Triple screen does not work in non-surround mode when 4th monitor connected (known issue)

I have read others have experienced this and wanted to post to see if hopefully the devs are aware and can work on this issue in future patch? In a nutshell, while AMS2 (and most other modern sim titles) properly support triple screens as three independent monitors (not relying on Nvidia Surround for example to make one single triple-wide array presented as a single screen), this in practice does not work for me simply because I have a 4th monitor connected at all times.

I use the 4th monitor for SimHub and other aux programs necessary for occasional sim hardware/software tweaks while driving like SimCommander4, D-Box, etc... When setting up graphics in AMS2, if a 4th monitor is detected and surround is NOT enabled, it will not allow triple screen. The xml is changed to force triple screen disabled and changes in the UI are ignored (the triple spanning options are not even present.) If I switch on NVSurround, it works with 4th monitor connected.

My 4th monitor, by the way, is not a burden on the RTX 3080 since it is connected to my motherboard HDMI output and iGPU enabled in BIOS with the PCI card (3080) set to priority/main monitor.) In any case, when NVSurround is on, there is distortion on the side monitors even when checking triple screen spanning and properly inputting monitor data (including the trick to calculate image height based on proper 16:9 aspect ration matching my screens' resolution) and proper angle/FOV from the FOV calculators, but I still see stretching in the side screens with surround enabled.

Like most sims, seems AMS2 looks better in triple screen w/ no surround, but I'm not willing to disable my 4th monitor to run the game that way. Can we get this fixed so triple screen works even if more monitors are connected, like other titles?

 

and also, If we can get triple screen fixed for us AMD users that would also be great!!

 

Also looking for this change. NVSurround sucks, would be geat to have a 4th (or even 5th) monitor without AMS2 disabling the triple screens

 

We really need this. AMS2 is getting better and better but the sacrifice of a 4th screen is a killer.

 

I'll second this! Please fix it

 

This is also "ridicolous" expecially because if I switch off the fourth monitor before running AMS2 and the switch it on after the game is running everything works as expected...

 

This is still not fixed. I cannot get triples working with a 4th monitor connected

 

I agree, this is really anoying ...

 

I have the same problem, as soon as I disconnect my fourth monitor I can configure the game on triple monitor without problem. It is a shame that today we continue with this unfixed.

 

If it helps anyone, I wrote a Powershell script to launch AMS2 using quad monitors, and then launch all the 3rd party tools I like to run with it.

You're welcome to use it and adapt to your own needs.

Just copy the below into a text file and save as something like 'AMS2QuadLauncher.ps1'. Make sure you have the correct Windows policies enabled to run PS scripts (you can Google it).

I launch the script straight from the Streamdeck. So 1 button, and AMS2 will launch on quads without any messing around. But you can just manually run the script from your desktop or whatever via a shortcut if you wish.

***Script below****

Code:

# You'll need this app
# https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html

# You'll need to save a couple of config files in multi monitor tool.
# Open Multimonitor tool:
    #Create and save one config file for just triples enabled (disable 4th monitor in multimonitor tool and save),
    #Then create and save a config for all 4 (quad) monitors enabled.
    #Then Change the paths below to point to your saved configs ($triple, $quad)

# **USER TO SET THESE VARIABLES**
$steam = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe'
$multiMonitorTool = 'D:\Downloads\SIMMods\multimonitortool-x64\MultiMonitorTool.exe'
$triple = '/LoadConfig D:\Downloads\SIMMods\multimonitortool-x64\triple.cfg'
$quad = '/LoadConfig D:\Downloads\SIMMods\multimonitortool-x64\quad.cfg'

# Optional Apps
# (if you don't want to use these comment this out with # and also the optional app bit at the bottom)
$crewChief = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Britton IT Ltd\CrewChiefV4\CrewChiefV4.exe'
$simHub =  'C:\Program Files (x86)\SimHub\SimHubWPF.exe'
$secondMonitor =  'C:\Program Files (x86)\SecondMonitor\SecondMonitor.exe'
$joyTokey = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\JoyToKey\JoyToKey.exe'

# Run the MultiMonitorTool and set it to triples
echo "Setting monitors to Triple Screen mode"
Start-Process -FilePath $multiMonitorTool -ArgumentList $triple

# Run AMS2 from Steam
echo "Pausing for 5 seconds"
[bool] $ams2Running = $false
start-sleep -Seconds 5
echo "Starting AMS2"
Start-Process -FilePath $steam -ArgumentList "steam://rungameid/1066890"

# Run the MultiMonitorTool and set it to quads after ams2 starts
$ProcessName = "AMS2AVX"
$secondsDelay = 3
while ($ams2Running -eq $false) {
 
        if((get-process $ProcessName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null)
        {
            echo "AMS2 is not yet running, checking back in $secondsDelay seconds"
            start-sleep -Seconds $secondsDelay
        }
        else
        {
            $ams2Running = $true
            echo "AMS2 is now running"
        }
 
}

echo "Pausing for 5 seconds"
start-sleep -Seconds 5
echo "Setting monitors to Quad Screen mode"
Start-Process -FilePath $multiMonitorTool -ArgumentList $quad

#Optional Apps (comment out each line with # (or just delete) if you don't want to use these)
echo "Pausing for 5 seconds"
start-sleep -Seconds 5
echo "Starting optional apps"

$isOpen = Get-Process CrewChiefV4 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     
        if($isOpen -eq $null){
            echo "Starting Crew Chief"
            Start-Process -FilePath $crewChief
        }

$isOpen = Get-Process SimHubWPF -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     
        if($isOpen -eq $null){
            echo "Starting Crew Sim Hub"
            Start-Process -FilePath $simHub
        }

$isOpen = Get-Process SecondMonitor -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     
        if($isOpen -eq $null){
            echo "Starting Second Monitor"
            Start-Process -FilePath $secondMonitor
        }

$isOpen = Get-Process JoyToKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     
        if($isOpen -eq $null){
            echo "Starting Second Monitor"
            Start-Process -FilePath $joyTokey
        }

 

Can you please let me know how to create the config files?
Thanks.