Hi , i get softh not working :S
I have 2 desktops and using windows 7 64 bit

here my setup :

I using 2 as my standart desktop

who can help me please ?

please help me .
i am trying it al a few weeks but its not working

Try.....

deviceIDLeft=-1
deviceIDright=1

But if your using monitor 2 as main display you might want to change it.
So that says the following...

deviceIDleft=1
deviceIDright=-1

You should get some results after changing above settings..
But as for the rest of that file....It should be "OK" like it is.. an if not

Try the "Read_Me"

Lfs detect now 1 big screen that is good but when i install the graphic to 4508X..... then chras't the game
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what now

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I have 2 desktops..............

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Quote from anttt69 :

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2 screens , sorry i am not so good in english

LFS uses a multi-screen feature now. (I'm sure everyone is aware) I use that but I don't have mine maximized. I just think that the feature in LFS is easier than SoftTH in my opinion.

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LFS uses a multi-screen feature now. (I'm sure everyone is aware) I use that but I don't have mine maximized. I just think that the feature in LFS is easier than SoftTH in my opinion.

Krugmander, are you using two graphics cards? If so how do you get NFS to see the second card? Or does NFS use one card and you have to run in a window?

I have one nvidia Gforce 9600GSO It has two ports for monitor... For LFS (I don't play much or any NFS) I have it windowed and I stretch it along both monitors.

Sorry, I meant LFS. I've tried windowed mode and stretching the screen across 3 monitors but the frame rate really suffers. Have you try it with SoftTH and if so have you been able to get it on both screens?

To do it on three monitors, stretching a window is not the way to go. Use SoftTH, or TripleHead2Go.

The multi-monitor support in LFS does not support multiple outputs, it is there so that it corrects the view of having super wide FoV settings.

IMO, you probably do not need SoftTH anymore. I think that with Z28, two monitors will work just fine as long as you have it setup correctly in the driver utility. If you span the second monitor horizontally, you should get one single resolution. With that, you go into LFS, and you set that specific resolution, and change the displays to
- 1 - 1 - 0 (if you have one left monitor, one main, and zero right)
- 0 - 1 - 1 (if you have one right monitor, one main, and zero left).

I used SoftTH back then, but unless you are running some older version of LFS for some odd reason (XRT =) cough), then it is unnecessary, as SoftTH would simulate a 3 monitor setup, and what that does would be to make you lose frames.

Quote from GenesisX :

IMO, you probably do not need SoftTH anymore...

This is wrong if you has Windows Vista or Windows 7, that doesn't allow you to use more than one monitor in full screen.

The only way to go is SoftTH or MatroxTH.

Quote from GenesisX :

IMO, you probably do not need SoftTH anymore. I think that with Z28, two monitors will work just fine as long as you have it setup correctly in the driver utility. If you span the second monitor horizontally, you should get one single resolution. With that, you go into LFS, and you set that specific resolution, and change the displays to
- 1 - 1 - 0 (if you have one left monitor, one main, and zero right)
- 0 - 1 - 1 (if you have one right monitor, one main, and zero left).

I used SoftTH back then, but unless you are running some older version of LFS for some odd reason (XRT =) cough), then it is unnecessary, as SoftTH would simulate a 3 monitor setup, and what that does would be to make you lose frames.

What do you mean "lose frames". And yes, with 2 monitors you might get away with only LFS, (I'm not sure I've not done that). I am talking about 3 monitor setups, you still need SoftTH or TripleHead2Go to make it work properly.

If by "lose frames" you mean the framerate may be slower, well that is obvious - your increasing the fill area; by a lot. At 5040x1050 I get a 60-80 fps on average, on the highest LFS settings. It might dip to the 50's from time to time but that is typically CPU related.

Well I finally got it working with SoftTH and it is awesome. I'm not dropping any frames at all. It runs very smooth. Now if I just just figure out how to setup a car I'll be in business. LOL

Unless I have some problems with recognition of numbers, I think the OP states 2 desktops or I'd assume Monitors, not 3.

And in the case of using SoftTH on a dual monitor setup, you are only seeing two monitors, but rendering as if there were three. I'm saying that you'd lose frames in the case that if you were only running two, why render three?

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This is wrong if you has Windows Vista or Windows 7, that doesn't allow you to use more than one monitor in full screen.

I think that it is not dependent on the OS, but the program that you are using to control display output. I'm not sure what you mean by monitors in full screen. Isn't it selecting resolution and pressing Shift+F4 thereafter? And if what I did was legit, I got my dual monitor setup working in Windows 7 too. The only reason why I went back to XP was because it was just more responsive.

You can execute LFS in windowed mode or in full screen.
In Windows XP and earlier the driver of your graphic card let you choose "span mode" to have one big monitor, while in Vista/7 this is not possible, making you not able to run LFS (or any other program) in several monitors while in full screen. But you can run it in windowed mode in as many monitors as you want.

i am haveing problems trying to get the 3rd screen to work my card is ati hd 4870 on win 7 64x and same problem on 2nd pc is vista with ati card hd5750 can any help me plz many thanks