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PeteDowson Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia" 09-28-02, 11:47z  Hi Mel, Hope this reaches you. Perhaps I should have you normal email address. I'm still having a lot of difficulty sending messages to FlightAdventures. Every time I send one, all the others I've sent for the last few days get sent first, with a 3 minute delay between each! > I have a beta copy of CF3 here but am not able to run in 3 screen mode > with this copy, at this time. Is that with the 1st or 2nd Beta they sent out? It should work, but there's no doubt some magic involved. I might try when I get time. > My compromise is to run my server computer at 640 graphics and in 3D > mode while in Virtual Cockpit mode across 3 monitors. You often talk about "3D" and "2D" modes, but FS only runs in 3D mode, with hardware acceleration. It uses Direct3D both in windowed and full screen mode. Looking back over your previous messages I'm now understanding that what you mean by "3D" mode is "Full Screen" mode -- the one with no title Bar,. Windowed mode, whether sized or maximised, also has a 3D window -- the views outside are process identically in this mode, so it is not "2D" mode. You switch between Windowed and Full Screen mode by using ALT + ENTER. The old "2D" mode used before we had Direct3D and hardware acceleration isn't really usable with FS these days. You can get something akin to it by switching hardware acceleration off in the Options-Settings-Display tab, but I wouldn't recommend it. Your frame rates will plummet! <G> > The other computers that run a LEFT side and a RIGHT side view each run > on 2 monitors with 1024 graphics and also in Virtual Cockpit mode. I'm quite happy with just the one PC providing the simulation and views. I only use the other PCs for Project Magenta instrumentation, FSMeteo, and Jeppesen FliteMap, on which I both do my plans and view them being followed. <G> Regards, Pete -= VPC OffLine Reader Version 1.2 =- Registered to: Peter L. Dowson -OLR.PL v1.76- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    PeteDowson       09-27-02              RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    Tarmack       09-27-02       1            RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    PeteDowson       09-28-02       2            RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    PeteDowson       09-28-02       3                 RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    Tarmack       09-28-02       4                      RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    PeteDowson       10-02-02       6                      RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    PeteDowson       10-02-02       7         RE: Info on FS and Matrox Parhelia    TD       09-30-02       5

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