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Widescreen monitor and FSX

ccartmel

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Folks,
sorry for the very simple question here but this is where people know things.

If I connect a widescreen monitor to the PC does the FSX display widen to 16:9 format or stretch the 4:3 format image. In other words will a square still be a square or extend to a rectangle?

Cheers
 
2D panel will most likely stretch... but who use that anyway. The 3D view will adjust correctly as long as you make sure you run it in a widescreen resolution.
 
Widescreen info

Thanks Lars,
just as I had assumed, but better to check.

Going out to buy it now!
 
There is also a setting in the FSX.cfg. WideViewAspect= set this to true.

Not sure if it works, but a google search brought up several hits.

David
 
Widescreen OK

Thanks all,
the monitor was connected up and after reconfiguring the resolution in the display dialogue got the wider but geometrically correct display as promised.
The only issue is the 2d windows such as the GPS which are distorted, but I usually resized them anyway so what the hey!

I reset the 'wideview' parameter to TRUE in the fsx.cfg file manually but it still needed the resolution set for the required effect.

It has greatly enhanced the sim experience in my opinion.
 
It certainly enhances the viewing experience, but you will notice a significant frame drop with Autogen set above Normal (as more trees, buildings, etc. must now be drawn for every scene.)

Although I prefer the widescreen aspect ratio, my box doesn't offer me enough performance to use it.
 
I wonder if the 2D panel background bitmaps could be extended to a widescreen ratio and the panel.cfgs updated to reflect the new gauge positions whether that would help?

I use a 1920x1200 24" widescreen and other than the slight frame rate drop over the 1440x900 I was using before I find it very immersive, but then my parents always did say I sit too close to the screen! The 2D gauges do get stretched but I don't really find it noticeable.

Si
 
Thanks for the info on autogen. I rarely have this set at all as I use photographic scenery with mainly custom objects set as sparse.
Will experiment when I get round to it :D
 
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