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Instrument panel in a separate window

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It looks like it might not be possible but wanted to see if any of the gurus could tell me otherwise. 

I am running a 3 + 1 monitor setup with the FS2020 running spanning 3 x 32" monitors using Nvidia surround. I have an additional monitor embedded in a DIY dashboard which I want to display instruments/G1000.

In FSX I could create a new window looking at the panel and drag that to my extra dash monitor. This would give a virtual set of instruments so I am not looking at the half cut off instruments on the main screen. 

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do this with FS2020?

FSX running:

FmfOZDB.jpg

5 hours ago, TimA16 said:

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do this with FS2020?

not yet. unfortunately home cockpit builders have been left a bit high & dry on the initial release. Given that this is certainly a major aspect of the FS community I expect it will be a feature eventually. The sim already lets you break out the various dialogs you can open from the top in-flight menu

Drew Sikora

Staff Blog

Founder/Designer, MSE Airports

6 hours ago, TimA16 said:

It looks like it might not be possible but wanted to see if any of the gurus could tell me otherwise. 

I am running a 3 + 1 monitor setup with the FS2020 running spanning 3 x 32" monitors using Nvidia surround. I have an additional monitor embedded in a DIY dashboard which I want to display instruments/G1000.

In FSX I could create a new window looking at the panel and drag that to my extra dash monitor. This would give a virtual set of instruments so I am not looking at the half cut off instruments on the main screen. 

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do this with FS2020?

FSX running:

FmfOZDB.jpg

Press ALT GR+Click on the instrument that you want.

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GarbagePoster

I am running a three-monitor setup as well, but my GPU is AMD so I use their Eyefinity (equivalent Nvidia surround). The problem I am having is that, like you, I have te monitors surrounding me (not flat against the wall). On X-Plane the image shows with no distortion but on MSFS the side monitors are "stretched" horizontally in a horrible manner (see picture). Does yours look like the picture you posted above (from FSX), or is it stretched like mine? If not, how did you configure it? Thanks!

 

IMG-3368.jpg

If you limit the angle at which the displays are set (all 3 more in line) the stretching effect will be less annoying (however you will not enjoy the sense of speed with your perpheral vision). This is how the sim is currently set - you are looking at the world through one flat panoramic window.

By the way - in the X-plane using 3 separate displays with individual angles affected FPS terribly, there were actually 3 separate X-plane instance running, talking to each other. So after some experimenting even in the X-plane if switched to such distorted view with nVidia Surround - much smaller FPS impact of increased resolution.

To look sideways I use TrackIR.

5 hours ago, EmaRacing said:

Press ALT GR+Click on the instrument that you want.

can not confirm. But also can't quite understand what you're saying. Tried alt+right click, alt+g+right click, alt+g+r+left click...

Drew Sikora

Staff Blog

Founder/Designer, MSE Airports

  • 4 weeks later...

This plugin offers support to MSFS2020! It lets you use a separate monitor as an instrument panel.

https://simplugins.com/html/analog.html

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That looks great but I shouldn't have to pay half the value of the product I already bought, to do something it should already do...

On 8/20/2020 at 12:57 PM, Gaiiden said:

can not confirm. But also can't quite understand what you're saying. Tried alt+right click, alt+g+right click, alt+g+r+left click...

Hover over your G1000, press & hold the right Alt key, your cursor should turn into a '+'.  Left click.  The G1000 will open in a new window.  Also works for the backup flight display on the TBM930, for instance.

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Every time I undock any windows in I loose 10 to 15 frames 

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12 minutes ago, Jetman67 said:

Every time I undock any windows in I loose 10 to 15 frames 

wow really that much?  have been running 2 (ATC and Camera controls) windows on 2nd monitor....

SAR Pilot. Flight Sim'ing since the beginning.

Yeh not sure why, even if I just undock the inbuilt vfr map,boom goes from 45 to 30, so I try not to undock 

Wayne such

Asus Hero Z690, Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080, I914900K, Kraken 360 AIO CPU Cooled, 96 GIGS Corsair DDR5, 32 Inch 4K by 3

Just now, Jetman67 said:

Yeh not sure why, even if I just undock the inbuilt vfr map,boom goes from 45 to 30, so I try not to undock 

The VFR map is a known drag and most of us have removed it altogether

SAR Pilot. Flight Sim'ing since the beginning.

2 minutes ago, Flyfaster said:

wow really that much?  have been running 2 (ATC and Camera controls) windows on 2nd monitor....

Happens in windowed and full screen mode

Wayne such

Asus Hero Z690, Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080, I914900K, Kraken 360 AIO CPU Cooled, 96 GIGS Corsair DDR5, 32 Inch 4K by 3

4 minutes ago, Flyfaster said:

The VFR map is a known drag and most of us have removed it altogether

True but it's happening with any undocked window on primary or secondary window, I'll keep playing around and see if I can identify the root issue, 

Wayne such

Asus Hero Z690, Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080, I914900K, Kraken 360 AIO CPU Cooled, 96 GIGS Corsair DDR5, 32 Inch 4K by 3

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