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TriXxENG
Joined: 07 Jan 2012
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 Posted: Wed, 8. Feb 12, 19:28 Post subject: |
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| I dread to think of the processing power in your rig. With standard I core7 and 12 Gig Mem., I still can only use half a 24" screen and minimum resolutions all round to avoid freezes. Do you actually play the game at those resolutions or do you fly through space admiring the scenery and taking pictures? |
Same rig you have ..... Twin gtx 260's running video ... I think it helps that the image is rendered as one giant screen, not 3 separate ones by the software. Close up, the left and right monitors do sometimes appear a bit stretched, but when I'm playing, I'm watching the front monitor so the left and right are in my peripheral anyway... it takes some getting used too lol.. I'll post a pic of my current screens and rig specs tonight or tomorrow if anyone's still interested....
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Sterling Work
Joined: 01 Feb 2012
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| Posted: Wed, 8. Feb 12, 20:45 Post subject: |
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Sorta related.
Multiple monitor setup, nav map set to turn up on one, other always on ship cockpit.
Is it possible?
Because early game, flying with the map always up on another monitor would be soooo much easier.
Later game, have your empire window open instead. Keep an eye on your minions whilst not walking into asteroids...
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alterami
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| Posted: Wed, 8. Feb 12, 20:47 Post subject: |
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I still play moo2 
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greypanther
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| Posted: Wed, 8. Feb 12, 21:07 Post subject: |
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@ David Howland: How come you cannot use higher resolutions with an i7 an 12 gig mem?
I use an i5 and 8 gig memory and can manage max resolution on a 22 inch monitor. No freezes either. 
Incidently I agree, TC is by far athe best game out there. I am still waiting for the retail version of AP though. I am patient. 
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TriXxENG
Joined: 07 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Wed, 8. Feb 12, 21:17 Post subject: |
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Sorta related.
Multiple monitor setup, nav map set to turn up on one, other always on ship cockpit.
Is it possible?
Because early game, flying with the map always up on another monitor would be soooo much easier.
Later game, have your empire window open instead. Keep an eye on your minions whilst not walking into asteroids... |
I don't know if that's possible or not. The set up I use doesn't change the game, so you can't do anything you couldn't do normally, it just gives you more viewing area.
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Maxumous
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| Posted: Wed, 8. Feb 12, 21:41 Post subject: |
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Stretched a bit ,but does look good.
I don't like Stretched Resolution ,but that's my personnel opinion. But nice to see it on multi-monitor screen.
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David Howland
  
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| Posted: Thu, 9. Feb 12, 13:47 Post subject: Hi Greypanther! |
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Yes greypanther you ask a good question about a raw spot,
I have been to the tech. forum a few times with this and other problems, they could find nothing wrong and operating on minimal resolutions and settings was their idea.
However today I am sending my computer back to the builders under its three year warranty for a new PSU, so if you have any bright ideas now would a good time to put them forward?
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Alan Phipps
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| Posted: Thu, 9. Feb 12, 13:53 Post subject: |
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David, when the psu is installed do another Tech Sp thread with the new DxDiag etc and let some fresh eyes take a look at it. Good luck.
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Falcrack
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| Posted: Thu, 9. Feb 12, 18:09 Post subject: |
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| koyuka wrote: |
All you need to do now is convince the wife to let you paint a room black, get some LED lights that give the effect of stars, or some glow in the dark stickers! set up your tripple monitor in there, maybe build yourself a captains chair, with a joystick built in to the right arm rest after that I think you would be pretty much done  I am at uni, so am skint, but that is my dream |
Don't forget to make sure your captain's chair can double as a toilet.
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chibajoe
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Thu, 9. Feb 12, 19:24 Post subject: |
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I just got the triple monitor stand and monitors in, and holy smokes this thing is big. I might have to get a bigger desk. 
I'll try to post a pic once I get everything assembled.
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chibajoe
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Fri, 17. Feb 12, 17:00 Post subject: |
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I've decided to go back to a single monitor; there's just too much distortion at 4:3 to run multiple monitors (for me, anyway). The fisheye effect is bad enough at 16:9; at 16:3 it is absolutely horrendous.
Any chance Egosoft will add aspect ratio adjustment for those of us not playing on a 10 year old monitor?
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freddiel
Joined: 24 Jan 2004
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Location: Answering a distress call from LV 426
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| Posted: Fri, 17. Feb 12, 17:14 Post subject: Re: Thanks ! |
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| TriXxENG wrote: |
I've got a triple monitor set up, printed charts and graphs everywhere, my wife thinks I'm crazy. I think she's right! 
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Not only do I have printed charts and graphs everywhere, I went and bought a laminator specifically for the purpose.
My wife knows I'm crazy and is seeking a divorce based on these grounds. Good times.
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TriXxENG
Joined: 07 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Fri, 17. Feb 12, 17:28 Post subject: |
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It took me a while of tweaking to get mine set up right... below is a link that takes you step by step through the process of creating a custom config to get a perfect render using soft th (If thats what your using... it's what i am using for mine..) .. you can never get rid of the fisheye effect completely, but you can reduce it quite a bit with the right setup.
http://www.kegetys.net/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=9fqcv2979baafupf8t7icg3qm0&topic=2966.0
You can also reduce it by tweaking your FOV in game apparently.. see below quote and link...
"These shots were taken in X3R using the hardware TripleHead2Go. For X3TC we added FOV control so that you could reduce the fisheye effect when using very wide screen layouts such as this."
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=2796815
Hope this helped
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