Hi
I am trying to set up FlightGear as follows.
I have dual monitors. In MS FSX I like to use one monitor (the smaller of two) as the instrument panel. The other larger monitor I have as the view outside the cockpit straight ahead. (IE: I have a dedicated instrument panel and do not want to span across with the outside view, or the instruments.) I do this by undocking the instrument panel and moving to another screen and then resizing and full screening in MS FSX.
I have found where to do this in Flight Gear from a bit of reading. I need to edit the preferences.xml file in \FlightGear\data
I see the code I need to put in and where in relation to the tags.
I do not know how to edit the file to do what I am looking for though. Every example I find spans across multiple monitors (with both inst and outside view). I want my instruments separate from my outside view.
If anyone has done this successfully I would greatly appreciate the code.
Having a look at the sim, I am basically after cockpit view without the instruments showing on one screen and maybe 2D cockpit showing only on the other screen. Something similar to that.
I am using Win 7 64, nVidia GTS250 and nVidia 6150.
I can connect the monitors both to the 250 or leave them on separate video cards, either way is fine if someone can help.
Any help appreciated as I like the way this sim runs (smooth) and the flight physics feel more real to me.
I haven't flown in a few years and have GFPT (Australia). I am about to go back and get my full PPL and really like using sims to reinforce procedures.
Thank you
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