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    • tailblues
      tailblues last edited by

      If you are using more than two monitors with different resolutions, you might need to specify special screen resolutions.
      (For example, I’m using 1920x1200 as center screen, with two spare 1600x1200 as left and right monitor for my ATI card. Eyefinity would downscan my center monitor to 1600x1200, and makes it 4600x1200, while what I want is 5120x1200).

      In falcon4 BMS, you cannot set the game (3d) window to your own custom resolution, even in the windowed mode. Only some of the well known resolutions upto your biggest screens are appearing in the UI, and there is no editable text configuration for screen resolution.

      However, with a hex editor, you can still set it with your own custom resolution.

      The file “User/Config/dx9display.dsp” holds screen resolution and other info. Sadly, it is written in binary values. So you need a Hex-Editor to set it to a special resolution.

      2 bytes in address 3C (3C and 3D) holds X-resolution in least order first. Hex “B004” is thus, 400b -> 1200. Hex “8007” is thus, 0780 -> 1920, etc.
      2 bytes in address 40 (40 and 41) holds Y-resolution.

      This info was valuable for my optimal monitor setup; I’m posting this, hopping that so someone might need this info.

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      • mantaray
        mantaray last edited by

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        • kneejo
          kneejo @mantaray last edited by

          Cool, now I know how and where to look for the 16bit display option that every Falcon except FF and BMS support, and saves you a lot of fps in return for half the colors… colors you don’t really miss if you’re running on low graphics settings like I am. 😉

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          • Arty
            Arty @kneejo last edited by

            @kneejo:

            Cool, now I know how and where to look for the 16bit display option that every Falcon except FF and BMS support, and saves you a lot of fps in return for half the colors… colors you don’t really miss if you’re running on low graphics settings like I am. 😉

            Very good point…

            Really low end pc users could reduce their color to 16bit and see their FPS.

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            • djwave
              djwave @Arty last edited by

              I need help with my custom res. I have x3 24" eyefinity in portrait mode (3900x1920) but im forced to play in window mode why falcon freeze before open main menu. Any way to force main menu to 3900x1920?? Please help.

              Thanks

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              • gavagai
                gavagai @djwave last edited by

                By the way, if someone doesn’t want to bother converting base-16 by hand: http://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal-converter.html

                We’re trying to get a 4k display to work with 3840x2160… I’ll post here if this trick works.

                Awesome, it works! Falcon BMS in 4k glory!

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                • gavagai
                  gavagai @djwave last edited by

                  @djwave:

                  I need help with my custom res. I have x3 24" eyefinity in portrait mode (3900x1920) but im forced to play in window mode why falcon freeze before open main menu. Any way to force main menu to 3900x1920?? Please help.

                  Thanks

                  You need to download this: http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

                  Then use the link I give above to convert 3900x1920 into hexidecimal to edit your dxdisplay.dsp file.

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                  • The_Nephilim
                    The_Nephilim @gavagai last edited by

                    @gavagai:

                    You need to download this: http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

                    Then use the link I give above to convert 3900x1920 into hexidecimal to edit your dxdisplay.dsp file.

                    NVM I got DSR To work. I am good to go 😉

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                    • repvez
                      repvez @The_Nephilim last edited by

                      Can someone to how can I modify exactly this DSP file? I would like set up 960x1080 and 840x1050 resoulution and 8:9 aspect.
                      I downloaded this hex editor and opened the DSP but i don’t know what can I do with it.

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                      • WindWeapon
                        WindWeapon @repvez last edited by

                        Attempted the change to the dsp file and was successful. BMS loaded to the UI successfully, however I did not see the custom resolution set in the list of resolutions available. On another attempt where i did not look at setup and rather went straight to quick flight following change, BMS crashed out with below detail. Is there something additional required to allow custom resolution other than edit to the dsp file? Of note, i additionally ensured my total three screen resolution matched the res set in the dsp updated file. Also had the center monitor set as default in windows.

                        Problem signature
                        Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
                        Application Name:	Falcon BMS.exe
                        Application Version:	4.14753.0.0
                        Application Timestamp:	562b288d
                        Fault Module Name:	Falcon BMS.exe
                        Fault Module Version:	4.14753.0.0
                        Fault Module Timestamp:	562b288d
                        Exception Code:	c0000005
                        Exception Offset:	0000000000089f18
                        OS Version:	6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
                        Locale ID:	1033
                        Additional Information 1:	80da
                        Additional Information 2:	80da71a409a2957ba0f99023e3add414
                        Additional Information 3:	6d95
                        Additional Information 4:	6d957bd81309ed6844fe20d305d8e5db
                        
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                        • WindWeapon
                          WindWeapon @WindWeapon last edited by

                          Finally got it working. Key to fix was changing to run in windowed mode -window as a shortcut command. All good!

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                          • hoover
                            hoover @WindWeapon last edited by

                            Has this changed in 4.33U1? I just tried editing my dedicated server settings and BMS crashed when entering the 3d world… using windowed mode here so I guess that’s not the issue at hand.

                            Thanks, Uwe

                            System specs: win10pro / Linux Mint 20.x, 32GB RAM, nv 1070ti, 2x1 TB SSD, 1x4TB SATA; HOTAS Warthog (DX), TM MFDs, G25Shifter, T500RS wheel / pedals; CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core; MoBo: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37); Display: 43" LG nano 779pa (2560x1440), 19" Fujitsu-Siemens (1280x1024) used for DE.

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                            • windnc60
                              windnc60 @WindWeapon last edited by

                              really going crazy trying to figure out how to get 4 monitors working in BMS4.35. seeing post on 4.33 which are not helpful in .35 as the extractor doesn’t exist. The four monitor show up in Graphics but i can not seem to get anything displayed. Im grounded… please advise. There’s got to be a better way…

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                              • oakdesign
                                oakdesign @windnc60 last edited by

                                @windnc60:

                                really going crazy trying to figure out how to get 4 monitors working in BMS4.35. seeing post on 4.33 which are not helpful in .35 as the extractor doesn’t exist. The four monitor show up in Graphics but i can not seem to get anything displayed. Im grounded… please advise. There’s got to be a better way…

                                If you want to use BMS over multiple monitor you have to combine them through your GPU driver panel such as surround for nvidia

                                Spec: AMD Ryzen [email protected] GHZ, MB MSI Tomahawk, 32GB RAM, 500GB NVMe EVO 970 SSD, 2 TB HD, GTX1660TI,3x24'' Full HD Screen, 15.6'' Touchscreen (Helios MFDE), Saitek X65F, OpenTrack+PS3 Eye+IR LED, DIY Build Rudder, Brake Pedals

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