DCS World | Exporting MFD Displays | Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- DCS World has so many configuration possibilities! One of the coolest things I think we can do is create our own cockpits and export the MFD screens to other monitors or tablets and today I'm going to show you how!
TEMPLATE:
_ = function(p) return p end
name = _('OverKills Template')
description = 'OverKill Tutorial'
--LEFT_MFCD = { x = 0, y = , width = , height = }
RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 5120, y = 0, width = 1280, height = 720 }
Viewports = {
Center = {
x = 1280,-- The HORIZONTAL starting location of the main display
y = 0,-- The starting VERTICAL position of the main display
width = 2560,-- The HORIZONTAL size of the main display
height = 1440,-- The VERTICAL size of the main display
aspect = 1.777777777777778,-- The aspect ratio of the main display
dx = 0,
dy = 0
}
}
UIMainView = Viewports.Center
GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center
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I gave up on my MFD screens project a few months ago due to the complexity of it, but this tutorial has got it all working for me. Thanks!
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For anyone looking to do this with an iPad, HDMI input is now supported on all USB-C iPads using an adapter dongle and a free app. Works great, and you no longer need something like Duet Display.
Nice!
What is the free app if you could let us know?
@@navyjoker2000 Orion
Very good! I have read several tutorials on this subject before, but this is the first time start really understand how this works.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together - the template and the video. This saved me a lot of time and it worked for me pretty much right from the start. I just had to change the size of my MFDs to 600x600 and add some space between the main monitor and the two 7" LCDs for the MFDs. After a couple of quick edits, it worked perfectly.
I need to send you a massive Thanks!!! Your tutorial has just saved me from days of frustrating fault finding... I bought 2 Winwing displays (and other parts for the hornet cockpit) and the Winwing software includes DisplayLink Manager, which is not recognising the displays and thus the displays wont appear in the Winwing SimApp Pro software that is supposed to generate the MFCD imagery. Your vid here showed me how to get the displays working in a shorter time than it took me to unbox and install all the displays etc onto my desk (till I build a cockpit frame out of aluminum extrusion and mount it all in that). Thanks again :) from Scottyd.
Using your guide I used some 3m tape and stuck them on a second monitor and was able to do this in the first attempt. What a game changer these things make! Thanks for clear tutorial brother man. Cheers.
Great video and very easy to follow along with. I'm not super computer literate but I had no problem watching your video and exporting the Mfds for the Apache pilot on the first try to two 10.4 800x600 monitors. Thanks for taking the time to do this video.
I'm trying to do the same. Did you get the Total controls MPD's? Thats why I'm trying to do this.
@@dvsdaddy yes
Thank you for the thorough and detailed instructions. I followed your video and was able to get my MFDs exported to my screens and the first try! Your video made it very easy!
Thank you sir this worked flawlessly first time even transferred to the KA-50 BS3 and AV8B Harrier.
Thx Mike, i loved this tip.
Because it's always been something that I struggled with after buying a seperate and small 7 in touchscreen . I was always playing DCS with a stretched ovrt too the right, on my main screen for months. That in game, gave me the simular thing. But the aircraft was alway off center. Now that I know I set the in game resolution too 4464 x 1440 to cover the overall length of both my main 3440 x 1440 monitor, plus my 1024x 600 fsmaller monitor together (3440 + 1024) and then In my template file my camera (or main screen area) starts at x=0, y=0, width =3440, height= 1440 and my left & right MFD screen starts at x=3441, y=720-200.
Now I can play DCS in perfectly centerlized aspect on my main 3440 x 1440 monitor and have two MFD's still appear on my smaller touch screen monitor ❤
I not going to lie. It still took me hours to do, even with all your help. And I needed to add the new ingame resolution of 4464 x1440 in my option.lua file to get this new resolution added in game.
But after all this and your help, I been able to achieve my goal.
The secret was increasing the ingame screen length resolution like a canvas covering the overall length of both my monitors.😊
Also, for the F-14, the HSD and TSD are what you need to get those on the screens and then if you have a 3rd screen, in the viper you can add the ESI. I’m using the Cubesim lua template for 3 screens with mine.
After hours of fucking around I finally got it. I had to rewatch a few times and explore the other monitor files, but Im playing successfully on 3x 2K displays, with a 4th display closer to me that will soon have thrustmaster cougars on it displaying my MFDs
just tried it with the FC3 A10C and it works perfectly
Fantastic tutorial. This helped me as I was struggling big time. Thank you
ok, so I'm trying to get both of my MFDs to display on my left screen. as written, (with modification for screen sizes and position) I can get the right MFD to display on the right half of my screen but not the left MFD. I tried taking the -- out from in front of the LEFT_MFCD but then the file does not even show up in the options. someone please help me!
someone can help me? i have some problem. well i can use my mfd display but now my main display is something wrong. it only display hud and instruments not outside or other planes. everything is black except hud and instruments
Thank you very much for creating this video, which made my day.
It works great with everything including the Apache gunner seat but not for the pilot seat.
Suggest using "Screen Coordinates Tool" to get the screen positions if you want to get your MFDs inside the thrustmaster MFD frames etc. :)
thanks this saved a lot of time
damn, I just got an external dispay with touch screen to display cockpit buttons
now this tutorial say I cant use the touch control, what is the point of me buying this :((((
is there any other way?
also, is there other view we can export other than left and right MFCD?
I appreciate for the best explanation on internet.
But here's the deal. Maybe because I installed the game in a different directory, this method did not work for me completely. Or maybe because of new DCS version, I don't know. MonitorSetup folder was in Config, where game was installed. So I had to create a new file over there. The one in Saved Games, did not work.
And somehow I was not able to create a .lua file, so I got one, deleted everything and modified, then renamed it. It helped.
If I left anything in Saved games folder, I was not able to start game properly. Weird...
Hope it helps anyone who experience my problem.
Only issue im having is it's not showing the template in the monitor setups on DCS
Edit:once the config file is set up for the monitor and external display positions, manually edit the resolution in DCS options Menu!
Amazing! Many thanks
Good for using map. I have cougars which I could use but have two tablets also so I honestly can't decide which way I want to go.
Hey I cant get the export to show up on my second monitor. I've done everything in the video and if I set the resolution correctly I can get it to show on my main monitor. However when enter an X value that is on my second monitor nothing shows up. Any idea what can be causing this?
Origin is TOP left corner and them y counts down? That breaks all known plotting paradigms. Why wouldn't origin be bottom left?
what if I want to setup my MFD screen to show instruments from the F-5 for example? like I want to put the RWR on my MFD screen. are you aware of a guide for doing that?
How would I export a third display like the F16 ESI? What coding would I need to add, will it be the same for other aircraft that I want to add a third mfd display?
I already have a folder from the game download with monitorsetup so this does not work
Every time there's an update that throws my screens off I come here to copy and paste the code, thanks for this video
Awesome guide man really helped me out. Only issue I have is now when I headlook up with headtracker or keybind it looks up and to the side instead of straight up. Has anyone else encountered this?
I appreciate the tutorial, unfortunately it just didn't work for me...all is well as long as Im on the main monitor, but anything off the main display doesnt render...fullscreen in unchecked....but even if I put the MFD partially off the screen it never renders on any other monitor, right left up or down
Hit me up on Discord and I can try to help you out
@@OverkillSimulations I got it figured out, I had two issues....first my monitor ABOVE my main monitor was causing DCS to be unhappy, but most importantly, I needed to manually enter the resolution for all three monitors, including the one above that I wasn't intending to use!
(I have 6 monitors...yea, I need help)
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FYI the MFD things from thrustmaster fit amazingly over the newish 12.3 inch widescreens they started selling last year on the Amazon. Both fit side by side perfectly...and you can find the screen on sale for $100-150...sweet! THANKS!
Thanks a lot very clear and helpful. I still got an issue tough. I have a similar setup as in your video with main screen and a tablet on the right. BTW I am doing this for the Apached module. I suceed to export MFDs however the issues comes with the menus of the game that are appearing on my tablet (like the main menu on the main screen, or when in game the coms menu etc. Which is abolutely what I don't want. I would like all menus to stay on the camera screen. Any idea why ?
Thank you so much for this! Got it working first time. Didn't want to include my right vert monitor as keep that for discord so just turned it off during the whole process and worked a treat. 2 x MFD's on my left monitor now which some guides said it couldn't do. Although my HUD symbology is now stick thin and barely readable. Anyone else have this problem?
Many many thanks dude
So I can add these to second monitor
Hello!
quick question about the setup of mfds with the tm cougars:
If I put my screen in the middle of the tm mfd cougar, how do i have to edit the file to tell dcs where the screen ends? Because if I only delay the starting point, I think the display would display all the way to the right, even when theres the tm cougar on top.
(Sry for bad english)
(really nice video, understood almost everything)
I can't get DCS to see the template file in the monitors list? Here is my config file. I'm trying to setup with my two 4K monitors top and bottom. MFDs on top. Any idea why DCS is not seeing it? Its also not listing the resolution I need but you can manually type that in. Thanks.
_ = function(p) return p end
name = _('Overkills Template')
description = 'Overkill Tutorial'
LEFT_MFCD = { x = 0, y = 0, width = 1920, height = 1920 }
RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 1920, y = 0, width = 1920, height = 1920 }
Viewports = {
Center = {
x = 0,- The HORIZONTAL starting location of the main display
y = 2160,-- The starting VERTICAL position of the main display
width = 3840,-- The HORIZONTAL size of the main display
height = 2160,-- The VERTICAL size of the main display
aspect = 1.777777777777778,-- The aspect ratio of the main display
dx = 0,
dy = 0
}
}
UIMainView = Viewports.Center
GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center
Completely recreate the file and enter it again. Don't copy and paste. I've seen this before and that was my only fix.
Hit me up on Discord if you can't get it to work
I don't have option lua in "saved games", "config". Might need some 1V1
In my notepad name = _('OverKills Template')
description = 'OverKill Tutorial' are BOTH IN GRAY.
Will that work in a game like star citizen?
Hello and thanks for the video.
Is it possible to do this with an Ipad or Samsung tab ? HDMI to Usb-C cable needed i guess ?
Yes but you need something like Spacedesk in order for windows to see it as a monitor
I can get the MFDs to show up on my main monitor as if I wanted them enlarged but I cannot for the life of me extend DCS over to the 2 actual MFDs I have
The issue is it won't let me create a custom Resolution to tell DCS how big the actual Game should be
it has somewhat been fixed but now I have 2 black monitors when I am in DCS but the MFDs works
The Perfect solution would be if I could create my custom Resolution which it won't let me like in the video
@@ravenmiller6376 you can type your own resolution in instead of selecting one from the drop down menu. Just highlight the selected resolution and type yours in. For example, mine is 4480x1440
I still cant even get this to show up on dcs
I can tell you with the F-15 only the radar shows up on the left MFD
Thanks for the video, very clear and easy to follow. Problem: The whole thing seems to turn off my head tracking, which of course is pretty important. Anyone with suggestions how to solve that?
Never mind, its working now. Seems DCS kind of choked on the screen resolution change, a couple of computer restarts and head tracking power on and off and now it works
Fyi @5:15 you said 5140 but probably ment 6400 (continuing to watch now)
Edit: epic video! Tnx. Suggestion: Apache cpg tedac?
Oops... :/
@@OverkillSimulations like I added, epic video anyway and so incredibly clear I noticed you misspoke without any prior knowledge in the matter!
You'll get my twitch prime sub if you can make it work for Grinnelli F22 Mod, can you make it work? There are 4 screens, 3 MFD (Right, Left, and Center) and 1 PMFD (center)
Hit me up on Discord and I'll try and help ;)
why would you talk about monitor 2 to confuse the fuck out of people.