GPL and multiple monitor support?

Does GPL support multiple monitors? What other racing supports this function? TIA!

".." wrote: > > Does GPL support multiple monitors? Yes. > What other racing supports this function? > TIA! Nascar2002 and Nascar4. Gerry

> Does GPL support multiple monitors? Yes. Nascar2002 and Nascar4. Gerry

"Gerry Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > ".." wrote: > > > > Does GPL support multiple monitors? > > Yes.

How does it work? Will you see one front tyre in each monitor, or will you for instance have one of the monitors looking to the left side all the time? I need at least 3 monitors! Jone.

Jone Tytlandsvik wrote:

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> > "Gerry Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > ".." wrote: > > > > > > Does GPL support multiple monitors? > > > > Yes. > > How does it work? > Will you see one front tyre in each monitor,

No. > or will you for instance have > one of the monitors looking to the left side all the time? Yes, and one to the right of course. There are some edited camera views available for this, but i've lost the url! > I need at least 3 monitors! And three PC's! Gerry

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> > > > > > Does GPL support multiple monitors? > > > > Yes. > > How does it work? > Will you see one front tyre in each monitor, or will you for instance have > one of the monitors looking to the left side all the time? > I need at least 3 monitors! > > Jone. > >

GPL doesn't support 3 monitors out of the box, but it is very easy to modify it for multiple monitors. The side views is run on other computers in a network. There is two ways to 'enable' multi-monitor support. The first option is to use the default front view and put custom car camera files in the client computers for the side views. The second option is to change the field of view (FOV) from the default 78 degrees to about 47 degrees in all three computers and use the look left/right buttons on the clients to get the side views. This works best as i gives a great sense of speed and a more natural look of the virtual word. It does also move the front tires and mirrors to the side monitors, so you have to move your eyes/head a bit more to see everything. It is very cool and that's how I run it at the moment. The custom camera files and instructions for method one is availiable at my web-space. http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11103812/3mongplv1_1.zip There is instructions at GPL++ about FOV adjustments. http://gplpp.com/ -- /M Lindqvist Spamguard: Remove .ajabaja in e-mail

> > or will you for instance have > > one of the monitors looking to the left side all the time? I remember trying this with two PCs. As I recall it involved two connections to a GPL server and simply used the second to spectate. Three would of course need 3 connections, which wouldn't seem too popular to my fellow racers! However, we now have GPL Proxy - is this a potential opportunity for multi monitor racing. > Yes, and one to the right of course. There are some edited camera views > available for this, but i've lost the url! > > > I need at least 3 monitors! > > And three PC's! The other PCs don't need to be too powerful though for simply displaying the live feed from the server. Time to see just what bits are left over from the last few upgrades! Don't give away that ropey old 15" monitor gathering dust in the loft just yet :-) Tony

"Mauritz Lindqvist" wrote: > GPL doesn't support 3 monitors out of the box, but it is very easy to modify > it for multiple monitors. The side views is run on other computers in a > network. There is two ways to 'enable' multi-monitor support. > <snip> Thanks for the info Mauritz. Always happens - I post half an explanation which arrives just _after_ the full one! Do you use it to race on line - or do you limit it to ai only? It is the three connections that is stopping me from becoming very unpopular & redesigning my PC setup yet again (& building another PC out of odds & ends!) Tony

Thanks to Mauritz and his 3mongpl cam files I've been playing around with this for couple of years, and now have a permanent GPL 3 monitor/computer system. I am using a 58 degree FOV and modified cam files. This gives me a more natural looking perspective and flow from monitor to monitor with my setup. Some pictures of my GPL 3 monitor system can be seen at my webpage http://www.frontiernet.net/~sletten/ Kevin > > GPL doesn't support 3 monitors out of the box, but it is very easy tomodify > it for multiple monitors. The side views is run on other computers in a > network. There is two ways to 'enable' multi-monitor support. > > The first option is to use the default front view and put custom carcamera > files in the client computers for the side views. > > The second option is to change the field of view (FOV) from the default 78 > degrees to about 47 degrees in all three computers and use the look > left/right buttons on the clients to get the side views. This works bestas > i gives a great sense of speed and a more natural look of the virtualword. > It does also move the front tires and mirrors to the side monitors, so you > have to move your eyes/head a bit more to see everything. It is very cool > and that's how I run it at the moment. > > The custom camera files and instructions for method one is availiable atmy

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> web-space. > http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11103812/3mongplv1_1.zip > > There is instructions at GPL++ about FOV adjustments. > http://gplpp.com/ > > -- > > /M Lindqvist > > Spamguard: Remove .ajabaja in e-mail > >

Well I'm not Mauritz but I blame him for my high electric bill ;-) I've raced online with mine and it worked surprisingly well for only having a 28.8 connection.....this was just a few limited tests with my own server ....I didn't want anybody getting ticked and wondering who this R. Ight and L. Eft were and why they always showed up with K. Sletten :-) So 99.9 percent of my 3 monitor racing is against the AI. If I had a cable connection at home I would probably use it online too, since most of the time the race grids are not full so L. Eft and R. Ight probably would not get into too much trouble by taking 2 spaces on the grid. Kevin "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:DT%m8.603$[email hidden]... > > > Thanks for the info Mauritz. > > Always happens - I post half an explanation which arrives just _after_ thefull > one! > > Do you use it to race on line - or do you limit it to ai only? It is thethree > connections that is stopping me from becoming very unpopular & redesigningmy PC

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> setup yet again (& building another PC out of odds & ends!) > > Tony > > > >

"K O Sletten" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Some pictures of my GPL 3 monitor system can be seen at my webpage > http://www.frontiernet.net/~sletten/ > I can understand why you have a smile on your face on one of the pictures. :) Really wicked system. Ill show the pictures to my Wife. I'm sure she will understand the need for a system like that! LOL Nice one with the armadillo. I don't know what an armadillo is, but I guess he's dead now. :) You never hit any deer or maybe sheep? Jone.

>Some pictures of my GPL 3 monitor system can be seen at my webpage >http://www.frontiernet.net/~sletten/ That is unbelievably cool!

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>> How does it work? >> Will you see one front tyre in each monitor, > >No. > >> or will you for instance have >> one of the monitors looking to the left side all the time? > >Yes, and one to the right of course. There are some edited camera views >available for this, but i've lost the url! > >> I need at least 3 monitors! > >And three PC's!

Can you get away with 3 graphics cards on 1 PC?

".." wrote: > >And three PC's! > > Can you get away with 3 graphics cards on 1 PC? No. Gerry

I don't EVEN want to look. Sounds too cool, and I know I can't afford it! But I'm saving a copy of this post for future reference. ;-) Jim K O Sletten wrote:

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> Thanks to Mauritz and his 3mongpl cam files I've been playing around with > this for couple of years, and now > have a permanent GPL 3 monitor/computer system. I am using a 58 degree FOV > and modified cam files. > This gives me a more natural looking perspective and flow from monitor to > monitor with my setup. > > Some pictures of my GPL 3 monitor system can be seen at my webpage > http://www.frontiernet.net/~sletten/ > > Kevin > > > > > GPL doesn't support 3 monitors out of the box, but it is very easy to > modify > > it for multiple monitors. The side views is run on other computers in a > > network. There is two ways to 'enable' multi-monitor support. > > > > The first option is to use the default front view and put custom car > camera > > files in the client computers for the side views. > > > > The second option is to change the field of view (FOV) from the default 78 > > degrees to about 47 degrees in all three computers and use the look > > left/right buttons on the clients to get the side views. This works best > as > > i gives a great sense of speed and a more natural look of the virtual > word. > > It does also move the front tires and mirrors to the side monitors, so you > > have to move your eyes/head a bit more to see everything. It is very cool > > and that's how I run it at the moment. > > > > The custom camera files and instructions for method one is availiable at > my > > web-space. > > http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11103812/3mongplv1_1.zip > > > > There is instructions at GPL++ about FOV adjustments. > > http://gplpp.com/ > > > > -- > > > > /M Lindqvist > > > > Spamguard: Remove .ajabaja in e-mail > > > >

> K O Sletten wrote: > > Some pictures of my GPL 3 monitor system can be seen at my webpage > http://www.frontiernet.net/~sletten/ I just had to give this a go. Much sawing later I have the desk to fit them. A third PC is build out of odd bits discarded a few upgrades ago and it is working. Ok so the third PC is a bit flaky - maybe a heat problem - have to check it out. But when it was working Wow! Being outbraked by the AI into Parabolica is amazing, catching sight of the car coming alongside in the peripheral vision, rather than that wondering where it is it during the period out of sight. Amazing. GPL just keeps getting better. Mind you the effort involved is getting greater each time! Cheers Tony

My 58 degree FOV cam files are available at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~sletten/upload/58FOV_3mon.zip Some pictures of my GPL 3 monitor system can be seen at my webpage http://www.frontiernet.net/~sletten/ K. O. Sletten "Mauritz Lindqvist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > > > GPL doesn't support 3 monitors out of the box, but it is very easy tomodify > it for multiple monitors. The side views is run on other computers in a > network. There is two ways to 'enable' multi-monitor support. > > The first option is to use the default front view and put custom carcamera > files in the client computers for the side views. > > The second option is to change the field of view (FOV) from the default 78 > degrees to about 47 degrees in all three computers and use the look > left/right buttons on the clients to get the side views. This works bestas > i gives a great sense of speed and a more natural look of the virtualword. > It does also move the front tires and mirrors to the side monitors, so you > have to move your eyes/head a bit more to see everything. It is very cool > and that's how I run it at the moment. > > The custom camera files and instructions for method one is availiable atmy

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> web-space. > http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11103812/3mongplv1_1.zip > > There is instructions at GPL++ about FOV adjustments. > http://gplpp.com/ > > -- > > /M Lindqvist > > Spamguard: Remove .ajabaja in e-mail > >