Multi-Display Support on X3TC?

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Multi-Display Support on X3TC?

Post by aka1nas »

In the main X3tc thread, someone had translated a German interview with Bernd last week or so where he mentioned that we can use up to 3 displays with TC, with the UI scaling across them correctly, etc. Is this functionality in the game, and if so, how would we enable it?
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Post by softweir »

The functionality is automatic if you use software/hardware that creates an extended cirtual desktop across 2 or three monitors. Many GPUs these days have two connectors and will allow two monitors to be attached, and with a Triple Head to Go you can have THREE monitors connected - so long as your GPU can stuff that many pixels out.

Once you have set up the monitors using the 3HTG or GPU menus, TC will detect the expanded display mode and will automatically rescale the output image.
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Post by aka1nas »

softweir wrote:The functionality is automatic if you use software/hardware that creates an extended cirtual desktop across 2 or three monitors. Many GPUs these days have two connectors and will allow two monitors to be attached, and with a Triple Head to Go you can have THREE monitors connected - so long as your GPU can stuff that many pixels out.

Once you have set up the monitors using the 3HTG or GPU menus, TC will detect the expanded display mode and will automatically rescale the output image.
From the interview translation it sounded like a little more than just graphics driver display spanning (Vista doesn't even support that anymore).
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Post by lt_wentoncha »

I have to use softth. Unelegant, but it works. X3:TC did not detect that I have 3x monitors...
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Post by CBJ »

In order to you use multi-monitor resolutions you need to use spanning, which only works under XP, or a software or hardware tool (such as Dual/Triple Head 2 Go) which allows the screens to be treated as a single entitiy.
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Post by Khaak_Slayer »

What exactly are the features of having this feature in TC? I use two monitors, how would it benefit me?
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Post by CBJ »

With two monitors the benefits are limited. You get a much bigger display area but the crosshair is positioned right on the split between the two monitors. With three screens you get a massively wide view which is a bit like being in the cockpit as you effectively have side views (somewhat distorted, but this can be reduced by lowering the FOV in the options) as well as the normal front view.
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Post by Khaak_Slayer »

Ah i see, not really worth it then. Thanks for the reply dude!
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Post by lt_wentoncha »

Khaak_Slayer wrote:Ah i see, not really worth it then. Thanks for the reply dude!
I can assure you, for those with the means, this setup is worth it.

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