. */

 

 

OK, we're *almost* finished. After you copy the LUA file over, you need to configure DCS to use it. When you configure DCS Graphics option, you need to account for the *FULL* screen size of 5760 x 2000. Since our LUA file tells DCS to use 5760 X 1200 for the "center" (the main) screen, it's OK that we're specifying 5760X2000. See picture below:

 

pq2HRRL.png

 

 

Just type in 5760X2000. There's no pull down for it. Then just type in the aspect ratio as 4.8 (5760/1200 = 4.. And specify the MONITORS as HSBMFD1 (or whatever you changed it to).

 

That should do it. If you've followed along, you'll get the enjoy it like this:

 

7iXgp6o.png

 

I know it's not the best of resolution, but you get the idea. Notice the three monitors in use, along with working MFCDs. Enjoy.

HSBMFD1.lua


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I would have embedded the pictures directly, but I was running over the characters limit. Hence the link to the pictures. But you have three monitors, so just pull up the pictures in a different monitor! :)

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