My Eureka Moment

[tennyson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLaDB0DMqaE

Available in HD 1080p,



Frank Cooper

[fordgt40]

Frank

Thanks for that - very infectious enthusiasm and well worth it after all the effort. The visuals are stunning and very encouraging. I will  be catching up with you soon, so may well need more info on your setup.

David

[Sam Llorca]

Great setup Frank, can you share a bit more details on your visuals, are you running separate computers?
How you got your side views not to stretch? Cheers.

[tennyson]

Sam,
It's been such a labour of love, let me tell you.
And I think I've blazed the way, as everyone was telling what I was doing wouldn't work, but it does!

It's P3D V 2.4 with Wideview and Widetraffic running on three separate PC's with high def short throw projectors on a 188 degree 2.4 metre wide curved screen with a fast wired network.
The PC's are high spec (2 are 4770k with GTX 680's and the forward unit is a 3960x and GTX 780).

I run Immersive display pro on each of the PC's.
I bought Immersive Calibration Pro to Calibrate my 3D Virtual images and then imported that data into my Immersive Display Pro, P3D and the ProSim Jetstream Flight model Config.

It's still a nightmare setting up at the moment, but I had my first successful full flight tonight and it was damn good.

I have another video in the process, of tonights' flight and it features the beautiful ORBX Tasmania, as we landed at Launceston.

I'll try and get it up tomorrow.

Hope I've explained myself well enough,



Frank Cooper

[Trevor Hale]

Seems Wideview is the solution to the no screen stretch.

Frank, Are you using the Front view for the center monitor and front left for the left screen and front right for the right screen?  Or have you somehow blended left and front left for the left projector and front right and right for the right projector?

[tennyson]

No Trevor,
That's it, you don't use the Wideview settings.

You still use the view manager, but you input the data that you extract from Immersive calibration Pro.
It gives you a blended 3D set of data, after you've completed the calibration.

That data needs to be interpreted and put in the various sections of the wideview view set-up dialog box.

The only thing Wideview doesn't handle, is zoom settings.
For that (and they will be slightly different for each projector) you can use the Save View Dialog Box in P3d and then save the scenario as default.
That way, when you start up again, your individual zooms are saved.

My latest flight is just uploading to youtube. I hope I don't bore the pants off anyone, it's 30 minutes long, but it is in 1080p high def and it's got some nice music, as well.

I'll throw it up here, when it's done. The flight through the mountains from St.Helens to the threshold for 32L was spectacular!



Frank Cooper

[Trevor Hale]

Excellent information Frank, can't wait to see the video.

Thanks a bunch.

[Sam Llorca]

Excellent information Frank, it was just what we were talking about during world flight tour, I have a lot of work ahead of me! I'll appreciate it! Looking forward to your next video. Cheers.

[FredK]

Frank - Nice work for sure!

What short throw HD projectors are you using?

How are you handling the weather?  I am using FS Global Real World Weather in my WideView setup.  It improves WideView performance significantly and assures 100% synchronization of weather since it handles weather via a network bridge and not within WideView.  I would recommend that strongly.

Are you seeing any lag in your left and right views?  I am using a separate FSX/WideView "server" that runs independent of my left/center/right WideView computers.  That assures no perceived lag in any of the screen visuals.  My computers are I7s but are almost 5 years old.  All runs fine though.

Thanks,
Fred

[tennyson]

The projectors I bought from Nat. They are his proprietary brand.

The weather is stock at the moment, altho I run ASN on my test bed in the house, not sure if I'll use it in the sim tho. I have heard and know of FSGRW and will be doing some testing with it later.

As far as lag goes....Zero. I'm running PCI-e SSD's and totally dedicated, clean drives with minimal extra's.
My systems are optimised for max performance and this is also why I chose ProSim with it's excellent Avionics package, low overhead and maximum stability. And a team that keep listening to their customer base and refining the product daily!

I'm still months away from a finished product. My overheads (with full Simworld Gauges with Canbus technology) are still being finished and will be mounted in the next few weeks when I finish testing them.
As well, I haven't finished mounting my Aerosim Solutions J-rails and my seats yet.

The pedestal is complete (Full compliment of CP Flight radio's and fire handles), bar 2 x ADF radios and a few blanks, so I'll also be hooking that up as well in the coming week.

I was hoping to have a series of Round Australia Test Flights for all of my friends who have helped me build the sim, over Xmas, but I may be pushing that time frame.

Anyway, here is the flight from last night. Sorry, the vid is a bit long (about 30 mins) and the take -off and landing aren't in it, but it is in 1080p for those that want the best view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzWuIpDoMMs


Frank Cooper

[FredK]

Thanks Frank!