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Mumm
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 06 Nov 2008, 21:35 
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I've been having trouble getting X-Plane 9 to run at 5040x1050 on my ThripleHead2Go set up. I can run other games like Devil May Cry and World of Warcrft at 5040x1050 just fine. I did have to change the refresh rate of DMC to 57hz before it worked and I wonder if the same is true with X-Plane 9.

My Current set up is as follows:

(3) 20" Dell E207WFP
TripleHead2Go Digital edition
NVIDIA Driver version 175.19

My SGU Profile:

Code:
;KEYWORDS:
   ;  #MATROXH (Replaced with User selected Resolution Height)
   ;  #MATROXW (Replaced with User selected Resolution Width)
   ;  #RESDEPENDENT._ (Replaced by a value based on the selected resolution)
   
   
   [GAMEINFO]
   GAMELOC=D:X-Plane 9X-Plane.exe
   GAMEEXE=X-Plane.exe
   LATESTPATCHREQ=
   MSG1=
   REGKEYMUSTEXIST=
   SHORTCUTICON=
   SHORTCUTNAME=X-Plane 9.00
   SHORTCUTPARAMETERS=
   USERLOC=D:X-Plane 9X-Plane.exe
   
   
   [GAMERES]
   RES=3840x1024
   
   
   [GAMERESOLUTIONS]
   Min=
   Max=
   
   
   ;Registry modifications must be in the following format:
   ;Registry KeyPath, Registry Name, Registry Data, Registry Type (Ex: REG_SZ, REG_DWORD, REG_BINARY)
   ;Usable KEYWORDS- #MATROXH, #MATROXW, #RESDEPENDENT.1, #RESDEPENDENT.2 ...
   [Registry]
   
   
   ;Config Name To Be Reference (Ex: CFG.1) = Cfg path (Ex: GameConfigFolderGameCfgFile.cfg)
   ;Usable KEYWORDS- See creating a recipe documentation.
   [CFG]
   CFG.1=D:X-Plane 9OutputpreferencesRes X-System.prf
   CFG.2=D:X-Plane 9OutputpreferencesSet X-Plane.prf
   
   
   ;Usable KEYWORDS- #MATROXH, #MATROXW, #RESDEPENDENT.1, #RESDEPENDENT.2 ...
   [CFG.1]
   _x_res_req=#MATROXW
   _y_res_req=#MATROXH
   
   [CFG.2]
   _FOV=100.000000
   _vert1=1
   _vert2=1
   
   
   
   [HOWTO]
   MSG=
   
   
   [RESDEPENDENT.1]
   1920x480=
   2400x600=
   3072x576=
   3072x768=
   3840x720=
   3840x768=
   3840x960=
   3840x1024=


Is there a place I can set the refresh rate? From what I understand the max bandwith of dual-link at 5040x1050 is 57 hz so if it tried to run at 60 I know it shouldn't work.
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Paddy the Wak
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 06 Nov 2008, 21:46 
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Yo ... welcome to the forum ... 8)

I don't have the game and to be honest I rarly use the SGU ... but looking at that it says ...
[GAMERES]
RES=3840x1024


Maybe you should make that 5040x1050 ...
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djib
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 07 Nov 2008, 14:46 
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Hello and welcome.
X-Plane 9 natively supports surround gaming. I suggets you set it up directly in X-Plane's "Rendering Options". Don't forget to change the FOV as well.
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Mumm
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 07 Nov 2008, 16:17 
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Thanks for the replys! (and the greetings! :P )

X-Plane 9's config is a little strange. It has a file for the resolution but I'm not 100% certin of which lines to changeadd. Enabling the vsync didn't change anything.

Code:
I
   92001 version
   _x_res_req_PLN 0
   _y_res_req_PLN 0
   _x_res_req_WRL 0
   _y_res_req_WRL 0
   _x_res_req_ALL 5040
   _y_res_req_ALL 1050
   _col_res_req 32
   _use_vsync1 0
   _use_vsync2 0
   _set_res 0
   _lang 0
   _alias_req 0
   _keylist_up 1
   _sec_mon_inuse 0
   _prefs_found 1


The FOV can be set in another file but its much larger so I'll only post a portion of it. The rest contains custom keybind settings.

Code:
I
   92001 version
   _message_1 X-Plane and X-Planner are now here for the iPhone and iPodTouch!
   _message_2 The iPhone version of X-Plane is so fun it is crazy... you TILT the phone to fly!
   _message_3 X-Planner is a flight planner for pilots that will let you choose altitudes and see your time and fuel burn on your iPhone! COOL!
   _message_4 Go to iTunes, then the App Store, and search X-Plane or X-Planner! Or just see the links at the top of www.X-Plane.com! The Planner will pay for itself in only one use!
   _tex_res 3
   _prd_max 0.052632
   _use_sys_time 0
   _hours_offset 0.000000
   _log_pilot Output/logbooks/X-Plane Pilot.txt
   _sel_cld_num_rat 1.000000
   _sel_cld_rad_rat 1.000000
   _movie_dx 320
   _movie_framerate 20.000000
   _download_rwx 0
   _use_rwx 0
   _rwx_check_mins 30.000000
   _rwx_max_vis_sm 15.000000
   _sound_on 1
   _voice_on 1
   _radio_chatter_on 1
   _text_out 1
   _warn_bb 1
   _FOVx 45.000000
   _FOVy 29.028559
   _off_lat_deg 0.000000
   _off_vrt_deg 0.000000
   _off_phi_deg 0.000000
   _cin_verite 0
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Paddy the Wak
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 07 Nov 2008, 16:24 
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What djib said was you should choose the TripleHead options in the game ... or the games "Rendering Options" ... and so you should not have to mess with config files.
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Mumm
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 08 Nov 2008, 00:19 
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Yeah, the first thing I tried was just setting the res in game. I wish it did work but it won't at my native res. My desktop res is 5040x1050. The highest setting I can get no matter how I set it is 3840x1024. However there is no Full screen mode so it runs in a window (@ 3840x768).

So yes... it will work without modification for those who run 3840x768 or smaller.
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svet-am
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 19 Jun 2009, 05:18 
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anyone gotten 5040x1050 to work on Vista? I can get it to work on XP, but not on Vista. On Vista, all I get is a full black screen. Eventually, I can hear sound but I never get video.
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svet-am
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 19 Aug 2009, 06:55 
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I received a copy of Windows 7 RTM as part of a Microsoft training event. I've got it installed and can confirm that this is still a problem with Windows 7.

Again, in XP it works fine, but in Windows Vista/7 the 5040x1050 resolution results in a black screen.
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Nosferatu05
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 22 Aug 2009, 06:40 
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What is it about 5040x1050 not working under vista?

@svet-am you say you hear sound but no video? What do you mean with it while on desktop? What video, what sound?
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svet-am
 Post subject: X-Plane 9.0
PostPosted: 22 Aug 2009, 14:18 
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What is it about 5040x1050 not working under vista?

@svet-am you say you hear sound but no video? What do you mean with it while on desktop? What video, what sound?


What I see is that all three of the screens are completely black and I hear the normal X-Plane sounds. So, it seems to me that X-Plane is loading but is having trouble rendering the video -- but that the rest of the engine is running okay.

Since I've gotten it to work on XP, I don't think that it's really an X-Plane "problem." As a part-time developer with some experience in the area, I'm thinking that it probably has to do with how Microsoft changed the handling of OpenGL in Vista and Windows 7 which is preventing X-Plane from rendering at that size. That said, the folks on the X-Plane team need to find some kind of workaround.

Whether we like or not, Vista and Windows 7 are the future (on the MS side) and their simulator needs to be able run properly in that environment or folks won't use it.
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