Hey gents,

 

does anyone know if its possible to get the cockpit view controls of MS Flight, which in my opinion are really good, to work in FSX? I am particularly referring to the eyepoint panning with the middle mouse button. I have already tried it with X-Mouse button control. However, I can't assign the direction of mouse movement (x & y axis) to a specific command.

 

Help!

 

Cheers

Well, try FSUIPC. It offers many view controls, including a mouse pan. You can press a mouse button to pan, if that's what you mean. I never played Flight.

FSUIPC has a mouselook option like Word Not Allowed said, but I haven't tried it. I use EZdok EZCA which has a perfectly functioning middle mouse view pan. You can even tweak the smoothness, sensitivity, etc like you would in an FPS game.

Indeed. I combine EZCA + FSUIPC, two probably most powerful view- and control-addons out there.

Thanks guys! B) Is it worth spending the bucks for EZCA?

If you are gonna use it like it's supposed to be used, of course! There are really many ways to use it though, so I would say - definitely yes. My favorite is defined views between which you can switch by pressing keys. Much like popping panels in 2D mode by pressing Ctrl+1, 2, 3... just you can configure ANY key you want. And that all in a VC. Love it with NGX.

My favorite is defined views between which you can switch by pressing keys. Much like popping panels in 2D mode by pressing Ctrl+1, 2, 3...

 

And the really nice thing is that the various views come with smooth transition, which makes if feel as if you are moving in the VC instead of popping up views. Another advantage of EZCA are the various motion effects which really adds to the immersion.

Indeed, forgot the transitions. That is a really nice touch which I forgot to mention. Also the vibration modules are great.

You could also go the TrackIR route and forget cockpit buttons entirely.