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Two Screens On FS?

einsteinboricua From Puerto Rico, joined Apr 2010, 1620 posts, RR: 1
Posted (4 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2715 times:

Yesterday, I spoke with a friend who is also a Flight Simulator freak and he mentioned something that I don't know if it's possible.

He said he once saw a guy with two monitors, each one with a different screen but with the same simulator. The idea is to enable you to have an outside view on one monitor and a cockpit view on the other.

Is there something in FSX that enables you to do this? is there an add-on you need? Could it be perhaps a Windows environment inside a Linux machine (I know that Linux enables you to have two monitors and run the same program)?

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THEBATMAN From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 821 posts, RR: 11
Reply 1, posted (4 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 2688 times:

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No there is nothing special needed. You basically go to "views" in the menu bar, click "new view", and drag it over to the other screen and expand it. I would often have the 2D cockpit on the primary screen and the VC looking out the left window on the second screen. Makes turning onto final very nice.

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einsteinboricua From Puerto Rico, joined Apr 2010, 1620 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (4 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2680 times:

Quoting THEBATMAN (Reply 1):
You basically go to "views" in the menu bar, click "new view", and drag it over to the other screen and expand it.

My friend asks if this is possible with a laptop and a TV screen via HDMI?

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Fabo From Slovakia, joined Aug 2005, 826 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (4 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2673 times:

yes. all you need is to be in a window mode, maybe not even that in fsx, and click Undock window after rightclick into specific window.

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wilco737 From Greenland, joined Jun 2004, 7997 posts, RR: 84
Reply 4, posted (4 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2666 times:

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Quoting einsteinboricua (Thread starter):

I do that for a long time now. 2 screens. One is the cockpit and the other the panels and FMC or the outside view...

How it is done is explained above. Fairly simply and enjoyable