X-Plane 11 Multi View Setup

How to set up a three monitor visual to obtain three geometrically accurate views snd a comparison of this new feature to a three monitor nvidia surround setup. To see info about how to physically set up the monitors for a perfect eye position see: • x-Plane 11 Multi View ...

[@rbarlow]

I did a crappy job filming. Since you couldn't read them on the video the field of view and visual offset values the values were as follows. Field of views were 44.5 for all monitors, due to bezel correction. I figured out a good way to calculate that value unless your bezel is very large. Take the width of the screen (inside between inner edge of the side bezels) and divide it by the total monitor width (including bezels). Multiply this fraction by the uncorrected field of view to get the corrected field of view, In my case the screen width was 42.5 inches and the total monitor width was 43 inches so: 42.5 / 43 * 45 degrees = 44.4787 degrees ... almost exactly the 44.5 degrees I arrived at by trial and error, The lateral rotation values were -45 , 0 , +45 for the left, center, and right monitors respectively.

[@captainkneemo3282]

Thank u You for the video. My question is you showed 1 monitor made from all 3. Then you had 3 monitors in xplane, my video card is GTX 1070 have not been able to do that. Any help please? Thank you

[@brentjohnson6654]

Yes it was a bit hard to read but you did a fantastic job explaining it. Thanks for your advice. I am trying to decide if I am going to use a projector or multiple screens for the forward views.

[@Ayelis]

I second the question posed by @@captainkneemo3282. The first time you enter settings, it looks like my settings panel. The second time, it shows multiple monitors. So how did it change? I have one monitor that is a different max resolution, and when I try to set the graphics to stretch to all three, it crushes a triple-width XPlane onto my main monitor and I can barely make out the words anymore. Is that normal?

[@briansmart3461]

Ñ

[@harpoon_bakery162]

is there any way to pump in my monitor size (27") (into your formulas) for 3 monitor setup and get the eye distance i need to be away from the monitors at let's say 45 degrees and other angles. I was thinking there was a formula but i looked back at the video a 2nd time and don't see it. I went to the other video as well that is for eye and bezel

[@rbarlow]

William... as of now no but rumors are that that may be coming in an upgrade of XP11. Some other of the work is dome n the CPU though, like reflections, so multiple graphics cards may not solve every performance issue but could go a long way.

[@williamfreeman2721]

I. on 11.5b4 (beta)... yes hopefully they fix that. am only using one graphics card where they all plug into it (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070) thanks!!

[@scottmiller826]

Your videos are inspiring me to step up my gaming. I'm a little unconventional. I am building a helicopter-specific flight sim complete with a touchscreen pedestal and panel. If you look at the view from a helicopter you can always see scenery to the side of the panel, so I initially considered a 5-screen set up, with three 60 degree 55" monitors and a smaller (37-43") monitor below the outside monitors. Then I considered turning the two side monitors from horizontal (47.9" high x 27"h) to vertical (27" wide x 47.9" high), and using a slightly smaller front monitor, like a 48" (37.5" wide x 21.1" high). Hum....🤔

[@adrian140486]

Rush iam using X plane 11 And i have now 3 50” TV screen for my homecockpit but i can not set them ok. How you can help me with this? I Need to set my 3 screeens ✈️

[@adrian140486]

My email is [e-mail] in case we can talk vía email thanks

[@Soarbywire]

Great tutorial thanks; does this work with projectors and the Xplane professional edge blending functionality?

[@kimskislalom]

How do you get the monitors to show up. Need to show us that step before we can work the geometry. The geometry is the easy part.Getting monitor 2 and monitor 3 to show up is another task that is not explained. Please can you explain how to get the other two monitors to show up so that I can work the numbers.

[@whh2466]

Do you know whether the X-Plane 11 multi-view setup will allow X-Plane to run each view through a separate graphics card? In other words, separate graphics cards (not SLI bridged) drive the left, center and right views/displays. I understand that XP does not support SLI, so that is not what I'm suggesting. I'm wondering whether a high-end CPU, coupled with three high-end GPUs (e.g., NVidia GTX 1080s) in a single computer, each driving a separate monitor configured in this multi-view setup could achieve higher frame rates or equal frame rates with higher resolution monitors. Or, is this incompatible with the way XP 11 addresses the multi-view setup? I know this can be done running multiple networked computers, but I wonder whether this multi-view setup would allow this approach in a single computer. I am concerned that X-Plane 11 might not recognize the separate GPUs and will always try to output the multiple views through the main view graphics card. (I don't have this rig yet or know anyone who does, so I can't experiment.) Thanks for any insights.

[@gregthegroove]

Is NVIDIA surround span should be enabled or not? I’m having issues stikk

[@wallypinn809]

looking for someone to setup my flight simulator. I have a Honeycomb yoke and throttle quadrant. need to have the correct assignments to both devices. I am running both Xplane-11 and MSFS 2020. I am in Arizona. Any suggestions?

[@79fedev]

Te hago una consulta, cuando cerras el simulador y lo volves abrir tenes que volver a configurar todo de nuevo? por que me pasa eso tengo que configurar monitor por monitor me vuelvo loco para hacer eso cada vez que vuelo. quiero prender fuego todo ya...

[@79fedev]

I ask you a question, when you close the simulator and open it again, do you have to reconfigure everything again? why does that happen to me I have to configure monitor by monitor I go crazy to do that every time I fly. I want to set fire to everything...

[@h.chinski4348]

Hi Russ I'm a bit late to the game I know. I am a pvt, inst rated pilot who lost my medical, vision issues. Trying to set up similar to your 5 monitors my 2 lower monitors for air manager on the same pc as the sim, would I still use the same settings you show thanks, well done by the way

[@greebel1]

With a 34" wide center screen and two 27" side screens, is there a different setting to use? The left and center screens look fine, but the right screen is only half used.

[@yannick6023]

Hey, nice video. But I have one question. How did you manage that the 3 monitors become one monitor in the windows settings?

[@jeronimirmaximus3367]

I want to know aswell

[@meggrimaldi5025]

Same

[@DrTom1946]

Russ, can you tell me where on your CPU or second c9,putter your touchscreen monitors are connected.

[@lokmanarisoy]

need some help guys. I have set 3 monitors but they are sort of moving individually .

[@PJ-ee5mc]

Now that I have my 3 monitors setup perfectly how do I save this setup? It is so aggregating when I close out of X-Plane 11 only to find that my custom multi-screen setup has defaulted back to one monitor.

[@rbarlow]

X-Plane will remember the set up as long as you have all the monitors connected and powered when you boot up. If anything has changed in your displays it will go back to the default setup. I use three TVs and if I don’t turn them on before starting my computer it thinks they are not there and screws up my setup. Let me know if this doesn’t help.

[@bunnynikkipeaches2442]

Mate that was a awesome tutorial . Got my three monitors looking great and you helped me get rid of that stretched look . Great Job .

[@damb25]

I saw another video on you tube where they use the program SRWE. Do you think that this program can solve the distortion problem when using 3 monitors?

[@rbarlow]

Not sure about SRWE but look at this fly.elise-ng.net/ I wiki research SRWE

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

So X-Plane had this support 5 years ago and the all singing all dancing FS2020 still doesn't have it.

[@rbarlow]

Yep. X-Plane also has hand controller support in VR and the ability to set ceiling and visibility for weather and a very accurate flight model and…. Well you get the idea. MSFS has great scenery but for cockpit builders and serious pilots it is far behind. No doubt MS has the ability to add all this stuff but if they want to support all features in Xbox too, it could limit how far they can go. Not to mention there is probably more $$ to be made as a game vs. a simulator

[@aviationodyssey1892]

Thanks you very informative video. We all know XP11 is not optimized yet but unfortunately the fps drop is huge (25-35%). I'm on 5 flat plane 5 HD monitors setup with TrackIR (AMD Fury) so this setup will certainly will kill my framerate.

[@rbarlow]

You can, of course, run more than one networked computer to support all those monitors but it requires an additional copy of X-Plane for each computer. I only have a GTX1070 gpu but it seems that 3 HD monitors with reduced settings is about all I can manage with a decent FPS.

[@rambowarbird]

Thank you for this instructional this was very helpful, especially your pointer about bezel correction.

[@luccena]

How you did you place the instruments in a separated monitor? It´s a plugin?

[@passionmsfsetaviation656]

I think is air manager

[@cherfieldm]

Thanks for sharing. How can you setup and link two gaming computers.

[@rbarlow]

X-Plane allows two copies to network via Ethernet or WiFi if they are on the same network

[@davidwilkinson4969]

Hi there Russ Barlow. I can see that I am a late arrival to this thread so here's hoping you will respond to my question. . . . This question is put forward because of the dialog between you and Cessnaflightsim 10 months ago. I read that and paused, then a ray of hope began to glimmer! First of all some background information to give better context to my inquiry:- I am presently running P3Dv4 from a 'Host PC' with two RTX 2070's driving 7 x 27" monitors that display scenery views, giving a total of 315° FOV. There is an 8th monitor connected to the host PC that I use to display the ATC window and Active Sky. Using the app called SpaceDesk, I have wirelessly connected a 9th display (a 7" Notepad) which shows the pop-out GPS very nicely. This PC is fairly heavily loaded up as you can see and the frame rates are fairly low (

[@rbarlow]

In short yes that would be possible. I would suggest having the two front monitors on the same computer just in case there is any network latency. The front view is most noticeable. The views assigned to each graphics card need not be contiguous.

[@davidwilkinson4969]

@@rbarlow thanks VERY much for responding to my question. What you say comes as good news. Awesome news in fact! Could I prevail upon your generousity to expand a little on the theme of 'separated' as opposed to 'contiguous' assignments of views? One further question - When I set my sim up with three monitors as a single 'view' with NVIDIA surround I see the expected result replete with distortion at the extremities. However, when I present the three monitors to XP11 as seperate views, the right hand monitor is ignored. It seems to be acknowledged, as Monitor 2, but no settings are exposed for me to adjust offsets etc. Any ideas about how to address that? All three monitors are identical and their resolutions are all set as 1920 x 1080.

[@GuiPenna1971]

Hi Russ! I´ve had trying to distribute the cockpit (toliss, Flight Factor, etc) through 03 monitors. But it´s impossible. Is there some restrictions from XPlane about this?

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Hi Russ, what do you think of having 3 27" monitors 1440 - is that way too small? I would really like larger monitors so I can see the smaller text on glass screens like for example in the TBM 900 with the G1000, the text on those dang G1000's is just so dang small. My eyes aren't what they used to be. So would you recommend going 4K and go up to like a 34 or 36" monitor. I was thinking of making the middle screen huge and then the two side screens 27's (1440) or i could reduce the resolution on the two sides to 1080 so that they would run faster and then the middle one would be the huge 43" 4K or maybe 36" 4K so that the two 27's wouldn't look so awkward next to them. So in review. Left and Right 27's, (2k), then the middle a big honcho 4K at whatever screen size you think i would be able to see clearly on the TBM 900 with the G1000 glass cockpit. Or a Skyhawk II with G1000 glass cockpit, or a Jet Liner (commercial). SO anyway, just give me your thoughs, i need to be able to see small G1000 text

[@patricksnyder3101]

Afternoon Russ, I am a former RW pilot as well. I am a little late to this party after a bit of a hiatus. I appreciate your postings and as imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I am attempting your multi monitor setup at this time. As the future makes faster components available, I am utilizing three 43" TVs in concert with 2 machines, an older unit which I will need to Upgrade and pair it with a new one just acquired from XforcePC. Just waiting on some things to arrive and calibrate peripherals at this time. I am looking forward to my learning curve plateauing, LOL, but enjoy all of your videos. Question: What are specs on your machine in the Multi monitor Vulkan single setup? BTW, to join this "club" I convinced my wife that this deal was cheaper than a quarter share of an SR 22T.

[@williamfreeman2721]

Hi Russ.... best explanation I have seen thus far. Great job! Quick question. I have a 27" main monitor and a left and right monitor 24". I there a way to get thos lined up? I have the main monitor in front and the 2 monitors (left) and (right) angled approx 45 degrees on each side. the edges of each monitor to screen are about 1 1/2" (think that's the bezel). Thoughts?? Thanks in advance!

[@maydaygoingdown5602]

Hi my freind, would a 1080ti be able to run this 46 inch multi tv panel at 1080p resolution with a a 9700k or 9900k in Xplane 11? I know it's a bit late but I'm thinking of going down this route for my setup and could really do with knowing before I start spending. Earned a sub from me and thanks for these videos, excellent.

[@edwardkaplan9699]

Why am I getting black areas, like a silhouette, on the right and left monitors? Also, what CPU are you using here? I'm only getting about 12 FPS with moderate settings.

[@ashakil2009]

Russ, which brand/model tv/monitors are you using for this?

[@rbarlow]

Visio 49” 4K several years old. I suggest you look at the Website www.rtings.com/ Main things to look for is side input lag, viewing angle, motion blur. Look at info on that website to see gaming tv use comparisons.

[@Mozartistic1]

EXCELLENT video! I am an XPlane 10 user and just built a nice PC so I'm monitor shopping now to replace the failing 22" I have. I'm focused on a trifecta of 27" 2560x1440 144hz (2k) and I'll definitely be using your info to help set them up. Subscribed!

[@bro977]

Hi Russ I'm using 3 55inch tvs for my setup and want to have a 180 degree view. Can you recommend the fov for each monitor and lateral offset? Thx Lee

[@davidpippin3460]

Russ, new xplane user here but your videos are very helpful. I noticed you said you are running air manager pushing the touch panels on a separate computer. How exactly is the xplane data getting to the air manager software? Also, what specs would that computer require?

[@Inserico]

Thanks for the video Russ. Do you know where I can find the file that records the multiview settings/configs?

[@davidmcconnell9128]

Russ I set up my monitors with the settings you suggested. The monitors are aligned perfectly! Thank you. However, the instrument panel covers both the center screen and part of the right screen and appears to be enlarged. I am not able to toggle down to see the trim wheel or breaker panels. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

[@TangodownNZ]

This helped me out. Thank you. This is way better than the surround display! This method also works with 2 monitors, you just need to play around with the settings until you get it right.

[@felfvieira]

good morning friend, how did you manage to put only the instruments on the smaller monitor? I've been trying for weeks and I can't. can you inform me? thank you!

[@nickpepper4592]

This was really nicely done for people like me who have no clue what to do. I will definitely copy what you did to fix the imagery. Thanks

[@shayan7878]

how could be possible have even more monitors for example 5 or 6 ?

[@rbarlow]

Sure as long as you have a monster graphics card and super powerful GPU. Check my videos I did a video not long ago where I attached five monitors to a single computer using XP11.I think it might be cheaper just to network a second computer

[@sfo1ckh]

What should the lateral settings be, I see mostly the left wing?

[@rbarlow]

It actually depends on what field of view you have set on the monitors. That is determined by the geometry of your cockpit set up. You need to measure the angle of your field of view from your eye to the edges of the front monitor. If it is, for example, 45°Then you would’ve said the FOV ( field of view ) to that number. Then the left monitor would have a lateral rotation of -45° and the right monitor would be set to a horizontal rotation of +45°. I have a video that explains all of this in a very great detail including mathematical formulas that show how to determine what set up you use. The size of your monitors has something to do with that. Check out the video below and see if it helps you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvHmIJ4f5qrobM

[@boblatouche2273]

Undecided pimax crystal vs 3 monitor set up

[@rbarlow]

Tough decision…. VR is so awesome…. Or do both?

[@vpwebsvc]

Approximately how much desk space (width and depth) is needed to duplicate this setup?

[@luftbilderhd]

Thanks a lot for this clear and detailed explanation! Will this work for (three) projectors on a curved screen as well? I'm currently planing to set up a 220-270 degree curved screen with three projectors. Projectors need to do warping and edge blending. "Warpalizer" - as far as I know - does need NVIDIA Surround to get warping and blending working. If NVIDIA Surround is switched off, Warpalizer can not do its job. Does anybody know how this could be solved with three separate screens in X-Plane? Can any other warping and blending software handle this? Which one? Any recommendations are very appreciated.

[@ericsmith313]

this is good stuff man. thanks so much. 120 inches of screen is going to look so much better.

[@stevef]

Russ, this is such a great video. I know you did this like two years ago but I was wondering if you have the TV's on conference room stands or on tables? I watched your other video on monitors and eye positions but trying to figure out the best way to hold them in place. It will be three 55 inch 4K TV's with a RealSimGear G1000 and StayLevel 172 Cockpit frame to hold them.

[@BEACHYz]

how did you set up the older bendix navcom? I only see glass options with x plane 11 and it's frustrating. thnx in advance

[@sttarch5150]

Really nicely done, and without boring talk that ruins a lot of videos.

[@joee908]

Thank you for this very helpful video. I folllowed your instructions in the video and everything works great. There is on area that I can't seem to get fixed. When I start up XPlane 11 all three monitors are displaying forward views with scenery as set in the graphic settings. However, when I pan left or right I am in the cockpit looking out of the cockpit. In other words I can pan left or right outside of the cockpit. When I return to the forward view it is nothing but scenery. Is there something I missed.

[@jeromepettiford8141]

Hi Russ, I would like to have a setup like yours here, what kind of monitor or TV should I use? Thank you for your videos

[@gemster18]

thank you for your quick response Russ. I am getting around 16 to 20 frames when I take off out of klga. my specs are AMD Radeon 8320 I just purchased and Nvidia GTX 1060 with 6 Gigabytes of DDR 5 I have a 750 watt power supply 16 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM but I am only running one 32 inch screen and 217 inch on both sides so considering it really isn't that bad I will definitely try your idea of lowering the World objects but I have to say I have been in FSX guy for 20 years this X-Plane 11 is definitely growing on me talk to you soon my friend

[@Patrick-rk7us]

gemster18 so First of all,it doesn't exist an AMD Radeon 8320, second I would do an upgrade to AMD Ryzen CPU or a Intel CPU. And I would take 32gb of ram.

[@flyingfatcats517]

Always come back to this since coming back into XP after quite a few years. Very good job on this. We all thank you!

[@richardbeck2911]

Great videos. Thanks so much for your help!

[@ManikSethisuwan]

Thanks for the video. Although it could probably be 20 mins shorter.

[@22Alphadog]

bei stink normalen 1920 hättest dir die drei 4k tvs sparen können die kosten mehr als ein Samsung C49J890DKU, LED-Monitor

[@kenbording4746]

Russ: I really enjoy your videos and I followed the 3 monitor setup; however, I'm getting only 20 FPS and lots of stuttering. I'm baffled because I have an Alienware R2 with 32GB, GTX 1080 8GB, Win 10 64 Pro. Adjusting the XP11 Graphics settings doesn't change FPS +/- 2. Updated BIOs, Win, X-P, a dozen hours on phone with Alienware & Navida. Very expensive setup is hardly usable. I'm at a loss for ideas to improve FPS.

[@rbarlow]

Have you tried a single monitor or three monitors using Surround? What happens then? Be sure multithreading is OFF in the Graphics settings. changing the graphics settings in XP should result in huge FPS changes

[@sfo1ckh]

Sorry, I meant vertical rotation offset?

[@rbarlow]

That same video will still help you. Generally you want no vertical rotation ( Zero). Do you want your eye height level & centered on the monitors. Again see the video for the details kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvHmIJ4f5qrobM

[@oscarassuncaofilho]

Whats graphic card you use for 3 monitors? I have GTX 1080 ti with 3 monitors with surround enable. But when i turn off surround and follow yours configurations my x planes goes to 2/3 fps and stays Impossible to play... Do you know what can be?

[@rbarlow]

Oscar Filho: I have a NVIDIA GTX1070 and get about 30 FPS with moderate settings. X-Plane FPS depends on CPU speed too. Open graphics settings tab and controls on left ( textures, anti-aliasing, etc) are dependent on GPU while those in right(number of objects, show parked aircraft, etc) are CPU dependent. Whichever is most restrictive creates a bottleneck and limits performance.Still something sounds wrong. What CPU do you have? Are your GPU drivers updated? Have you dialed down your graphics settings?

[@williamwidjaja850]

sir russ , respect

[@jibulissan]

Is there a way to get the instrument panels on 2nd monitor, other than using Air Manager??

[@rbarlow]

Sure you can just create another view window in XP11 that is a close up of the instrument panel. It has a couple disadvantages over using Air Manager. It will be a 3D rendered window for most planes so that means your computer and graphics will be driving 4 HD windows. That is a challenge for most systems. Also if you want touch screen interactivity XP really isn’t user friendly especially for knobs. It definately can be done but since many planes no longer have 2D Cockpits it may cost performance

[@jibulissan]

Russ Barlow, Sorry, I was trying to get FW HUD on one display & instrument panel on other, is it possible?

[@Gsxrdannyy]

Not an expert in any way. But I think the reason why your image was so stretched out with the Nvidia Surround option was because you inputted that 135 degree view. I believe if you would have left it at default it would have been just fine. The Surround mode should already calculate the appropriate field of view, so by you adding extra field of view input it stretched the image out. That's my theory of course. I don't have a three monitor setup.

[@Gsxrdannyy]

Either way, you have a really great setup!

[@asnavigator]

Great !!!! Thank you very much for such video!!!!

[@nasigoreng553]

What would be helpful as well is if you posted your computer system specs like how many gcards you have to support these monitors and computing power. Hows the frame rate when flying?

[@rbarlow]

This was made over three years ago when X-Plane11 was just released and multiple views first were available. I have a recent video that may have more data that is current and includes Vulkan graphics improvements. It is looking at running 4 and even 5 monitors on a single computer but it may be helpful. Look at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIDHepKVd7KUqpY

[@jameshiggins5573]

Russ what brand TV are you using and are there any you would recommend want to set 3 up

[@monteblackwell4652]

In your opinion, what size would you recommend for the two touch screens? Application would be for the exact same thing you did.

[@rbarlow]

21-24" is fine especially if two are used. I much prefer capacitive touch screens over IR since the face is glass and flat and no gaps to catch dirt.

[@jarisipilainen3875]

8:19 make your monitors side by side like its setup 1 big flat monitor. that streching effect will gone when you look that side monitor from angle(you are looking it now straight) it should be flat monitor. you tilted 2 monitor

[@rbarlow]

Jari Sipilainen your point is correct as long as the displayed and actual field of view to the monitors are the same. The problem is that you will get far less total field of view with the same monitors in a flat configuration. Also as the angle gets more oblique to the monitor face most monitors lose intensity (brightness). IMHO a three view setup is superior to the surround method even with the FPS hit.

[@wildgoobsid5]

I don’t think this applies with the latest updates of windows 10. They have thoughtfully removed the advanced display settings in windows. Thanks Microsoft. Anyone have any fixes?

[@chuckspeer5043]

You can find the same settings in NVIDIA or Radeon settings. if you have installed Graphics software/drivers correctly, just right click on the desktop to access.

[@ifhandp2887]

Hai. I have only 2 monitor, how to setup in xplane 11.

[@rbarlow]

Best to use one as visual only and lower monitor as instrument panel. Best to use Air Manager for the panel monitor with XPlane pop outs for navigation screens. If you prefer to use XP11 panel view on lower monitor set FOV same for both and lateral offset zero for both. Set the vertical offset to zero for visual monitor but set lower monitor to some negative value for vertical offset. Try -10 at first and adkust until it shoes what you want.

[@ifhandp2887]

@@rbarlow can i use 2 monitor for Visual front window Sir? For Instrument, i have ready panel.

[@gemster18]

Russ what a beautiful setup....great job. just out of curiosity what are your computer specs? I can't believe your getting 45 frames! I can't get passed 22.. merry Christmas Sir. V1........ROTATE 🛫

[@rbarlow]

My 3 visual system is an i7-4770K 3.5 Ghz with an Nvidia GTX1070. I have found the most important setting for FPS is the "Number of World Objects" selected. In urban areas and highly detailed airports my FPS can drop to the high teens. With the same settings in rural areas it can return to 40-50. I have found using Medium is probably the best compromise for me since I am hooked on the three view setup. As a retired RL Pilot, I prefer smoother motion(higher FPS) and the accurate views to the more realistic ground objects. I suppose when the nvidia GTX 1280 or 1380 are available I will have both (unless X-Plane 12 is launched by then) :) . Seems like Laminar is always pushing the limits of the available technology...and that's what I like about them.

[@rogerutley8738]

Dear Sir, Thanks for the awesome video.Question please, I am running three 32 in monitors, I am clueless on what Air Manager is or does. In your thoughts, is this necessary or a luxury? And what do I need to purchase? Cost is a issue for me, as I am a Airport Firefighter on a limited budget! :) Just setting up a sim from scratch and to be honest,already have went WAY over what I had budgeted! Also please, what is your recommendation for a yoke, pedals, etc..My main purpose of sim is to get comfortable with, probably a 172 as I about to begin my quest for a Private ticket..Also this will give me a better understanding of my job....Thank you for your advice and time...or if better for you,I could give you my email address?? Be safe..Roger

[@damb25]

Hey Russ, I have one question, Can you do this also in MSFS2020?

[@rbarlow]

Not as yet. You can use Nvidia Surround to create a virtual wide single screen made up of the three monitors but it gets stretched and distorted at the outer edges. Right now there is no way to support multiple views on separate monitors. It is on the MSFS to do list though

[@yenz9211]

How many pc? And Grafik cards?

[@peterstorm_io]

Hi Russ, thank you for your videos. Can I ask you what monitors you use?

[@FlightSim2703]

Thanks for sharing, I'm enjoying x-plane 11 with moltipy monitors, it's awesome and gives realistic effects

[@jobbruin929]

Great video, excellent setup and information. Thanks!

[@MrNICAULISES]

hi Russ, great video sir, I fallow the steps and I got my set up looking much better However it killing my frame rate but it look much better this is my computer specs WINDOWS 10 HOME Intel(R) core (TM) i7 -6700HQ CPU @2.60hZ 64 BIT any advice ?

[@rbarlow]

Roman Flores I have a 3.5 GHz I seven processor and a GTX 1070 video card. I believe the number of world objects selected is a real frame rate killer for a lower power GPU. Try reducing that to low or minimum and see what happens. I was told that the items on the left side of the Graphics sliders are GPU dependent and those on the right are dependent on the CPU. Your CPU is not as powerful as mine so I suspect you also would have problems displaying large numbers of objects. Unfortunately that does make the scene look especially good and realistic. Let me know how you do.

[@MrNICAULISES]

hey Russ Thanks for your quick respond. well I guess I need a new Computer LOL... so let me ask you this. the i7 part is okay? but the GPU and the CPU are to low? the graphics cars is the GTX1070 the one I have

[@marcuswilson6339]

Thank you for this video. I had the same issue and now it looks way better.

[@thomasbriscoe5271]

Russ - made some more tweaks last night after reviewing your video for the third time. Again, I'd been using the NVidia Surround multi -monitor setup with FSX Steam and the distortion with the left and right monitors was an issue. I was blown away last night with XPlane 11 once I got my settings right. Even though I'm taken a hit on frame rates, the views were outstanding. Thanks for your help!

[@rbarlow]

Thomas Briscoe Glad to hear you feel the same way I did about it. I now have the monitors each rotated back at 60 degrees and the 180 total FOV is awesome. Being able to look down at the runway while on downwind makes flying circuits(patterns) a snap. Taxiing is also much easier.

[@louvilmar9461]

Russ, just wondering if in your comment above you changed the settings shown on the video from 45 to 60?

[@jack_otterson4477]

how did you get your tvs to act as one big one

[@Viking8888]

Hi Russ, I enjoyed your video, it was great, but I was curious if you know how to have just gauges displayed on a monitor connected to another computer (networked) I've been trying to find a tutorial but so far, no luck. Thanks!

[@rbarlow]

Clayton Olson There are a couple ways. One would be to run a second copy of X-Plane in the other computer and set it up as a external view. I have a video describing that posted on KZbin. The disadvantages are: needs a capable computer; some lag occasionally ; touchscreen support is not great. The best way IMHO is Sim Innovations program Air Manager which solves most of those issues. Read more about it at: www.siminnovations.com

[@Viking8888]

Russ Barlow Thanks Russ! Unfortunately, spending more money isn't an option right now. I was just hoping to do everything within xp. I do have another capable pc however, so I will take a look at that other video you mentioned. take care!

[@rbarlow]

Clayton Olson I hear you man I know it's a hobby it's hard to spend money on it. If your video card is up to the task you can easily create another window on the same computer depending on how many windows you are using for your visual display. If you can afford a second computer and then spending $30 or so for air manager might not seem that bad.

[@rigilchrist]

Hey Russ - this is a great piece of work - and is just what I wanted to know. Thank you so much! :)

[@ericsmith313]

Running i7, 32 gigs ram, 2060 video card. I can not get this config to work. It just crashes upon load. I've went over all the details and the only thing that's different is ur x plane monitors. Your 2 is on left and your 1 is on the right. Mine is reversed even tho the desktop settings look just like yours. Anybody got a 2060 that runs this setup without nvidia stretch?

[@rbarlow]

Your setup is more than adequate and should run fine. Try resetting your preferences file by removing it and restarting XP. Google it to get more details but that usually solved crashes on startup for me. If that doesn’t work your XP log file will reveal where on start the crash is occurring

[@ericsmith313]

@@rbarlow thank you so much for the reply.. got me headed in the right direction. Currently got it up and running the same way your video does. So much better without that stretched look. I do have another question specific for you tho. Did you ever find that power plug for them 15.5 inch monitors u got for knobster. Was looking at them today n seen your review. If so could u recommend what plug u used. Also thank you very much for your videos. They help new guys like me so much. Looking to invest into that knobster setup.. awesome idea.

[@ericsmith313]

Oh and 1 last thing.. it was reshade that kept crashing it. So anybody who's having multiple monitor issues on xplane and running reshade.. ditch the reshade.

[@monteblackwell4652]

Brother, you are the man. This is so appreciated. Your videos target all the things that we simmers want to know and no one else has the insight to make videos to address them. Thanks a bunch and you just got another sub..

[@rbarlow]

Thanks Monte. I just love this stuff... glad you do too.

[@gemster18]

two 17 inch....lol damn voice to text...lol

[@thomasbriscoe5271]

Great video Russ. I'm running FSX Steam with 3 / 27" Asus monitors and NVidia Surround. The distortion and warping on the left and right monitors are frustrating and the multi-monitor option with XPlane 11 might be the fix that I'm looking for. Did you disable the Nvidia Surround Option in order to set-up the 3 individual monitors. Also, I used the XPlane demo and when flying the Cessna or Boeing 737-800, the forward 3D cockpit view put me too close to the instruments. With FSX I had to tweak a line within the configuration file along with Ezdok in order to achieve various distances within the internal and external views. How would I make the adjustments with XPlane 11. Thanks.

[@eagleonesims613]

Thomas Briscoe - happened to me. I adjusted the fov in the graphics option.

[@rbarlow]

Thomas B is right ... just adjust the FOV. Check out my other video on Multi View Geometry and Bezel Correction as it may further explain FOV

[@thomasbriscoe5271]

Russ

[@mohsenfazelinia3277]

hi, i see you video about xplane 11 Multi View Setup. in this video you use 3 monitor for instrument. how you do this work. i want add another monitor for show instrument panels. thanks.

[@rbarlow]

Mohsen Fazelinia The three monitors with the instrument panels are run on a second computer using Air Manager by Sim Innovations.

[@mohsenfazelinia3277]

thanks, do you work with sim-avionics. it can better than air manager or not?

[@hernandogonzalezecheverri8567]

Hello, how do you put the instruments in the screen? I have 3 monitors and I would like to put a screen with the flight instruments. Regards

[@rbarlow]

HERNANDO GONZALEZ ECHEVERRI you can use a program called Air Manager to create external panels that can run on another monitor(or computer, Android or iPad). Look as some of my other videos to see more. You can see it at www.siminnovations.com where you can buy it.

[@hernandogonzalezecheverri8567]

@@rbarlow thank you very much russ

[@cessnaflightsim445]

Fantastic video! Love your set up as well. I was wondering how you have 3 screens and also have another 3 screens for your air manager gauges. How did you do this as my computer only let's me have 4 screens connected at a time.

[@rbarlow]

Cessnaflightsim I was running two computers. One powerful one for the simulator and scenery and an older one to run Panels on Air Manager. If you want to incorporate X-Plane pop out windows(G530;G1000) into your Air Manager Layouts then Air Manager must be running on the same computer as X-Plane. The solution is to have a master copy of X-Plane running on a computer to run Air Manager and a second copy of X-Plane on another computer running as an External visual for the three scenery views.

[@cessnaflightsim445]

@@rbarlow thanks so much for that! Looks like I need to buy another computer lol. So I need two copies of xplane, is that correct?

[@nickclements303]

Great video. I have just setup my Xplane 11 home cockpit with 3 1080p TVs. Only problem I have is getting my settings right. I have a 43” in the centre and two 32” tvs for the two side ones. They are both angled at 60 degrees, and my viewpoint is 170cm from front screen. I seem to be going round in circles changing the settings around.... any help would be much appreciated...

[@rbarlow]

Nick I have never considered using mismatched monitors on both sides. If you set them up with the same FOV as the larger monitor the image size will not match up. Try this: to make the side monitors look the sam size and match up with the 43" try setting the side monitors to a smaller FOV proportionate to the realitive size of the monitors. For example if the center is 43" and sides are 32" 32/43= 0.744. If your center is FOV 60 degrees, the set the sides to 60 X 0.744= 45 degrees. Then make sure the vertical centers of all three monitors are aligned since there is no way to adjust the vertical offset, only the angle. Then set your side monitors back so their centers are perpendicular to your ideal eye position for the center monitor. Not sure it will work perfectly but best I can do off the top of my head.

[@nickclements303]

Russ Barlow Thankyou for the quick reply, I will give it a try. Otherwise I will have to get another 32” and remove the 43” which will be a shame.. will report back . Again many thanks.

[@rbarlow]

Nick Clements you can make it usable with the monitors you have even if not perfect. I would be tempted to make due until I could afford three matching monitors 55” or larger. It is tough to match up the picture color and contrast on different brand and model TVs . My suggestion is to buy three at Costco or some other place with a liberal return policy. Then test one to be sure there are no performance issues. Some TVs have input lag that is a killer for gaming but not an issue as a TV. Good luck.

[@VHTim]

Great info, thanks for putting together a video, it helps me quite a bit.

[@jpalm32]

Great job! My question is, how does the screen views compare to actual cockpit view? It seem your getting substantially more vertical view

[@rbarlow]

jpalm32 True it is less restricted but you can select 3D cockpit view instead of the scenery only view if you want the obstructions just as in the airplane

[@ericc7936]

funny, i don't have option for windowed.

[@rbarlow]

Eric C not sure what you mean option for windowed ? I did this video over 3 years ago so remind me what the issue is and I'll try to help. Thanks.

[@ericc7936]

@@rbarlow in x-plane11 in graphics tab of settings about half way down there's a drop down list which has full screen; ios and one other selection. you in your video it showed windowed option which allows for the task bar to be visible. thanks for your quick reply.

[@ericc7936]

@@rbarlow for monitor 1 one can set whether or not they want a windowed screen (allows for taskbar) or full screen or ios. i don't have the option for windowed. thanks, if you can help.

[@diegovd7215]

Thank you. This was very helpful !

[@johncarr123]

How do you like Xplane 11 so far? Thanks for doing this video

[@rbarlow]

If you mean the stretched image it is using the Nvidia surround system which is available with Nvidia GTX video card. Of course the separate images are a product of XP 11 Multiview options

[@johncarr123]

I would use the x11 option.

[@yousrinemmour6313]

Thank you bro

[@usakokomo]

After fighting to figure this out, your video MADE MY DAY! I have a 3 monitor setup on 32" screens with the forward facing a curved monitor. Saved me a bunch of frustration brother! Thank you!!

[@elguindy]

Richard I need help when I make a turn the main monitor (middle one turn) looks normal while the other two monitors left and right stay on same view so it looks awkward middle monitor turning two other monitors stay on the same position did you have same issue "

[@usakokomo]

@@elguindy I do not have the same issue. I made a short video showing my settings for x-plane 11 with an example of how it looks on my system. You can follow the link. I'm no pro but between this video and taking a look at my settings maybe it will help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIHGapiVrpyXfsk

[@usakokomo]

@@elguindy I'm thinking you may need to adjust the visual settings in x-plane regarding the monitors and what each one is assigned to do. Another problem may be how you have the monitors connected to your video card. I have 4 ports. Two monitors are hooked to the Display Port and one on the HDMI port. Good luck!

[@franklister7426]

what type of video card do you have that allows you to use 3 monitors?

[@rbarlow]

Frank Lister I have a NVIDIA GTX1070 but be aware that X-Plane graphics are also dependent on the CPU. Since it doesn’t support multi cores yet click speed is probably more important than whether it is an i5 or i7. Michael Brown’s XForcePC KZbin Channel has a recent video that compares video cards and CPUs on X-Plane11

[@rbarlow]

*Clock speed not click speed

[@Fco.Javier]

Thanks very much

[@HyperFlie]

hey Russ i have two different sizer monitors how can i make that work

[@rbarlow]

Hyper Flie it is possible but slightly more math involved. Need to place vertical centers at same level. Figure the ratio of monitor width and use same ratio in setting field of view

[@HyperFlie]

Russ Barlow ok so the vertical centres of both monitors have to align then how would I get the ratio

[@rbarlow]

Hyper Flie a good approximation assuming they are not too different in size would be to measure the width of each monitor and figure the ratio. This assumes they have the same aspect ratio(HD is 16:9, SD 4:3). So let’s say one is 40” across and the second is 32” across. The ratio of the small one to the large one is 32/40= 0.80 So if you set the field of view on the large monitor to, say, 60 degrees, set the smaller one to 60 x .80= 48 degrees.

[@davewhite3508]

Great video - thanks!