[Reprobator]

hmmm i still wonder, doesn't fov calculated automaticly with the resolution?
i mean when i use a widescreen (1680*1050 ) and a 4/3 (1280*1024) i do not have to play with fov.. so will i have to?
anyway i ll give it as many  trys as it'll need!

[chief1983]

I think the FOV is taken based on the vertical, so you end up with a good view to the left and right.  If it were based on the horizontal, that would look really goofy.  It would be better if FS was multi-monitor aware, but that wouldn't work in your case since your card makes the game think it's only one monitor.  If the field of vision was .75 radians on the horizontal, spread across three monitors, that would roughly 1/3 your vertical FOV from if it were just one monitor.  That would wreak some real havoc.

[Reprobator]

well i'll see that, an option for hud resolution in the launcher would be perfect to fit anycase i think, if we oculd tell the engine to spread the hud accross for exemple 1280*1024 in a 3840*1024 setup by the center of it, that would be perfect 

[Reprobator]

Ok i've just receive it and had time to setup and try it with freespace2!
That's all right that work perfectly but... ya we knew that, the hud (and cross hair) is spread accross the 3 sreens, that make it quite unplayable...
i wonder if something can't be fix the way the 16/10 was fixed?

[chief1983]

That wasn't fixed really.  It fixed the 3d stuff but the HUD is still stretched.  We would need to make sure HUD elements get rendered in the proper AR as well as the 3d graphics.

[Reprobator]

Ok i see

I hope that'll be fixed one day or another, that's quite frustrating to have all the 3d stuff OK but not the HUD, just one step for scp to be fully triple head compliant and be listed in the matrox compatibility website (all visibility freespace can get is good I guess)

Anyway flying around the colossus inside a Hercules MarkI cockpit in triple screen is a very impressive and immersive experience

I'll post screen (without HUD ) in the celebration topic.

[Reprobator]

Oh one question :
Is there anyway to change the crosshair by my side?
i mean i compress it 3 times it's size in large, this way i should have a normal cross hair back?
that sound twisted i know, but if the cross hair could get back to it"s original size well , that'll be already better than nothing
hmm i'll take a look on the hud tables this evening to make some test, the occasion to familiarize with those table  
edit : no crosshair overthere.

[chief1983]

You might be able to take the retail crosshair .pcx file, and narrow its width by 3x, without changing its height.  Might work then but no promises, would likely end up off center.  And you might want to do 2x or 4x so it's still a multiple of 2.

[Reprobator]

i'll try it