Since you might not get a software solution (today) you could try a physical adjustment to scale them up. Bring the two smaller monitors forward, which makes them bigger to the spectator. With this setup you can also overlap the bevels so you get some more screen realestate back to.

I used to have a 1x 19" and 1x 22" setup and that's how I made them line up. You might have to use a couple of thin books or something to lift the monitors the the exact height to make them line up.

IIRC I had the 19" about 10cm closer to me than the 22" viewed from about 60cms.
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5303/dscn8848vv8.jpg

Last edited by JasonJ, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:40.

I'm laughing, but I don't get it.

e: wait, oh right.

um excuse me, but when you log in as an admin the conns list has kick/ban buttons already for you.


What could be easier than clicking once?

Sorry, Bad assumption on my part that.

Wow, a setup like that and still on a demo licence. You're wasting your life man. XD

It is not pointless if it's legitimate.

Posting in an unrelated thread is more useless and shows a lack of respect to the forum.

Quote from branney :

can you have a normal widescreen monitor in the middle, then a smaller monitor at either side but rotated into portrait mode (obviously matching the width of the smaller side monitors to the height of the larger main monitor) ?

the side monitors would also be at 45 degrees when looking at a plan view of the desk, so overall allowing me a huge fov width for a small desk with restricted space!

You can specify the widths of each individual monitor it LFS now.

e: but more to this than I ever knew.

Last edited by JasonJ, Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:36.

Quote from logitekg25 :

true

off topic, my profiler will only let my g25 go to 720, no matter what i do in the control panel or the profiler to any game or anything, any ideas

I might suggest posting in the hardware section. That might work.

Keep calm folks, LFS can detect when you use Logitech profiler to record a fast lap and play it back.

post #9...

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=1293994#post1293994

Yes.... only real men like to watch other men grunt, grope and fumble with each other in tights.
* not that there's anything wrong with that.



Interesting how the black bars on the screen put you off so much.

Getting in and out of a Single Seater type model (which is what Aoun wants I think) will always be difficult. But Bokujishin's design has a good idea to overcome that. The wheel lifts up which will give more room to stand up and climb out.

1920x1080
Yes latest drivers. Ran DriverCleaner numerous times. Uninstalled FRAPS as the ATi didn't like that running. Installed ATi Tools to make use of passive profiling where a profile loads when the associated game loads. CCC can't do this..

All games I play are on med graphics settings, except LFS ia have hi-res textures and everthing maxed out except dynamic LOD reduction on 0.5 and bloom for some effects.
* BL1 on the start with no AI, 130 FPS (very similar to before using 9600GT)
* GTR-e still drops down to 48 FPS in the Fuchsröhre dip (very much the same as before using 9600GT)
* TDU still bottoms down to 45 in some areas (very similar to before using 9600GT)
* DiRT cant use AA (at all) even using ATi tools or CCC
* GTA iv only gained about 8 FPS (now min is 48)- although I think this is a CPU bottleneck
* BlackShark still nowhere near 60 FPS

It does look a little better on the AA in LFS and the AF is a little crisper and cleaner. The nVidia9600GT had a big issue with the edges of some objects and could not apply AA to them. That's fixed. But all other games pretty much look the same.

Temp of the card runs up to 64 deg C and is idle at 40 deg C at start up.

I'm not going to give up on it until after a fresh WinXP or 7 install and then see how it goes.

I didn't aim to hi-jack this thread, just wanted to know if I must install Win7 now I have this card, or not.

Last edited by JasonJ, Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:33.

Well all the benchmarks shows the 4890 is double overhead past the n9600GT. In theory I should be flying.

I think either im CPU bottle necked or I need another OS ?
Just asking if I should be on vista/Win7 to ustilise this new card fully?

you have to turn down the ingame FFB to use that dll mod.
I'm using 10% with the dll and it feels as strong as vanilla (no mod) at 40%

It is not for everyone.

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G27... instore response... errrrrr wots that?

I just got a 4890. Not noticing too much of an improvement over my n9600GT Configuring it without a passive profiler tool in CCC was a bitch and quite a few compatibilty issues pissed me off for a while. Do I have to get off XP to get proper utilisation of this card or something?

Intel e8400, 4GB, HD4890 oc 1GB, WinXP SP2 32bit

Starting to regret this purchase.

Guys that's been addressed.

Just use +/- on your keyboard to zoom the map.

If you read that thread though, I doubt you will feel more because LFS seems to remove (dampen out) most of the FFB effects it has available to it. Some slight changes to the tyres physics won't fix that. It might feel somewhat better, but only marginly. I don't think the full potential is realised.

Just with that mod you can tap the throttle repeatively and really feal some amazing weight shift in the front. You feel the curbs stronger and you feel most things that are just lost.

Last edited by JasonJ, Sun, 1 Nov 2009 06:38.

Quote from logitekg25 :

your setup sounds perfect, can i see a diagram or picture or video or anything on how it is? i have the general stance but yours seems perfect tbh

Thanks, much work went into it. There are links to my rig in my signature here.

RO1, RO2, RO3, RO4 to infinity and beyond

Quote from Kamrock :

[snip]

EDIT: For comparison, I think I get more information from my wheel in the CR-X then I do in any of the FWDs in LFS... but that should change with the tyre update I would think...

I doubt that very much....
FFB flavour enhancer (experiment)

Quote from three_jump :

Has anyone else similar problems that LFS crashs the whole PC (black screen) when using Shift+F4?

Windows 7, 64bit
Intel GMA 4500MHD

Does it crash when on the main menu? Mine crashes/freezes when in 3d mode and is safer for me to full screen swap inside 2d menus only, but I am using 250MB GPU ram from bloom mod and hi res textures. (1GB card, but who the hell knows what the new multiscreen tweaks are doing to it, FTR I only use 0,1,0 screen mode)

WinXPsp2 32bit
e8400, 4GB, HD4890 1gb

Also have you tried just a fresh install on Z25? (In case you are using any mods or hi res textures)

Last edited by JasonJ, Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:16.

I still don't get it how the pit's exit line intersects directly with that chicane's exit line. Also the pit wall means the pit exit's vision is blinded to.

Looks like a recipe for disaster.

Quote from seniecka :

I can't understand what's the point to make a cockpit? It isn't enough to drive normally by sitting just on the chair? Why it's needy to create such a spaceship and just wasting worthy time on it.

some reasons why:

1) Screen was too high on a normal desk, now with a proper rig my in game dials now appear through the gap in g25 wheel opening. Also the g25 wheel super-imposes (hides) the virtual wheel in other games where it cannot be turned off.

2) Pedals are too low in a desk chair. Feels like driving in a 4WD or a bus when your knees are at 90 degrees. I had to raise my pedals up under my desk and they still weren't high enough.

3) Desk chair kept sliding backwards on its castor wheels. Now my chair can be tilted and slide fowards and backwards.

4) $10 Real car seat is twice as comfortable than even a mid-ranged office chair for long stints.

5) g25 shifter can only be mounted to the desk next to the wheel. Now I have the shifter right next to my thigh and also I now have an arm rest.

6) Hard mounted handbrake in a natural position.

7) Keyboard placed behind the wheel or on the side of the desk creates back-ache when typing, now I have my KB at arms rest and I do not have to lean forward to type or to use the mouse.

8) Vibrations from the wheel FFB transfer into the frame and you feel it in your seat.

9) It's fully sick.

Last edited by JasonJ, Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:53.