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Alexxx: /* Multiple screens */

2022-01-29T02:22:09Z

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Slaintemaith: /* Resources */

2020-08-06T16:31:52Z

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Nanne118: /* .Editing program for .lua */

2019-02-04T18:02:27Z

‎.Editing program for .lua

Nanne118 at 02:31, 3 January 2019

2019-01-03T02:31:59Z

Nanne118: /* Multiple screens */

2019-01-03T02:31:38Z

‎Multiple screens

Nanne118: /* Multiple screens */

2019-01-03T02:31:22Z

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Nanne118: /* Multiple screens */

2019-01-03T02:28:55Z

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Nanne118: /* Multiple screens */

2019-01-03T02:22:37Z

‎Multiple screens

Nanne118: /* MonitorSetup editing */

2019-01-03T02:17:39Z

‎MonitorSetup editing

Nanne118: Screens, viewports

2019-01-03T02:15:48Z

Screens, viewports

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	[https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=87104 Adding custom resolution templates to DCS]		[https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=87104 Adding custom resolution templates to DCS]
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		+	[https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/az3i7q/kneeboard_position_on_multiple_monitors_which/ Has exporting to a second or third monitor messed up your kneeboard?]

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-==== .Editing program for .lua ====
+==== Editing program for .lua ====
-Before we delve any further into opening and editing .lua files, let us first ensure that we have an appropriate (.lua) editor installed. Although the default Notepad shipped with most Windows installations may seem like a fitting program to use, Windows Notepad messes with the order and syntax ('spaces and lines/enters') within a file.
+Before we delve any further into opening and editing .lua files, let us first ensure that we have an appropriate (.lua) editor installed. Although the default Notepad shipped with most Windows installations may seem like a fitting program to use, Windows Notepad messes with the order and syntax ('spaces and lines/enters') within a file. This means that the file may become corrupted or unreadable in the eyes of the program using the .lua file if edited with the default Windows notepad (or equivalent program primarily designed for text editing).
-As such Notepad++ is instead recommended to use whenever you are editing a file written in programming language(s), as it does not have this flaw of editing the structure of the file. [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.6.2.html Notepad++ can be obtained here.]
+As such we instead recommended 'Notepad++' (or any other program primarily designed for code editing, called IDE - Integrated Developer Environment) to use whenever you are editing a file written in programming language(s), as it does not have this flaw of editing the structure of the file. [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.6.2.html Notepad++ can be obtained here.]
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      ["multiMonitorSetup"] = "1camera",
 to restore it to the default DCS View.
 ==== MonitorSetup Overview ====

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      --
      UIMainView = Viewports.Center
 ==== Multiple screens ====
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 .
 ==== Viewports ====

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 To calculate our overall width and height, simply add up the relevant values.
 . For our side by side monitors, we add up the two widths (both are 768) to get our total width of 1536 pixels (2 * 768). The total height is equal to a single height, so 1024 pixels.
 ==== Viewports ====

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 File:Side by side monitors.png|none|alt=Alt text|Mismatching screens #2
 </gallery>
 ==== Viewports ====

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	This requires you to do a bit of calculation, as we need to calculate the overarcing resolution by adding up the screen resolutions (as DCS effectively merges them into 1 large screen for all intents and purposes). Some examples to illustrate this point:		This requires you to do a bit of calculation, as we need to calculate the overarcing resolution by adding up the screen resolutions (as DCS effectively merges them into 1 large screen for all intents and purposes). Some examples to illustrate this point:
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		+	<gallery widths=300px heights=300px>
		+	File:Side by side monitors.png\|none\|alt=Alt text\|Side by side monitors
		+	File:Side by side monitors.png\|none\|alt=Alt text\|Mismatching screens #1
		+	File:Side by side monitors.png\|none\|alt=Alt text\|Mismatching screens #2
		+	</gallery>

	==== Viewports ====		==== Viewports ====

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	==== Multiple screens ====		==== Multiple screens ====

		+	For running multiple screens we will first need to adjust the resolution accordingly, so that DCS can make use of all the screens you wish to make use of. By default, DCS only uses the primary (#1) monitor tied into that computer / Windows: so we need to tell it to make use of your other screens as well.
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		+	This requires you to do a bit of calculation, as we need to calculate the overarcing resolution by adding up the screen resolutions (as DCS effectively merges them into 1 large screen for all intents and purposes). Some examples to illustrate this point:

	==== Viewports ====		==== Viewports ====

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 Similarly for the Left and Right MFCD (LEFT_MFCD and RIGHT_MFCD) viewports we find that these hold a start x and y point, as well as a width and height settings. These work similar to the examples listed above for the center viewport, except they do not have aspect or default viewpoint directions (as you can only view them headon, per their representation in the cockpit). Finally, the 'UIMainView = Viewports.Center' tells the .lua file where to place the Radio / JTAC UI in DCS; if not specified it will be placed all the way to the right (and thus may be obscured).
-By altering the values we can alter the sizes and position of the various elements present in our DCS client. For example, a more reasonable MonitorSetup.lua with both MFCD's would be:
+[[File:MFCD embedded.png|thumb|right|A more suitable DCS setup, with overlapping MFCD's]]
       _  = function(p) return p; end;
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      --
      UIMainView = Viewports.Center
 ==== Multiple screens ====

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 Note that the MFCD's (with height & width of 300 pixels) are overlapping the main screen: they get rendered over top because we specified them last. This can be both helpful and annoying, so plan ahead how you want to setup your Monitor.lua.
 ==== Viewports ====
-Here are all the varying items you can viewport by default: please reference the resources links on how to export more items to viewports.
+Here are all the varying items you can viewport by default: please reference the resources links on how to export more items to viewports. Recall that only instruments / screens from the current aircraft will be drawn rendered, so you can stack multiple instruments / screens from different aircraft in one location.