OK Eyefinity Peoples Here's My Setup (for 3 Screens, All DVI Connections Via Native Port or Adapter):

Creating the Eyefinity:
1. Create Eyefinity Group, Do Bezel Correction if you wish.
2. Give Center Screen the Deferred (minimizing center screen tearing)
3. Set Triple Buffering
4. Force VSync ON.

(i still get some tearing on the left screen, but im running everything maxed and it likes to dip from 60 Fr/Sec to 45 when panning).

Configuring Strike Fighters 2: (if you have a Custom Viewlist.ini, Skip to Step 7)
5. Extract the Viewlist from the FlightDATA.CAT
6. Place Viewlist.ini in <C:/Users/<UserName>/Saved Games/Thirdwire/<StrikeFighers2 Game Folder>/Flight/> Folder
7. Open Viewlist.ini, Goto ViewClass2, Change OffsetDistance=0.06 To OffsetDistance=-.175, Set Max FoV to 240
8. Repeat for ViewClass3 if you want the Snap Views to be pulled back as well.
9. Launch Strike Fighters 2
10. Goto Options
11. Goto Graphics
12. Choose the Eyefinity Resolution from the Drop Down Menu.
13. Choose the Aspect Ratio of your Monitor (16:9, 16:10, whatever).
14. Start a Single Mission and Test.

Cheers!

Does this work also for Strike Fighters: Vietnam and Europe?

i dont see why it wouldnt.

How do I extract from the CAT file?

Thirdwire's web site has a CAT extractor that you can download for free.

You don't have to extract the whole thing either, you can browse, then extract individual files.

Thanks! But I can't seem to get it to be able to read the CAT file. Says there's an error. Is there an older CAT extractor that would work with Strike Fighters the orig?

The old one was definately different than this one. There is an archives dload section. You could try combatace.com as well.

This should work.

http://combatace.com/files/file/343-sfp1woewov-cat-file-extract-utility/

Ok last question, since this is Strike Fighters the original, do I place this in the Strike Fighters\Flight folder?

Haven't touched SF2 in over a year and before I got my Eyefinity setup. Just updated to the current April patch and tried this and can't get the wider FOV.

Works for me and 2 other systems:

Configuring Strike Fighters 2: (if you have a Custom Viewlist.ini, Skip to Step 7)
5. Extract the Viewlist from the FlightDATA.CAT
6. Place Viewlist.ini in <C:/Users/<UserName>/Saved Games/Thirdwire/<StrikeFighers2 Game Folder>/Flight/> Folder
7. Open Viewlist.ini, Goto ViewClass2, OffsetDistance=0.06 To Change OffsetDistance=-.175, Set Max FoV to 240
8. Repeat for ViewClass3 if you want the Snap Views to be pulled back as well.
9. Launch Strike Fighters 2
10. Goto Options
11. Goto Graphics
12. Choose the Eyefinity Resolution from the Drop Down Menu.
13. Choose the Aspect Ratio of your Monitor (16:9, 16:10, whatever).
14. Start a Single Mission and Test.


Take a Camera phone pic of your screens running the game, so i can see what they look like.

I can't zoom any farther back, no matter what I put in the maxFOV value

Open Viewlist.ini,
Goto ViewClass2,
Change OffsetDistance=0.06 To OffsetDistance=-.175, or -.180 (you can increase this in small increments.)

I missed the " - " on the offset. All better now

Thanks

Hmmm, might have to try this out again. I've only had FSX & XPX installed since last summer and am somewhat getting back into combat sims. Recently installed DBW for il-2 and wow!

Hi Skatezilla,

I owe you many thanks for your kind help with the FOV issue in the strike fighters series. I disappeared as I was tangled up with exams, reports and other end-of-academic-year nonsense. Now that I am on holiday, I returned to the flight sims in a big way, and just as I was about to consign Strike Fighters to the "It won't run on three screens so I will never play it again" bin, I saw you tip on the offset values, tried it and bingo. The FOV is not as far back as I would have liked, but the game is now playable and great fun. I knew there must have been a simple solution that I was missing. You've brought new life to a game which plays well and looks fabulous on the three screens. Thanks again for all your help!

Peter