Multiple Montior in FS2004

[Greg]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.zone.simulation (More info?)

I have an ATI Radeon 9800pro which supports multiple
monitors. I can see both screens with my desktop, but
when I launch flight sim in full screen mode, I can't get
any of the panels to drag over to the other monitor.
I've tried the undocking feature, but unfortunatly it is
grayed out in full screen mode.

I've worked around this, but it's a pain. I have to go
to the non-full screen mode, then undock the panels
(radio stack & GPS) - drag them to my second monitor and
then switch back to full screen mode. Then everything
works great.

Is there a way to get this to work all without switching
back and forth from full screen mode? This seems like
something is not set correctly. Any advise would be
greatly appriciated! Thanks.

Greg

 

[katy]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.zone.simulation (More info?)

>I have an ATI Radeon 9800pro which supports multiple
>monitors. I can see both screens with my desktop, but
>when I launch flight sim in full screen mode, I can't get
>any of the panels to drag over to the other monitor.
>I've tried the undocking feature, but unfortunatly it is
>grayed out in full screen mode.
>
>I've worked around this, but it's a pain. I have to go
>to the non-full screen mode, then undock the panels
>(radio stack & GPS) - drag them to my second monitor and
>then switch back to full screen mode. Then everything
>works great.
>
>Is there a way to get this to work all without switching
>back and forth from full screen mode? This seems like
>something is not set correctly. Any advise would be
>greatly appriciated! Thanks.

This is normal behavior for FS2004, you can only un-dock windows in
windowed mode...


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[Greg]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.zone.simulation (More info?)

>-----Original Message-----
>>I have an ATI Radeon 9800pro which supports multiple
>>monitors. I can see both screens with my desktop, but
>>when I launch flight sim in full screen mode, I can't
get
>>any of the panels to drag over to the other monitor.
>>I've tried the undocking feature, but unfortunatly it
is
>>grayed out in full screen mode.
>>
>>I've worked around this, but it's a pain. I have to go
>>to the non-full screen mode, then undock the panels
>>(radio stack & GPS) - drag them to my second monitor
and
>>then switch back to full screen mode. Then everything
>>works great.
>>
>>Is there a way to get this to work all without
switching
>>back and forth from full screen mode? This seems like
>>something is not set correctly. Any advise would be
>>greatly appriciated! Thanks.
>
>This is normal behavior for FS2004, you can only un-dock
windows in
>windowed mode...
>
>
>---
>All the Best
>Katy Pluta, MS_MVP for Simulators
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>
>Asking questions the right way:
>http://www.mvps.org/access/netiquette.htm#Asking
>
>FS FAQ at http://www.simflight.com
>
>Visit Project Magenta!
>http://www.projectmagenta.com
>
>.
>
So there is no way to run multiple monitors in "full
screen" mode? That's fine if not, but I don't think that
was in the documentation anywhere. Maybe that should be
added! Just a suggestion! Thanks.

Greg

 

[katy]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.zone.simulation (More info?)

>So there is no way to run multiple monitors in "full
>screen" mode? That's fine if not, but I don't think that
>was in the documentation anywhere. Maybe that should be
>added! Just a suggestion! Thanks.

Yes you can, that is what you do by switching back to full screen back
after un-docking windows. Did you try saving a flight and checking
that the windows appear as you set them earlier? It is a limitation in
FS2004 due to the use of DX8 (instead of DX7 for FS2002) and most
video drivers...


---
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Katy Pluta, MS_MVP for Simulators
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http://www.mvps.org/access/netiquette.htm#Asking

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