Just wondering if anyone is using MaxiVista?How does it work? Any FPS impact of FS? Does it truely distribute gauge processing to other computers?Barry

I tried the demo. FS2004 first warned me about an unsupported graphics adapter. I ignored it and continued. After switching from full screen to windowed mode I was able to undock the gps and move it to the maxivista monitor. However, when I switched back to full screen, it disappeared from the second monitor and I was unable to get it back. So I guess it will only work if you stay in windowed mode. I did not test further.Pesi

>I tried the demo. FS2004 first warned me about an unsupported>graphics adapter. I ignored it and continued. After switching>from full screen to windowed mode I was able to undock the gps>and move it to the maxivista monitor. However, when I switched>back to full screen, it disappeared from the second monitor>and I was unable to get it back. So I guess it will only work>if you stay in windowed mode. I did not test further.>>PesiHaven't tried MaxiVista, but the problems Pesi describes is issue with FS itself and not MaxiVista. Multi-monitor is pretty much useless in FS2004 unless you are willing to stay in windowed mode.Matt

I have no idea what you are talking about. Fullscreen mode with multiple monitors work just fine in FS9. Goto windowed mode, move the windows to their monitors, go back to fullscreen. This has been covered many times already and is working very well.Alex

What Gasebah said. Bit of a pain compared to FS2002, but it takes seconds, and can be incorporated in to a check list.

What bugs me though is that there was a 0fps hit in FS2004 with 2D panels and now it is almost like 20%.Alex

Actually as noted below, with regular dual monitors I could go to windowed mode, move the undocked window and then return to full screen mode. With Maxivista, although I can move the undocked window, as soon as I return to full screen mode it disappears and I cant get it back.Pesi

I don't get it. This seems like a program that does nothing. There is no need to go to windowed mode to move GPS, radio stack, and other popup windows to a second monitor. Maybe I'm just missing something here.David

Yes you missed something. What this program does is to show the additional window on another computer through a network. The computer's monitor is not hooked up to the FS machine!!So let us say you have 2 outputs on your FS computer plus a monitor on a 3rd computer you would have had 3 views instead of 2. Got it? You could have three monitors on teh FS machine with an additional PCI card which I did in FS2002. But in FS9 the fps drop is not acceptable as FS9 renders every fullscreen view as a 3d view killing the graphics card. In FS2002 you could render the outside view as 3d and additional panels on separate monitors as 2D. This meant a fps drop almost not noticable. It was even possible to completly disable hardware acceleration for the 2nd and 3rd view. MS meant good as they wanted to give us the opportunity to run more than one outsde view. However given the fact that there is hardly any hardware available to render one outside view with all the visuals maxed and a few addons that was somewhat moronic. IMHO MS messed up good the multi monitor support. Alex

Yes, but that is exactly the limitation MaxVista mentions on their page regarding FS.Alex

Hi Barry,I've been messing around with it since last night. Though not perfect, it is pretty cool. I have an older laptop that has no video in connection, but is hooked up to my network, and does have a pretty nice screen. I have been able to drag and drop my AS main screen and my Active Radar and Traffic Map onto the laptop screen. Also, I can drop an IE window over, so I can browse and fly at the same time. If people would notice the limitations of ANYTHING they would be better off. Not sure if I will purchase, but it is neat so far! Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Jim,any chance to get it to run in fullscreen?What about the fps drop?Alex

Hi Alex,Not any FS guages like GPS. They jump back onto the main screen. In Windowed mode they work great. But the people at MaxiVista are very honest about this. They don't try to hide this in some fine print at the bottom of a screen. That's what I mean about "limitations"!!No FPS drop, which is cool and a small footprint program. Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Jim,yes, I mentioned that they state that on their FS page. Alex

Here is the question folks:What taps on the FPS is gauge processing. If you go to wide view or view without panels, especially on complex aircraft, you can pickup as much as 6-10 FPS depending on weather also.What is REALLY needed (and this may solve it, maybe) is something like Project Magenta, BUT it would run the Panels from the aircraft, and process the gauges on that remote computer. Not the generic ones that PM supplies, which are functional, just not realistic.I am really surprised that nobody has seen this need. I would love to keep the gauges functioning on my laptop, and have the Main FS computer just process scenery. This is very similiar to what Project Magenta does now. They do it pretty well except you have to use their "gauge look". In the case of Glass Panels it doesn't make a difference, but on Twins and other aircraft, especially complex, if the exact gauges could run on another computer via FSUIPC that would be AWESOME.Again, I am not really sure what MAxiView actually provides.Thanks!Barry