Thrustmaster MDS with 8'' screems doable??? with a msi laptop attached to a 55''tv
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When I got my MFDs, I loved how it improved my ability to operate the in-cockpit MFDs and I was no longer having to concentrate on keeping my head still as I did the “cockpit work.” I wanted to bring that “ease of use” to more stuff in the cockpit but I was too poor and didn’t have the time to make a full-replica pit. So it was Helios. Not long after, I sold my Cougar MFDs.
1080p main display… what are your framerates in TE 13? Do a test following my methods here and if you can get 50+fps, I would think you’ll have the framerates to spare for a secondary screen. It should be okay, but that would really depend on what you consider “acceptable.”
As for touchscreen recommendations, anything really. Ideally, it would be 1920x1080 res. at 22" or bigger. As for positioning it, that would really be dependent on your simpit setup.
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I have attached the throttle and stick to my tall back chair that has the jetseat pad on it for the vibration. Then I have a little mobile desk that I slide in front that has my keyboard and mouse, and I will put the mfds on that for now, before I get a 22 inch touch screen, then I will put that on an angle in front of me on the little mobile desk. That’s the plan anyways. On top of my 55inch tv is the track ir. I also have a microphone that I put on the mobile desk for keyspeech.
Of course I priced a cockpit, those guys in Poland have one going for around $12,000! When I win the lotto I’m getting it!
Thanks for the help and advice. Gosh I love this game!
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Small bit of advice… go for a 24" touchscreen if you can
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…$12K?..that’s a steal…!
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What about a Planar 24 inch touchscreen? I know nothing about these things? Or an Acer? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I2P6TEG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1∣=A1XBP962TML3AH
I really would appreciate your advice guys, you are really helping me here as I dive into this hobby.
Btw, Stevie, I was planning on stealing that cockpit, but I have no idea how I would carry the thing!
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Update, Just got a Cougar Hotas barely used for 250 + 50 for shipping. Very excited. -
That 24" touch panel does look like a fair deal, actually…
All the bare LCD panels of various sizes you could want for this sort of thing here -
BTW - 7" 4:3 ones fit best behind Thrustmaster bezels (that’s what I have for my own cockpit project), unless you want to use the overage area for other extractions like the DED. As mentioned YAME, MFDE, or BMS itself can extract instrument selections to other displays…so it’s all up to your choice(s) and budget.
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Anyone else have any ideas on a good 24 inch touchscreen monitor that will work attached to my laptop which is already attached to the 55 ich screen t.v.? Windows 10.
Stevie, I have no idea what those lcd panels are that you linked too. Anything like that makes me nervous. I will just go for now with the two mfds on my desk until I get a new 24 inch touch screen ion a few months or maybe sooner. Between buying thrustmaster pedals, then attaching my hotas to my chair, then just buying two mfds, and now just buying on ebay a usb cougar hotas that I always wanted, I have been going a bit nuts. The last thing will be the touch screen, and then that’s it!
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That 24" touch panel does look like a fair deal, actually…
All the bare LCD panels of various sizes you could want for this sort of thing here -
BTW - 7" 4:3 ones fit best behind Thrustmaster bezels (that’s what I have for my own cockpit project), unless you want to use the overage area for other extractions like the DED. As mentioned YAME, MFDE, or BMS itself can extract instrument selections to other displays…so it’s all up to your choice(s) and budget.
Stevie,
Where can I purchase the your basic set up?
Pika -
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I have an msi laptop attached to a 55inch vizio tv. I recently bought 2 mfd panels from thrustmaster, and I was thinking of putting down $300 to buy 2 8inch screens to go with them. I just wanted to make sure that would work with my setup, since I already have my laptop attached to a 55inch tv. Would this work so that I can have my radars right at my finger tips?
Also, anyway to add the DED?
Thanks.
Check my set up Scotters,
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?26628-YAME64-suite&p=416428&viewfull=1#post416428
Pikachu
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Pikachu, what kind of touchscreen monitor are you using? And what is the purpose of that monitor on the left side, just for maps?
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To be clear you do not need a touch screen to operate your TM mfd`s or display exported instruments and other displays such as RWR. Naturally a touch screen is essential for Helios.
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Small tiny question.
I believe u have on that laptop a second port or third to connect those two ore one monitor?
Might consider usb monitor solution?sent from my mi5 using Tapatalk
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Stevie,
Where can I purchase the your basic set up?
PikaIf you’re on ViperPits, “Pegasus” sells replica cockpit parts…very accurate replicas - he’s located in Germany; be prepared to make a sizable investment…
http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php/board,94.0.html
What you see in my picture is a combination of his structure/electronics and real F-16 parts - the larger instruments are real aircraft parts which I will either modify or integrate directly. The MFD bezels are Thrustmaster with 7" LCDs from Chinatobby (my Ebay link) - I drive those using USB 3.0 to VGA adapters.
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Anyone else have any ideas on a good 24 inch touchscreen monitor that will work attached to my laptop which is already attached to the 55 ich screen t.v.? Windows 10.
Stevie, I have no idea what those lcd panels are that you linked too. Anything like that makes me nervous. I will just go for now with the two mfds on my desk until I get a new 24 inch touch screen ion a few months or maybe sooner. Between buying thrustmaster pedals, then attaching my hotas to my chair, then just buying two mfds, and now just buying on ebay a usb cougar hotas that I always wanted, I have been going a bit nuts. The last thing will be the touch screen, and then that’s it!
LCD panels from Chinatobby are REAL easy to use…if you’re building a setup you can interface them using USB to VGA adapters (I use USB 3.0 ones from StarTech). If you want to do separate, individual displays these are THE ticket for it.
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AV8R’s glass cockpit using a 55" curved 4K SUHD HDTV and 7" LCDs behind Cougar MFDs.
Doable is dependent upon the hardware. For what I have, I wouldn’t recommend running this display configuration less than a 3.4 Ghz or better i7 CPU and 4GB NVIDIA 970 or better GPU. The problem with laptops are they generally are not good gaming platforms nor are upgradable or have a high end GPU
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Hi Ice and other members:
I need some help. About a month ago I suffered the dreaded blue screen of death. Tried everything to get my system to boot again with no joy. I got frustrated and decided on a re-build with a new SSD and HHD along with an upgrade to Win 10 Pro from 8.1. I didn’t backup before the crash, so I had to reload all my apps and peripherals from scratch. From the start I had issues getting BMS 4.33.1 and incrementals 2 and 3 to launch (CTD at every turn). Cloud9, Ironman and, other members came back with suggestions to get me back in the pit. However, before my rebuild fix, BMS was working fine with Helios extractions using Ice’s and Gadroc’s profiles as well as BMS’ embedded MFD, RWR and, DED extractions. My renewed Helios profiles are operational but, now I can’t get the BMS Cockpit Display Extraction to work. Do you guys have any advice on a fix. By the way: I’ve downloaded Yame64 and plan to give it a shot, but would like to solve the BMS extraction problem before I proceed.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Mike.
Sys Specs: Win 10 Pro [64], MSI Game Pro MOBO, i7 CPU, 32GB Memory, 2 (x) ASUS Nvidia 970 GPU’s w/ SLI bridge, WD 500Gb SSD, WD 2Tb SATA HHD, Toshiba 2Tb SATA HHD, Samsung 23" Curved Mon, ASUS 19" Touchscreen Mon, MIMO USB 7" Touchsreen Mon, Samsung Galaxy Tab A Android, TM Cougar TQS w/ TUSBA, TM Warthog SSC, TM Rudder, TM MFD’s, Track IRv5, Gametrix Jetseat, Corsair Head Phones.
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AV8R’s glass cockpit using a 55" curved 4K SUHD HDTV and 7" LCDs behind Cougar MFDs.
Doable is dependent upon the hardware. For what I have, I wouldn’t recommend running this display configuration less than a 3.4 Ghz or better i7 CPU and 4GB NVIDIA 970 or better GPU. The problem with laptops are they generally are not good gaming platforms nor are upgradable or have a high end GPU
Where did you get that sweet sweet ICP?
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Hi AV8R:
I like your setup. Particularly your ICP. Quick question. Where can I get one. It would be great addon to my modest pit presented below.Sys Specs: Win 10 Pro [64], MSI Game Pro MOBO, i7 CPU, 32GB Memory, 2 (x) ASUS Nvidia 970 GPU’s w/ SLI bridge, WD 500Gb SSD, WD 2Tb SATA HHD, Toshiba 2Tb SATA HHD, Samsung 23" Curved Mon, ASUS 19" Touchscreen Mon, MIMO USB 7" Touchsreen Mon, TM Cougar TQS w/ TUSBA, TM Warthog SSC, TM Rudder, TM MFD’s, Track IRv5, Air Force Game Seat, Gametrix Jetseat, Corsair Head Phones.
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I think the ICP is from Viperpits member…
mikemadmax: Sorry to hear about your troubles. I take it you can now install BMS 4.33.3 properly? Remember: You don’t have to install U1, then U2, then U3. You can download all 3 files, update your installer with U2 and U3, and install the whole thing once, straight to U3. If you are having CTDs just installing BMS, I would say you still have a problem with your system somewhere and you would be best served to find that issue first and resolve it before going further.
As for cockpit display extraction, you don’t need that now. Just use YAME and it’ll do everything for you. If you use Weepop’s profile, he even has a YAME loadout you can use which makes setup easier. Good luck!!