Hi all. Back in FS9, I could set the viewing field to 75% and get what was to me a realistic view of everything. Good view of the instrument panel, GREAT view of the scenery. My problem is that in FSX, I always seem to have my virtual face about 5 inches from the instrument panel! It takes most of the screen! Is there anyway to back away from the panel while maintaining a good looking worldview of the scenery (no fisheye effect)?By the way, this is using the same model of aircraft between the two sims....Thanks,Scott

Are you in Cockpit view or VC view and is it an FSX aircraft not FS9?Try the default C172 in VC which is the default view in FSX, then try the "-" and "+" keys on your keyboard.

Are you in Cockpit view or VC view and is it an FSX aircraft not FS9?Try the default C172 in VC which is the default view in FSX, then try the "-" and "+" keys on your keyboard.

If I understand correctly, he doesn't want to zoom (perspective change). FSX is a little crippled when it comes to that, I also noticed. I keep mine at 50-60%, that gives me good ratio between sharp textures, good perspective and good view of the panel.

Hi all. Back in FS9, I could set the viewing field to 75% and get what was to me a realistic view of everything. Good view of the instrument panel, GREAT view of the scenery. My problem is that in FSX, I always seem to have my virtual face about 5 inches from the instrument panel! It takes most of the screen! Is there anyway to back away from the panel while maintaining a good looking worldview of the scenery (no fisheye effect)?By the way, this is using the same model of aircraft between the two sims....Thanks,Scott

Hi Scott,Go into your SETTINGS-CONTROLS menu and click on BUTTONS/KEYS. Scroll down to EYEPOINT (MOVE BACK) etc. There you can assign a key on the key board to move back and forward and left and right and up and down. I use my arrow keys for left right etc and my Home and End keys for up and down. Also if you have a widescreen monitor edit your fsx.cfg to: WideViewAspect=TrueHope that helps.

**sorry disregard**Is the posting system on this board completely borked for anyone else using Firefox or is it just me?

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Thanks for the replies! I did the eyepoint move thing, and that was pretty much what I was looking for.Scott

My problem is that in FSX, I always seem to have my virtual face about 5 inches from the instrument panel! It takes most of the screen! Is there anyway to back away from the panel while maintaining a good looking worldview of the scenery (no fisheye effect)?Scott

Scott, I think this is what you want:Add this in the [Display] section of the fsx.cfg fileWideViewAspect=TrueIt automatically 'adjusts' the field of vision (not only for Wide screen monitors) but on a regular monitor it enhances peripheral vision and zooms you out of the panel a bit. Only works in the VC.