[REQUEST]
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Im still getting used to all the buttons and stuff LOL
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Yeah he’s not alone there! I don’t know but maybe extraction/YAME multi monitor setup can help.
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My suggestion is the same as those who said about Track IR or Free track, set the zoom to the Z axis and get used of that, pretty good.
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This should do it…
What about getting him a pair of glasses optimized for his head-to-screen distance …. a pair of ‘computer glasses’.
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It’s helped me a lot, but I think my eyes aren’t quite as old as your granddads.
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Yeah he’s not alone there! I don’t know but maybe extraction/YAME multi monitor setup can help.
i’d love to know how to use that becuse until i get enlarged text this seems like the best option… he’s not gonna get used to track ir quickly and he’s not gonna buy a pair of glasses just to play once a week or so…
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With an extra monitor the mfd
s and other information can be as large as you require within the available space. A 2nd hand 15 or 17" would be fine. Having the Hud to one side of the action would be awkward but if the main screen, seat height, aux screen/screens could be positioned well then might be the solution. People are giving away older/smaller screens so investment to try out could be minimal. Obviously suitable outputs from video card needed. I own trackir and I hate it/don
t use it.I think there MAY be way to increase font size but not aware how. Keep asking.
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well the 4 mfd thing is defently cool but the other screen option is a no go for me atm… we’ll test the trackir opion when we can, but i still hope for a diffrent HUD font size…
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(i have a 1280x1024 monitor, a very old one…)
How about upgrading the monitor to a larger tft or tv? A 32" Full-HD TV would help your grandpa because the HUD would be bigger on the tv than on your old screen.
If your computer has enough power a 27" 2560x1440 monitor could be an option too. Both options that I’ve mentioned don’t cost a fortune anymore. -
12801024 seems not high res enough to read HUD. I recommend 19201080 or above, also buy an as large monitor as possible.
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when read the HUD is needed use the view nº1 only hud view, or just zoom in the MFDs when needed.
you can try also, the next code:
// font settings for displays
hudfont 4;
hudwarnfont 6;
mfdfont 7;
dedfont 10;
pflfont 10;
rwrfont 11;
hmsfont 13;is in the files
C:\…\Falcon BMS 4.36\Data\Art\ckptart\3dckpit.datadd +1 to each number, that will increase the font, there is only 2 fonts available, the default and +1
you will have to do the +1 thing in all subfolders, in all the 3dckpit.dat files
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Hey bud, I have a very similar story to yours, my grandpa also flew the P-51 and other types, mainly the F-86 and F-84G. Now he’s 87 and has macular degeneration in both eyes, so nothing can help him see numbers and letters on a screen. However until a few years ago, I was also playing falcon and other sims with him. He used a pair of reading glasses and could more or less see ok. The real problem was listening to his complaining about how "they used to bomb without needing a CCIP
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…heh…me and your Gramps would get along, methinks.
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well i’ll try revientor’s answer, seems solid. and thunder: that’s the kind of thing i whish i can get to with my grandpa, never been lucky enougth to have a famaly member play with me, espceially one that is a real life pilot… also i kinda like flying the older planes in BMS so… i guess we’d kinda get along on that XD