Hi Joe,

If you are having trouble seeing the second panel in fullscreen from startup I would suggest adding a panel only view to the second monitor. There are some directions on how to do that here (http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=545).

Hopefully that will solve the issue for you.

Best of Luck,
Justin

Joe,

It looks like the PanelOnly option works for some of the simpler panels but not the more complex ones.

Another thing that you can do as a work around, while we look into the underlying cause, is to create a transparent panel at the top of the screen. The transparent panel forces everything behind it to load.

If you go to your panel.cfg in the Prepar3D/SimObjects/Airplanes/(Your Aircraft)/Panel Folder and add the following items.

Under [Window Titles]

WindowN=Panel name

Where N is the next number in configuration and Panel name can be whatever you like. I call the panel "Loader".

Then add this to the end of the document with the N matching the number above.

[WindowN]
window_size=0.1         //percent of screen size
position=8                     //Position of loading
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0         //Background color (0,0,0 is transparent)
VISIBLE=0                      //1= initially visible, 0= not initially visible
ident=Panel Name       //Panel Identification name
zorder=100                     //Forces the panel to load on the very top

The last step is to then put this 'Loader' panel on the same monitor as the panel you want to show. I would suggest making the panel some other color, besides transparent, so that you are able to move it to the correct monitor. Once there change the panel to transparent and save your flight.

Regards,
Justin

Jim,

I am sorry to hear this as it is has been working for me. Can you provide me any more details on what aircraft and panels you are using and how many monitors? I will look at this as time permits.

-Justin

Quote from gronden on April 17, 2012, 04:02
Hi,

I use FSX and prepar3D with 2 monitors.

In FSX (full screen mode) I'm able to move and display the overhead panel on the secondary monitor, but in Prepar3D this seems to be not possible (the screen shows that I'm moving the panel, but it does not appear).

Is there a possible solution for this?

In fact if I switch to the windowed mode in Prepar3D, that seems the only way to see the panel on the secondary monitor, I get less than half of the FPS.

Thanks in advance for any support and best regards

Joe

Make an Eyefinity group with monitor 1+2 and re-size the panels to fit e.g. 3840x1080
With 2 separate monitors AND When you undock a panel AND place it outside the main screen then the fps is divided x2 (as in FSX as well ...)
Jan

Problem solved. Good shot! Happy flying ans save landings.

After looking into it more I believe your solution is a viable one.

Just to expand on this, this solution is the same one I've mentioned using in this thread. While saving a .flt file with this works fine (you can then reload the flight and have your panels load on the secondary screens/windows), if you're opening up new panels after the sim has already loaded the full-screen view, you'll still see the same problem the original poster mentioned. That means that while yes, the solution is viable for any single-player ops, for anything in multi-player you will be unable to use this as a fix.