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Quick question, while trying to get to sleep the other night i was day/night dreaming about playing Oolite in an arcade style cabinet ( i know, i know...)
The thought struck me, is it possible/programmable to have two lateral (port and starboard) monitors to compliment the front view, and running simultaneously?
This has probably been mooted before, but how class would that be1?

I remember somebody once managing to pull that off, but for the love of mike I'm at a loss as to how it was done.

I play Oolite on a great big Visio HD screen, which happens to have a handy PC video input and to die for resolution.

so it may be possible! i have the materials, but not the knowhow.
Viewing it alternately between a 27inch iMac and a projector! (not hd sadly)

Kaiserspike wrote:

Quick question, while trying to get to sleep the other night i was day/night dreaming about playing Oolite in an arcade style cabinet ( i know, i know...)
The thought struck me, is it possible/programmable to have two lateral (port and starboard) monitors to compliment the front view, and running simultaneously?
This has probably been mooted before, but how class would that be1?

DaddyHoggy is the man to speak to. Look here. I understand that Oolite copes with three screens by cheating and "letterboxing" the screen (to quote Ahruman). Thus width is correct, but top and bottom is actually cut off if I understand this correctly. But it is possible.

I ran Oolite through a Matrox Triple Head to Go (TH2G) hooked up to an i7-920 PC, running a 1GB GTX285 - Oolite didn't mind the 3840x1024 pixels screen - but it was still only a single view - so the basic answer is "no" - When I showed Ahruman my four 52" screen flight simulator - he did say that if I gave it to him he would seriously consider implementing a multi-view system into Oolite - but seriously - I think this was said in jest. (By the way - I teach Modelling and Simulation for Cranfield University - these are not my own toys!)

DaddyHoggy wrote:

(By the way - I teach Modelling and Simulation for Cranfield University - these are not my own toys!)

But you have the key, right.

Gimi wrote:

DaddyHoggy wrote:

(By the way - I teach Modelling and Simulation for Cranfield University - these are not my own toys!)

But you have the key, right.

But of course...

so single view split across multiple screen or bust, right?

Kaiserspike wrote:

so single view split across multiple screen or bust, right?

Yup.

I think there is somebody on the forum who has nine screens (3x3) three TH2Gs connected to a gfx card with three DP outputs (converted to DVI).

Sweet Jesus!

Anyway, thanks for clearing that up, i'll investigate the multiple screen option, but otherwise, i'll just have to dream

DaddyHoggy wrote:

I think there is somebody on the forum who has nine screens (3x3) three TH2Gs connected to a gfx card with three DP outputs (converted to DVI)

Crikey!!!