The following applies to all the glass cockpit instrument panels in the current aircraft. The font/display size is too small for computer screen viewing. In order to read the indications (airspeed, altitudes, frequencies, etc.) I have to zoom into the screen to until it nearly fills the screen. This prevents me from maintaining a view outside. In real life I would be instantly shifting my eyes inside and out with no problem. But on the computer I have to find the control, move the control, watch the system lag, while at the same time maintaining control of the aircraft. This is not working well for me.
The indications may be proportioned real according to real life dimensions, but this doesn’t seem to work with computer screen simulations. It would work better if developers increased sizes to make them more legible without needing to zoom in so close to see it.
I also have issues with the brightness of colors displayed, but that’s for another discussion.
I have an HD 27" samsung monitor, and can just about read the glass displays in default front view by moving my head a bit closer to the screen- not perfect, but readable. I have to set the render scaling to 100 to achieve this, anything less and it’s too blurred.
Yeah, that’s a pretty small monitor with low resolution. That would be hard to read from that close. I don’t think there’s a whole lot you can do other than play on a larger monitor where you can actually read the displays.
I can understand. 1080p won’t be terribly sharp at a distance.
But the font is true to scale of what it would be in an aircraft. In some cases, you’d indeed have to lean forward to read the displays, depending how good / bad your eyesight is.
If you happen to have a tablet available, install SpaceDesk. It’s a utility that turns your tablet into a wireless monitor for your computer. You can then pop out the instrument panel of your choice and move it to that display to make it easier to read.
Yeah, the fps hit is a pain. That’s shoddy coding causing that. But that’s another topic.
I tweaked my graphics to get me a decent mid to high 30 frame rate. That way, with the window broken out, I’m in the 30 range, so it’s still quite playable. I’d rather not have to dumb down my graphics, but it is what it is, I guess.
Another option is an Android app called Glass Cockpit to Sim. It’s payware ($10 I think??). It emulates a G1000 PFD extremely wel with an added (optional) engine perf strip down the left side. Works fine with MSFS and supports many different planes. It would be worthwhile looking into based on the issues you’re having.
BTW, I have this app and it works really well. A couple of the electrical gauges don’t work right with a couple of the planes (will tell you volts are too low or amps are too high), RPM isn’t quite right for the DA62. But otherwise, it works like a charm.
Cheers mate
Now I just gotta figure out how to fit my ipad pro above my yoke but below my montiror!
I think I may need a smaller iPad …I wonder if my daughter would notice hers missing LOL
If you have or have access to a 3D printer. This will work for both a Honeycomb and Logitech yoke. I have a friend printing them for me (x2) right now. Bought an older used iPad 4th gen 10.2" on ebay and it should be arriving next week. I’ll be using the Simionics PFD with the in-game MFD.
My poor tablet is currently balanced precariously on top of my yoke using a small phone tripod to balance it. Good thing my flight control stand is solid. It’s janky as hell, but it will work till I get those brackets.
