Somebody open a Zendesk case so that they are aware this is something they need to fix.
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I have the âTranslate Cockpit View Forwardâ (and back) assigned to arrow keys on the keyboard. Did the same with âTranslate Cockpit View Leftâ (and right).
Using these, I moved the view around so that all the HUD info fits as it should.
Drill down is as follows:
Options
Controls Options
Keyboard
Camera
Cockpit Camera
Translate Cockpit ViewâŠ
Hope this helps!
Oh, I just did a flight and cycled the Landing Gear up/down several times with no issues.
FYI- I use the Heavy Division B78XH mod (highly recommended).
Thanks for the suggestion and pointers. It does sort of boggle the mind, however, that Asobo would setup the 787 HUD - a significant feature of the single signature plane that inspired so many of us to spring for the Premium Deluxe version in the first place - such that the default pilot seating position makes that feature unusable. I think some of the devs need to do more clean installs and note how things like default cockpit views and other standard, out-of-the-box settings look with each new update.
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Youâre welcome.
I agree with you 100%. Boggles the mind⊠that phrase does come up often as I think about implementation and the decisions made. The word inexplicable comes to mind often as well.
Itâs collimated you have to lean in to see the whole thing. You have to lean in in real life too i believe.
You could use the landing view for this.
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I got the same problem both on the Asobo and on the Heavy. Was fine up to SU6, now getting a zoomed part instead of the properly sized display. Indeed, before SU7, when you would move the view inside the cockpit, you could not see the info on the HUD as well but when you were centered in the pilot position, it was fine. Not any more, no sir âŠ
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Illustrated on how it looks now on different views and angles,
Plus the right side one will look like a very intense reflection also
My gosh they need to fix this. And this is a premium deluxe plane. That HUD in unusable.
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The F/A-18 HUD also suffers from odd zoom and pilot placement issues. Itâs a pain sometimes, and I canât see all the info on the HUD at one time. Kind of defeats the purpose, no?
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Clearly the folks setting the default camera positions donât understand how real-world HUD systems work, nor how collimation affects things.
And make no mistake - a properly collimated HUD system is great and itâs fantastic that it has been implemented. But the way the image is projected to a fixed point such that the movement of the viewpoint actually changes what is visible? That seems to have eluded the people responsible for default viewpoints.
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Something goes wrong with the airliners EVERY UPDATE. This makes me believe that absolutely no one is in charge of making sure the airliners are not screwed up in every update. No testing is done. No attention is paid. Because the bugs are so obvious that you can literally test them in the first minute of the flights.
Whatâs worse, this HUD âfixâ was actually in the patch notes which means they know that HUDs of planes would be affected and no one cared to check the 787 HUD. Hilarious
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There is nothing wrong with the HUD i think, you have to lean forward to see the whole thing just like in real life. Itâs collimated.
Whatâs wrong is they didnât make a suitable fixed camera position to see the whole thing so you have to save your own camera view now.
The HUD is screwed up
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For me this is also broken. Shall we move this to Bugs so it can be seen?
I want it as before the last update. Standard seating position, all was fine, before 
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Here is a good âreal lifeâ vid about the 787âs HUD.
Watch and compare.
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It doesnât boggle the mind at all. They set it up perfectly but they did not communicate that to us. There is a new setting in the camera section. I forget the exact name but others have mentioned that it is set to use the HUD. No doubt this is done for Xbox players. If you assign a camera view to this âHUD viewâ, then everything looks as it should.
You are making the mistake that this game is designed for PC players.
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They are not going to âfixâ it because itâs working as they intended. See my other post
Actually they did make a new fixed camera position. Look at the camera settings
Unfortunately, Asobo has been doing the same thing (adding/moving settings without communication) since the sim launched, well before XBox folks got involved.
But thanks for the heads up about the new setting. Time to create another new controller profile.
So a buried camera setting, thanks for the info. Good to know. Will have to check the menu system after every update to see whats changed.