Just for the record to post again. If using old red/blue glasses and using an Nvidia card. No software is required other than the the nvidia drivers, Nvidia have offered 3d on there cards for quite some time now, simply click a button and it will be turned on (you can select which type of 3d as only red/blue works without the need for the specialist 3d monitors).

 

I'd recommend every nvidia user to try it at least once as it can be quite cool, even as a novelty thing for short flights.

He's finally calmed down enough to answer the question!

Just kidding, it sounds great, might give the 14 day trial a go, but it sounds like it is amazing on the projected screen   

I might give it a try as well! I must still have a pair of those 3D glasses here somewhere....

Low poly Carendo will work fine

with it in stereo 3d. Like stereo 3d for landings and tridef is more flexible than Nividia. Thinking of buying just 7790 card just to tridef 3d for flexibilty.

Well here is my 30 minute experience with TriDef :-

 

• If you have a "3D enabled TV" it's set and forget.  If you have a standard monitor, be prepared for lots of drop down lists and settings and types that make no sense if you're new to 3D, that you don't know what you need to select.

• As a result of the above Tridef initially told me I had an display adaptor that does not support 3D, despite me using a ATI 7850 2GB which is on their list as compatible, and is way above the minimum requirements. :rolleyes:

• When I fiddled around and change some more settings, it stopped saying my display adaptor was not compatible but nontheless I could not see any 3D effect in any videos.

• Most seriously:  When I added FSX to the games list, and launched, although FSX would launch (although I again could see no 3D effect in the select a flight screen), I was unable to launch any flights in FSX; Default or otherwise.   Everytime I attempted to load a flight, I just got a black screen and I even left it for 20 mins on one occasion to see if it was just a delayed load due to the 3D but nope - no flight could load.

• I uninstalled TriDef and could imediately load flights again in FSX.

 

.....and there endeth my miserable experience with TriDef, a regular monitor, and some 3D glasses!

 

I will wait until I next change my GPU (which will be a nVidia) and try 3D through that.

Get blue and red 3d glasses for dirt cheap less than meal st McDonalds. anagylgh thought required no 3d TV set. Try Z3d Anayglyh it's free, but no longer supported item try that to see that will work with just use regular 3d red and blue glasses. The big downside is at night no 3d lights and the PAPI for landing if

is off.

I'd love to try 3D, and buying the blue & red glasses would be no prob, but I'm glad I never ordered any from eBay (as I was going to) as this TriDef software just froze FSX from loading any flights, on my (ATI GPU) system.

 

Will try  iZ3d

 

Cheers!

@ Gizmo - thanks for the recommendation for iz3d  - I installed it, and could clearly see the anaglyph effect (red and blue outlines) in the FSX "free flight" screen ............ however, this time, when I load a flight, FSX immediately crashes to desktop.

 

Probably a incompatibility with a setting in my ATI CCC Driver.

 

Looks like 3D ain't quite for me yet! ....... but it was interesting to see the red and blue outlines in the FSX select a flight menu - hopefully I'll get it working one day as it looks fun.

Definitely addictive now fsx looks boring without 3d even with the large projector screen.

 

 

Q400_Flyer

 

I don't know why you cannot get it to work, as your computer system is quite close to mine, only difference is I have the nvidia graphics card.

only downside so far is that I have noticed some stuttering going through clouds in 3D so possible loss of a few frames.

Hi Clayton,

 

To be fair, I just didn't have a clue how to set it up; what settings to use, etc.  The documentation was really poor - nothing at all about the definitions of each setting, 3D modes, etc.   

 

Maybe you could show a screenshot, or describe the settings you used?

 

For me, I just could not load any flight.    It would hang forever on "0%.... loading terrain"..... (I even left it 2 hours on one occasion!).

 

Cheers.

hi maybe try deleting or backing up your fsx.cfg and then booting up fsx so a new cfg file can be made and see how you go. 

hi maybe try deleting or backing up your fsx.cfg and then booting up fsx so a new cfg file can be made and see how you go.

I already tried that, unfortunately. :( But thanks.

 

I also set ATI Control Centre to "use application settings" for everything, to keep stuff nice and plain and default, but still just got the permanent hang whenever I launched a flight.

 

EDIT:  Just thought, I am using Anti-Lag as an external frame rate limiter, so perhaps the D3D9.dll that Anti-lag uses is causing the crash.    I wouldn't be surprised if it's that causing the issue.   So other ATI shouldn't be put off, and should try this if interested (and if you can figure out the settings!).

ok so just completed a flight on vatsim, kord - klga here are some pics, please note quality not too good because taken from camera phone.

 

http://www.vataware.com/flight.cfm?id=12191450

Hi Clayton, I have been trying to get this software to work, but not having any luck As you are using a Projector I thought you might be able to offer advice? As you may recall I am using three projectors linked through a TripleHeadToGo Unit. I use a Nvidia 480GTX Card on Windows 64 bit.

 

I seem to remember that I once read you had to be able to run at 120 Hertz in order to see 3D, but I might be quite wrong saying that. With my three projectors I can only run at 75 Hertz.

 

When I start FSX, I can see quite clearly the two slightly over lapping pictures, so the software is obviously working. I have some 3D glasses I picked up from my local cinema some time ago. The lenses are two shades of grey. Whether I put the glasses on or not makes to difference to the picture, so could it be the glasses?

 

Anyway, along with some others I believe, could you give a bunch of information about your PC, graphics card, and setting please, so I can perhaps see what the differences are.

 

Just for your information, I have tried running this software on 'this' PC, in my study. A Nvidia 8400GS, and again can't get the 3D effect, just the two overlapping pictures.

 

Thanks