I have a new install of windows and I don't have fsx on it yet.

 

I am also trying a new monitor configuration which means I will need to run in windowed mode and size the window to stretch across the different monitors. The question is, does fsx span the 3d cockpit view across all monitors when you do this? I would have just guessed yes but prepar3d does not and a question on their website was answered with a no.

 

That makes me think that possibly FSX cannot either. Just to be clear, I want the entire 3d cockpit on all monitors. I know you can undock different instruments views etc and move them to different monitors but what about the one view?

 

 

Thanks!

Jason

If you mean virtual cockpit, yes, FSX does it with my TripleHead ToGo. In fact, Windows thinks that my three monitors are just one great big monitor with my configuration so I'd think that Prepare3D would span more than one monitor the same as all of my other windows so long as it has a windowed mode.

Yes, it works with th2go and eyefinity but you are correct it looks like one large monitor.

 

On my set up I have a number of different monitors that look unique to windows. P3d lets me increase the size of the window but the 3d 'view' stays within the bounds of a single screen. Hence I am wondering if fsx has the same limitation.?

Nvedia surround requires three identical monitors. Only then you have have one single view across three monitors in VC.

Thanks for your replies guys, I dont think I am explaining myself well enough though.

 

As an example, this is the new layout I am playing around with, there are four monitors plugged in but they are not set up as eyefinity or nvidia surround.

 

They are just 4 monitors that I have setup in the windows resolution screen to be arranged as they are and they match in their physical layout.

 

You can see on the youtube video That I dont have xplane in fullscreen, its in windowed mode and I dragged the window across all monitors. It works well.

 

P3d doesnt, I can expand the window across all monitors but the 3d cockpit only displays on the left side in one screen. the rest of the contents of the window is blank.

 

I still dont know if FSX will perform the same but I guess it probably would.?

 

Your Xplane video looks great, and I'll bet you have a lot of fun flying like that.

 

FSX can do the same with four monitors, although I'm asssuming you've got two video cards with your four monitors hooked up to the four ports. You can make the VC span the four monitors although not with just one VC view - FSX won't let you do that. You can't drag a window across four screens. But all you need to do is to open four VC views from the Views menu, then drag them to your other monitors and then rotate and resize them. You can do this in either Windowed mode or in full screen. There's a bit of mucking around setting it up, but it's worth it.

 

You'll also need to assign a key combo to the Views link all (toggle) command so that you can pan the windows together.

 

Hi Mike, I am using an eyefinity 6 card so they all run off the single card but I am not using an eyefinity mode so that I can try the portrait/landscape/portrait orientation that eyefinity doesnt support.

 

I understand what you are saying about the different views on the different screens, I know that this would work but didn't consider it for a couple of reasons. One I think you are suggesting is not an issue? That when using trackir the panning did not line up. I will have a hunt around to see if what you were suggesting , the views link all command will help there.

 

The other reason was that the multiple views may kill my framerates as multiple views usually do to some extent in other sims.

 

Off to try!

 

Thanks,

JAson

It's a frame rate killer all right, but that's the concession you have to make for the surrounding VC view!

Yes, it works with th2go and eyefinity but you are correct it looks like one large monitor.

 

On my set up I have a number of different monitors that look unique to windows. P3d lets me increase the size of the window but the 3d 'view' stays within the bounds of a single screen. Hence I am wondering if fsx has the same limitation.?

 

Yes Jason FSX has the same limitation.

 

gb.

Thanks Gboz, thats the answer I was looking for - or not as I was hoping :)

 

Looks like I can't do portrait/landscape/portrait in fsx then which is a shame.