Hi to everybody ,I need some help or simply an explication for my doubts....

When I start flight with NGX in VC to see a correct part I have to zoom out until 40%....but at 40% zoom I notice that the dimension of the runway is not real anymore,so my question is:

Is there a way to have the outside scenery at 100% zoom and VC at 40%....????

maybe with some setting in panel.cfg or in aircraft.cfg ????

 

Any help will be very appreciated !!!!!

thanks in advance to everybody in the forum !!!

 

ildifra

 

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As far as I know this is not possible. It would be unrealistic anyway as you'll never have such a view from the pilots seat. The only thing you could do is to adjust your viewpoint to be more to the back so that you can see more of the cockpit.

Shift + -..... is outside zoom. Ctrl enter, backspace ..........zooms in the VC cockpit. The first will do both so you will have to readjust the cockpit after adjusting outside zoom level. You can save theses by applying them to the the default flight zoom levels and saving.

I set my panel and VC at 80% as this is the more realistic from a 737 pilot's prospective, but it is less practical.

 

I've flown in the 737ng as a passenger on at least 90 occasions or 30 flights per year on the 738, and find that the wing view is more closer to the real thing when at 80% or more.

 

The reality is the 737NG cockpit is rather small (claustrophobic even) but well designed and laid out, and the yoke of a similar size to the saitek pro yoke.

 

Would be nice to here from some real NG operators out there as to how to set up the NGX as close to the real thing as possible.

I used to do a little image of why this is pointless to discuss...

cant find it though... anyway your monitor is at the best about 1/5th of the proper FOV... why bother with a precise zoom? Do what you feel like.

Hi Rendi and thanks for answer,I will give a try as soon as I can later but more important :how can I save zoom settings as default flight zoom ???????

I agree with Fabo, what looks and feels right for you. I actually fly with a zoom of .32 which I'm sure many will feel is too wide. However, I really find it a good level. The other thing to consider, and this is a big consideration, is when in an external view, if your zoom level is too much then you will see blurries FAR more easily. The further zoomed out you are the less you'll be aware of blurries B)

how can I save zoom settings as default flight zoom

 

Start/load the P3D as normal and let it load the default flight. Zoom to the VC levels, and any other settings as far as that goes, you like. On the Menu bar click Flights\Save. You will be given the option to save as default fight. Same as FSX BTW. Now all aircraft you load will have the default settings.

I agree with Fabo, what looks and feels right for you. I actually fly with a zoom of .32 which I'm sure many will feel is too wide. However, I really find it a good level. The other thing to consider, and this is a big consideration, is when in an external view, if your zoom level is too much then you will see blurries FAR more easily. The further zoomed out you are the less you'll be aware of blurries B)

 

There was actually a huge discussion on this a few months ago. It all came down Preference, screen size and resolution, aircraft and WideView set in the cfg. FYI, if you zoom in too far and reposition the cockpit view aft, it is possible if not probable to loose the VC click spot capability.

Having done many flights in the cockpits, I realized that what the eye sees is different from what the camera sees. Let's consider, for example, when you are approaching the runway on the ILS. With your eye the runway looks closer and lower than it looks on your camera monitor, and you think "I really have to land over there and I am so close to the runway and still so high??".

In FS this effect is better reproduced by zooming the external view as much as possible, around 0.80 or more, but at the same time the panel (VC) should not be too close, otherwise you are not able to see the instruments while looking outside during landing. So it would be good if you can zoom in the external view and leave the cockpit not zoomed.