Will Microsoft Flight Simulator support multiple monitors?

Anonymous
2020-08-16T12:13:19+00:00

Will Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 support multiple monitors?

For example, one monitor for instruments, another for front view, one for left, and one for right?

This is opposed to one view being spread over two monitors.

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Anonymous
2020-08-19T15:40:46+00:00

You can span the display using Nvidia's Surround, which is part of the Nvidia control panel. 

There is something similar to this if you are using an AMD video card.

At present, FS2020 DOES NOT allow you to open new additional windows for separate instruments, views, etc., like it did in FSX.

Hopefully Microsoft will address this in the future, and make this benefit available, ... although I doubt it, because the software is designed to mainly run under an XBOX single window environment (using either a PC as in XBOX Beta for PC or on an XBOX console.)

I'm currently running FS2020 using three screens with a resolution of 5760 x 1200, and FS2020 runs fine across these three monitors which are in Nvidia's Surround (so it looks like one big, very wide screen monitor.) And this works great, EXCEPT it would be nice to be able to open up another window for just the instruments, like I could do under FSX. 

One of the trade-offs, of going with the much, much, much more advanced FS2020 software.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-17T07:25:38+00:00

    As has been noted a number of times in this thread, the surround method suffers from quite a bit of distortion on the side monitors - basically the imagery is stretched.  For many this is not acceptable, but if it works for you thats all that matters.  I use surround with 3 monitors with XP11 and this software; with XP11 I can change the Field of View parameter to soften that effect and use TrackIR to maintain a wide field of vision, but there’s nothing similar in this MS product.  Looking forward to VR which does not have these kind of issues.  

    You can span the display using Nvidia's Surround, which is part of the Nvidia control panel. 

    There is something similar to this if you are using an AMD video card.

    At present, FS2020 DOES NOT allow you to open new additional windows for separate instruments, views, etc., like it did in FSX.

    Hopefully Microsoft will address this in the future, and make this benefit available, ... although I doubt it, because the software is designed to mainly run under an XBOX single window environment (using either a PC as in XBOX Beta for PC or on an XBOX console.)

    I'm currently running FS2020 using three screens with a resolution of 5760 x 1200, and FS2020 runs fine across these three monitors which are in Nvidia's Surround (so it looks like one big, very wide screen monitor.) And this works great, EXCEPT it would be nice to be able to open up another window for just the instruments, like I could do under FSX. 

    One of the trade-offs, of going with the much, much, much more advanced FS2020 software.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-17T10:44:20+00:00

    Seriously, its not more advanced software. if anything they have taken two steps backwards.

    its got great scenery and that's it, nothing more than any other sim produced in the last twenty years, great world breaking scenery, and that is it. all the other sims that are out there don't have great scenery but can do much more in the way of serious professional flight simulation than the arcade game of 2020. I suppose it comes down to weather you are in it for serious flight simulation and pilot training or just a laugh at flying over your house which will get old quick.

    Some people are going on and on about screen stretching as if it even comes close to what is required. what an insult to peoples intelligence.

    As i keep saying i want my money back. I fly real world and this doesn't even come close to a training devise ie VFR .  id rather fly any of the other sims. eve the twenty year old sims with all the add on's are better.

    did i mention it has great scenery and that is all it has.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-17T10:48:08+00:00

    Seriously, its not more advanced software. if anything they have taken two steps backwards.

    its got great scenery and that's it, nothing more than any other sim produced in the last twenty years, great world breaking scenery, and that is it. All the other sims that are out there don't have great scenery but can do much more in the way of serious professional flight simulation than the arcade game of 2020. I suppose it comes down to weather you are in it for serious flight simulation and pilot training or just a laugh at flying over your house, which will get old quick.

    Some people are going on and on about screen stretching as if it even comes close to what is required. what an insult to peoples intelligence.

    As i keep saying i want my money back. I fly real world and this doesn't even come close to a training devise ie VFR .  id rather fly any of the other sims. even the twenty year old sims with all the add on's are better.

    did i mention it has great scenery and that is all it has.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-17T17:50:31+00:00

    Thanks for the info concerning XP11 with using NVidia's Surround, as I'm considering trying XP11.5 now, and see what that offers as a sim. I know a lot of people swear by it, so I thought I'd give it a try.

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