New member building a Cessna 172 Sim

[jimble]

Hi Reid,

I wouldn't say advanced, I was just hoping to plug an extra screen in and see it working.

With all of the technology in play it looked straightforward. Perhaps FSX was never tested with widescreens or something like that.

I'm going to try again with a pair of old 4:3 1024 x 768 monitors this weekend and see how the system behaves then.

I'm also going to look into hand editing the flight files or panel files perhaps the fix lies there.

I'm new to all of this so if anyone can just step in with a solution or pointers I would be very grateful.

Thanks


Jim

[jimble]

Hi Reid,

Not advanced really, I just assumed that I could plug in an extra screen and be up and running in a few minutes, never expected this problem.

Perhaps FSX was never used much with widescreen monitors before development stopped.

I'm going to try a pair of 4:3 / 1024 x 768 monitors I have at work this weekend and see how the system behaves.

After that I'm thinking about editing the flight or panel files and see if I can get to grips with them.

If anyone knows an answer however I would be very grateful for further help or even confirmation that this problem is widerspread.

Thanks


Jim

[jimble]

Hi everyone,

Here is the setup I had a couple of weeks ago, with the three screens. Once I had all of the instruments in place I thought that it was very good - only problem was I couldn't get it to save like that.

2012-11-17 11.34.jpg

So I've re-installed FSX from scratch and tried the two 1024 x 768 monitors below

2012-11-24 11.jpg

So basically I have the same problem. Following reading other posts however I can confirm that after a fresh FSX install, if I keep the displays out of full screen when I save, I can get back to that configuration when I reload the flight. I then have to switch to fullscreen and stretch the instruments again. If I do save in fullscreen, I end with just one screen working, have to turn off the instruments and faff around again. Any observation however, when I get the radio and GPS back they are half the size of previous load so this image is half of half.

I do suspect that most serious sim builders use separate PC's for the displays to get extra performance and have just avoided this issue. As I have plenty of power I wanted to get this simple setup working on a single PC.

I'm a bit stuck now - I can't get on with the instruments display until I can guarantee getting back to the same size images every time.

Can anyone help me out? Has anyone else had this problem, does anyone have a solution?

Thanks


Jim

[iwik]

Hi Jim,
Not sure exactly what your problem is but try this.
http://www.casawave.fr/upload/fsx/Panel_Position.zip

If u google Position.zip you may find out more.
Les

[jimble]

Hi Jim,
Not sure exactly what your problem is but try this.
http://www.casawave.fr/upload/fsx/Panel_Position.zip

If u google Position.zip you may find out more.
Les

Hi Les,

Sorry for the delay, I couldn't get onto the site.

I've given that a try and it's a big help. Perhaps more importantly it does confirm that there is a problem and that I've been searching for the wrong thing.

Its not a complete solution for me as what I really want is a sim I can just switch on and use but I hope that it will help me to understand how the various files work.

Thanks


Jim

[iwik]

Hi Jim,
I think if i understand what you are trying to achieve is not possible in FSX. The preferred mode for FSX is supposed to be
Windowed. People hide the menu so it looks like Full screen.
Have a look here and see if this helps.
FSX or P3D Borderless In Windowed Mode - Press Releases - Mutley's Hangar Forums

Les

[jimble]

Hi Les,

Thanks for the advice and sorry for the delay in replying.

That looks really interesting and I will give it a try.

Thanks


Jim