I am using a DELL G5 desktop to run my FS2020. It runs satisfactorily with few, rare glitches I can usually trace back to my bad setting in the option panels. I do have a laptop, also running Windows 10 and I could connect the two using USB. I wonder how I could utilize the laptop as a secondary source, perhaps displaying a G1000 or flight plan? Any ideas on what and how can I do it will be much appreciated.
I have an old laptop and put it to work running LittleNavMap, which then outputs via the laptop screen for the textual side amd onto a spare 22 inch monitor for the actual mapping side of things. Runs a treat, but it was pretty nightmarish getting the laptop to talk to the desktop, which runs MSFS. Now I have got it going, I a, pleased and it must offload the dektop. All in all, I recommend it!
Magic - do you want to tell us how you did it. I got dell desktop, not powerful enough to run game, ok, well it could, but not as good as laptop HDMI to 32" monitor, so is there way to utilize the Desktop for some small tasks associated with this game? Don’t want to buy two copies, and dual monitor support is not currently in the pipeline.
So sorry that I have only just seen your post, but as long as your 2nd PC can see the drives on your desktop (and vice versa if you are a masochist) then all you need is little navconnect which outputs to your 2nd PC. There is a little bit of a faff getting the scenery library read from the second machine, but this is all documented on the LNM manual.
It honestly does work well and turns your spare machine from a paperweight into something useful.
Think just going with bigger monitor, as Put the second machine back in box after getting it working. Think we are going to give to BIL since he don’t have PC. But we have to deliver it, so with current situation around world, going to wait on that too. Appreciate your advice.
Thank you for the advice. Will try it after the New Year holidays.