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best 3 monitors setup

Postby yairzo » Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:11 pm

Hi All,

I've installed version 3.2. I have 3 monitors 1920*1024 each, connected to GeForce GTX 780.

I'm looking for the most realistic cameras setup to add to the the configuration file.

Thanks,

Yair.
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Re: best 3 monitors setup

Postby Michat » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:28 am

Searching on the wiki you'll find some monitor cameras info.
http://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:Configure_camera_view_windows
http://wiki.flightgear.org/Presentation_Recipe


My ideal 3 monitor setup could be:
[ 1 ]
[ 2 ] [ 3 ]

1 FG view
2 FGPannel
3 Browser

Good luck with your settings.
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Re: best 3 monitors setup

Postby yairzo » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:20 am

Thanks Michat for your reply. I thought using the extra 2 monitors for side windows, to make looking on the side windows more natural. Can you explain why do you prefer your setup ?

As for trying to simulate side windows, I would prefer to receive configuration code to add to prefernces.xml since all the examples I tried to adapt didn't work well.

Here is configuration that I tried to adapt, and added to the <rendering> element in preferences.xml

In this configuration the view is too wide, and the airplane looks broken.

Any reccomendation on how to improve the current cofiguration, or alternative configuration will be appreciated.

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<camera-group>         
         <camera>
           <window>
            <name type="string">main</name>
            <host-name type="string"></host-name>
            <display>0</display>
            <screen>0</screen>
            <width>1920</width>
            <height>1024</height>
            <fullscreen type = "bool">true</fullscreen>
           </window>
           <view>
            <heading-deg type = "double">0</heading-deg>
           </view>
           <frustum>
            <top>0.133</top>
            <bottom>-0.133</bottom>
            <left>-.1668</left>
            <right>.1668</right>
            <near>0.4</near>
            <far>120000.0</far>
           </frustum>
         </camera>
         <camera>
           <window>
            <host-name type="string"></host-name>
            <display>0</display>
            <screen>1</screen>
            <width>1920</width>
            <height>1024</height>
            <fullscreen type = "bool">true</fullscreen>
           </window>
           <view>
            <heading-deg type = "double">-45.3</heading-deg>
           </view>
           <frustum>
            <top>0.133</top>
            <bottom>-0.133</bottom>
            <left>-.1668</left>
            <right>.1668</right>
            <near>0.4</near>
            <far>120000.0</far>
           </frustum>
         </camera>
         <camera>
           <window>
            <host-name type="string"></host-name>
            <display>0</display>
            <screen>2</screen>
            <width>1920</width>
            <height>1024</height>
            <fullscreen type = "bool">true</fullscreen>
           </window>
           <view>
            <heading-deg type = "double">45.3</heading-deg>
           </view>
           <frustum>
            <top>0.133</top>
            <bottom>-0.133</bottom>
            <left>-.1668</left>
            <right>.1668</right>
            <near>0.4</near>
            <far>120000.0</far>
           </frustum>
         </camera>

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Re: best 3 monitors setup

Postby jarl.arntzen » Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:40 am

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Re: best 3 monitors setup

Postby Michat » Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:52 am

Thanks Michat for your reply. I thought using the extra 2 monitors for side windows, to make looking on the side windows more natural. Can you explain why do you prefer your setup ?


[1] Instead of panoramic-side views, I prefer and use inmersive front tube monitor elevated over a cube made of wood so the FG view is close to my eyes upper level.
To change left and right view I have button.

[2] just in front of my eyes fg pannel, or a good 2D panel in order to avoid 3d cockpit zoom-pan-clicks panic, having good instrument reading.http://wiki.flightgear.org/FGPanel
[3] browser in my case at right side .

In the lower level keyboard, yoke and mouse fighting for space.

Choose the way you like, always you can change-vary.

Good luck. Sorry I can't no help you with the code, I'm programing iliterate.
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