Hi everyone!
I could not create a new Topic but I take the opportunity in this one…
I’ve been in FS since 2002 and currently real pilot. I think there is a path to explore in this drone view mode with the autozoom.
I find it super immersive the fact that you actually focus the item you are interested in, exactly like eyes do in real life.
It would make huge difference in simulation the combo 3d cockpit view + autozoom feature + track ir (to instantly focus in and out from cockpit slightly moving your head like I do when we I land in real life).
I think MSFS should really consider to implement this option as it would be a great middle step between 2D screen and VR.
If anyone reads and wants to forward it in a new post or something feel free!
Hi everyone. I just bought a new computer for FS2020 and was wondering if anyone would be willing to help me to set my views with my CH yoke with Teamview and Teamspeak. I will pay you for your service. I am trying for the last weeks with UTube and forum but just can’t do it. My computer is i9-10900, 1T hard drive, 64 Ram, RTX 3080. You can email me or call me at alboulian77@gmail.com 506-533-6100.
Could anyone please tell me how exactly do I need to proceed?
I’d like to save the cockpit view, after I modify the height, left, right, etc.
How do I proceed, for each aircraft?
Left Alt + Left Ctrl + 1 ??
Is it possible to get rid of the additional views when successively pressing yoke/other keys assigned to custom views. It drives me mad that pressing an assigned key/button does not always and uniquely get the view you set. I have tried without success to eliminate the additional view/s that pressing the same button invokes in a sequence.
Chase plane never did that. What is the point of the unwanted view sequence?
It seems that a default view is offered the second time you press a custom key. Why? This default is never a view that I want. It will frequently provide a view that you just had by custom panning the hat switch. What twisted imagination decided that you could not emulate the perfect function of Chase Plane?
In cockpit mode how do I stop the camera from auto centering in freelook? A pain to have to keep fighting it. It works fine in external view but I don’t know how to set it up in cockpit view,
Yes. this is exactly what happens. for me I press the custom key once, then if I want to return to forward view (default camera) I press the custom camera again. But in most of the cases, I just press another custom view. For example I look to the left and then look to the right. It’s just a matter of getting used to the view system.
You can emulate the chase-plane view by setting custom camera outside the airplane. A previous post in this thread is talking about passenger camera, you may use the same method to set chase plane camera custom Camera.
Alternatively, just go to external view and press the button for rest view to arrive to the chase-view camera. (this is the method I use)
I’m saving my views with Alt+Ctrl+number.
However, when I return to a view like Alt+2 it has zoomed out compared to the the one I saved. What’s wrong here?
By the way, in my personal opinion zooming is distorting the image make it unrealistic. So for my setting, I use the following:
Move back (instead of zoom out) inside the cockpit. If I want wider view I use “Translate backward” button
I use focus mode if I want to focus on something outside or inside the cockpit using “Toggle Cockpit Focus Mode” button while in VR I use “VR-Cockpit Focus” button. This is really useful to focus on something momentarily.
I can set a smartCam with zoomed-in view such as on instruments but as I said above, to make it work, the default zoom level under the options must be 50
Inside you will see a ‘CAMERAS.CFG’. This file has your custom cameras. Each one will have a header, like:
[CAMERADEFINITION.0]
Just delete that entire section, and the view will be removed. I suspect you need to reload the plane for those to take effect. I know you can overwrite them on the fly, and they will become active, but I don’t thing deleting them from the file stops them from working, if you see what I mean.
I wish Asobo would build a small and simple companion app to adjust and define camera views. “Think like a visual basic programmer”, “visually,” and give us views of a model aircraft relative to new views, then, after a user selects a view, write/edit that new view automatically into the cameras.cfg file. In my view, the present way is too confusing for the average user.
The custom camera setting seems to be broken after SU7. The last 2 updates have broken hours of my work setting my custom cameras. With SU6 I didn’t have a backup of my camera config files and the update over wrote what was already there. After SU6 I set them all again and this time made a backup. I can’t use this backup after SU7. In fact after setting a brand new custom view using CTRL-ALT-0 when I move the view and then try to return using ALT-0 the camera just shakes badly. I haven’t yet found a way to stop the shaking without returning to main menu and re-loading the flight.
To reproduce try C172(G1000) and move camera fully forward and up as much as you can such you have a view over the glareshield of the cowling and prop.
