SurClaro Flight Simulator Resources

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: multiscreen displays

hello to one and all
i am building a flight sim in my garage and have beeen looking on the web for software to enhance multi screen displays
i would appreciate any info on anyone out there that has already gone through the motions that is to say, have you already done it and the most economical and practical way
cheers

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:07 am Post subject:

I can't help but please post photos when you're done, I love the idea.

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:16 am Post subject:

yep gonna be good
trouble is ive got to buy a shed for my lawnmower now lols

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:05 am Post subject:

a great program for multiscreen displays is Ultramon (www.ultramon.com). Its a program that allows you to easily switch programs from one screen to anoter and add a taskbar at the bottom of each screen.

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject:

I know you said software, but if you go to
http://www.matrox.com/mga/offhome/th2go/home.cfm you will find a piece of nice looking hardware that gives you a triple monitor display (assuming that you have two extra monitors or are willing to buy them) It costs about 170 GBP. Keep us updated on your garage project, I'd love to do something like that myself.

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:45 pm Post subject:

A program that you may find useful is WideFS by Pete Dowson. He's the genius that brought us FSUIP. His programs can be found at http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html

With WideFS you can run addons on other computers connected through a network to the one running FS9. It works great.

I run ActiveSky and AISmooth on a second computer which allows my main rig to give me better frame rates. You can use it with any add-on that runs independently alongside FS. Programs that are installed into the FS9/Modules folder can't be run through WideFS.

Now, if I can only convince my wife to allow me to park an addon or two on her computer... Very Happy

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject:

Check out this link and see if there is anything here that will help you with your project. Cool

http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/m-howto.htm

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:00 am Post subject:

Scroll down to the bottom of this link where you may find some nice links. Cool

http://www.desktopaviator.com/

Note: I own both of these panels and I am very pleased with their quality
Cessna Panel 1010
Cessna Panel 1020

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:21 am Post subject:

Here's another multiscreen product: http://www.wideview.it/wideview.htm