Virtual triple screen

First thank you for all the work you have already done

I have the chance to play on a personnal playseat in front of my 42'' TV.

So this evening in front of this big screen , I had an idea... I tried to simulate a triple screen on one.

The idea was to have a black barre under and above the virtual triple screen.

So, in the Nvidia inspector I defined a new custom resolution of 1920x360 and let the screen in standard 1920x1080 resolution.

In game I choosed my new resolution and check triple screen and full screen mode.


And..... It work


The only problem is that ingame app and menu of GUI are scaled on the résolution of the real screen and not on the virtual triple screen.


So I can't access to the setup menu and app are 3x so big.


It will be wonderfull if that specific configuration can be take in count in the GUI.


I found this config absolutly amazing. I advice everybody who can to test It's less expensive than 3 screens...


Sorry for my english

 

only 360 pixels for the height sounds a little low. can you still read the gauges in the car?

 

For all of them visible in the specific FOV of triple screen yes.... Not for M3 GT2...

 

And how is the performance with your GTX460?

 

I don't really understand why but less lag than in single screen..... with the same parameters....

 

can you post a screenshot what it looks like please, I also have 42 inch screen?
Thanks

 

As you can see the problem is the exit button... he is on the setup button

 

wauw that I have to try!!

I have a Panasonic plasma 42" but not have a play seat or such as it is just my TV

but for testing, a chair and putting my spare red momo on an table will be just fine

awesome finding, hope that problems you mention can be solved for the big screen users

 

As somebody test ?

 

omg, why would anyone voluntarily not use all pixels of his screen? The only reason I could think of would be performance, but I think there are better ways.
Or do you think because you only use part of your screen you can use a wider FOV? Sorry, but to me this sounds like someone doesn't understand how to set up his FOV correctly. But to each his own...

Anyway, the only reason for activating triple screen would be if you have an angle between your screens. The way you are using it you only lose performance because of three separately rendered view ports.
You can change your FOV with the +/- keys in single screen mode, and you can do that even while using all of your pixels, that way you could also see all of the GUI.

genius idea is genius

 

this could be interesting for you:

http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/fov-field-of-view-optimal-real-settings.2895/

 

Not yet will test today

 

Thank for advice of FOV thomas

Triple

Large FOV

I find that there is a lot of distorsion with large FOV...

 

the distortion is exactly the same in both images, the upper one just hides part of the screen. You could stick a paper on the top and bottom part of your screen, would be the same.

See what I did there?

Do whatever makes you happy. But I think you will have a hard time to convince the devs they should redesign their GUI because you only want to use part of your screen

 

Agree with you, I saw that when tested...but immersive impression is not the same ...

"But I think you will have a hard time to convince the devs they should redesign their GUI because you only want to use part of your screen "

totaly agree too i'll try to find a solution to access setup button

good play to all

 

you could measure the height of all icons in the GUI bar and use that as your screen height, probably around 700 pixels.

But if you think that the second screen is distorted (which it probably is, depending on your eye distance from the TV) you should use a lower FOV. Using a FOV close to the correct number gives the best immersion, at least for me. For a single screen you probably have to do a compromise between correct FOV and being able to see what's happening around you. I'd suggest a vertical FOV of 35-40°, so if you are only using a third of your screen this would be ~13°. Takes some time getting used to, but it's so much easier to drive if you have less distortion.

 

Why would you do that. You can just adjust your FOV. The distortion is the same.

Your screen doesn't get bigger, so you should drive the same FOV as before.

Greetz, Fritz

 

The correct real vertical FOV with my configuration is arround 20° but i see nothing arround me in that config with a single screen....
It's why I test virtual triple screens.
Thanks for your support.