Re: GPL - Multiple Monitors?

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> GPL is awesome, but I often wish for a little more peripheral vision. I > do use the peek left and right occasionally (mapped to buttons on my > wheel) but when racing it is dangerous to do so. > > I understand that Win98 and Win2K do support multiple video/cards and > monitors. It would be very cool to add one on each side, say at 10 and > 2 o'clock. >

You can do something like that, but you'll need 3 (!) PC's capable of running GPL, modified camera files and run in Multiplayer mode. It pretty awesome :-)

GPL is awesome, but I often wish for a little more peripheral vision. I do use the peek left and right occasionally (mapped to buttons on my wheel) but when racing it is dangerous to do so. I understand that Win98 and Win2K do support multiple video/cards and monitors. It would be very cool to add one on each side, say at 10 and 2 o'clock. I suppose it's all for naught unless the program supports it, ie GPL would have to release a patch? On a related point, I understand that with EAX support in NASCAR 3, you get positional audio, so you can hear a particular engine from behind for example, as opposed to the side or front. Another thing GPL can't do without a patch, I guess. Does anyone have any bright ideas here? Cheers, wtonsmann Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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> > I understand that Win98 and Win2K do support multiple video/cards and > > monitors. It would be very cool to add one on each side, say at 10 and > > 2 o'clock. > > > > You can do something like that, but you'll need 3 (!) PC's capable of > running GPL, modified camera files and run in Multiplayer mode. It pretty > awesome :-) >

So somebody has figured this out already...and it seems to have been known for quite some time according to the other posting in this thread GOOD !!!! I had planned to send a post about this trick too,but wanted to try it out on a setup myself first ,because I wasn't sure it would work. Anyway , It will be an EXTREMELY instructive example, not to the GPL "purists"(to whose ranks I count myself), but to the GPL "Dogmatics" ,who shun away from suggestion of ANY KIND of modification of GPL.... they have been dropping comments of the character that you should not ask for modifications (small patches) of GPL in order to improve your spatial awareness and your immersion, but you should content yourself with the "clues" provided to you on a small measly screen 17' screen,occupying about 25 degrees of your field of view,as guidance for driving your car............................ and why ? simply because it was not provided in the original edition of GPL....... the same people has also tried to convey the idea that pit stops really aren't that necessary in races,because they weren't part of the original GPL features,and so you should not debate their usefulness in GPL.... I hope now that after they have had the opportunity of trying this setup for themselves it will result in a little more sensible debate, and also in an immensely improved racing experience for as many people as possible. Robert S�derberg [email hidden]

You can download instructions about multimonitor and GPL here (67k): http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11103812/3mongplv1_1.zip Real 3D positioning audio for GPL won't happen unless Papyrus decides to program it, witch is most unlikely. But it is possible to record for example an engine sound in Dolby Surround format and let it sound from the rear speakers. I have experimented with it a little but the big problem is that all engine sounds comes from the rear speakers, even competitors engine sounds in front of you. -- /M Lindqvist Spamguard: Remove .ajabaja in e-mail <[email hidden]> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:8cnnoa$oam$[email hidden]... > GPL is awesome, but I often wish for a little more peripheral vision. I > do use the peek left and right occasionally (mapped to buttons on my > wheel) but when racing it is dangerous to do so. > > I understand that Win98 and Win2K do support multiple video/cards and > monitors. It would be very cool to add one on each side, say at 10 and > 2 o'clock. > > I suppose it's all for naught unless the program supports it, ie GPL > would have to release a patch? > > On a related point, I understand that with EAX support in NASCAR 3, you > get positional audio, so you can hear a particular engine from behind > for example, as opposed to the side or front. Another thing GPL can't > do without a patch, I guess. > > Does anyone have any bright ideas here? > > Cheers, wtonsmann > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

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> they have been dropping comments of the character > that you should not ask for modifications (small patches) > of GPL in order to improve your spatial awareness and your immersion, > but you should content yourself with the "clues" > provided to you on a small measly screen 17' screen,occupying > about 25 degrees of your field of view,as guidance for driving your > car............................ > and why ? simply because it was not provided in the original > edition of GPL....... > the same people has also tried to convey the idea that pit stops > really aren't that necessary in races,because they weren't part of > the original GPL features,and so you should not debate their usefulness

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