Thanks for that Jim, one final question if I may, I am not clear on the purpose of the semi colon.In the cnfg file, do I simply ad a semi colon before each line as per your example and delete the semi colon if I want the chosen view back at a later date ?Is it that simple ?Thanks, Busterbvi.

Hi Busterbvi,It may be obvious to you now, but the purpose of the first character semi colon or the double forward slash is to have that line of code ignored by the program. All high level program languages and associated configuration files allow programmers to "comment out" lines of code based on certain characters. Once these special character(s) are read (left to right), the rest of the line is treated as a comment and not executed.

Sweetmusic, thanks for the explanation, thats what I was fishing for ! I have never edited a cnfg file before and was a bit nervous about it.Thanks to this excellent forum I am now confident in tidying up FSX to finaly enjoy it !!Again, thanks guys for your input, much appreciated.Busterbvi.

-SNIP-But camera definitions in aircraft.cfg has to be.

Thanks Bart. That is what I thought was the case.Busterbvi, there is your answer. Paul

Just a quick note to report complete succes with this over the weekend, I even ventured into the FSX CFG file and found some views to weed out of there !!Flew it and tested it, muuuuuuuuuuch better !Thanks again for the help.Busterbvi.

Now, if you are still looking for the unobstructed 2d FS9 view, where you do not see your own airplane,it can be added to each airplane individually if you desire.You can do it by hand as a test:Go to the 2d main panel view, push W to get to the minipanel view, push shift+2 to bring in a popup panel,push A, push shift+A, and presto you have the FS9 unobstructed view..Send me a PM if you would like the automated version..

Edited February 28, 201214 yr by Bert Pieke