I seem to remember asking the following question but cannot for the life in me find the answer. How do I change the height of the tower view in FSX and what are the parameters that I must alter ?

I recommend you get the dree FSRecorder. You can add lots of different cameras easily during flight.

 

http://www.fs-recorder.net

You need to change the afcad of that airport with adex.

You don't need to compile the whole airport but just the tower in xml.

Then place it in add-on library.

Here are instructions on how to add not only the Tower view, but also end up with the interior views of a control tower. Great for watching AI landing.

 

I don't know who wrote this as it was forwarded to me.

 

 

 

 

"You can use the full blown Control Tower View in FSX without having to be online.

 

From the "Multiplayer" menu choose the "Local Network(LAN)" option. Then hit the "Sign In" button.

 

When the "Multiplayer" screen comes up push the "Host a Session" button.

 

This will take you to the next "Multiplayer" menu screen where you can choose "Session Type". Choose "Free Flight" and then hit the "Next" button.

 

You should now be looking at the Multiplayer version of the FreeFlight setup menu.

 

In the "Select Role" menu select "Air Traffic Controller".

 

From that point on just setup a flight as you normally would offline. The important part is to "Save" the flight. You might want to add "Tower View" to what ever you name the flight. What ever airport you have selected under "Current Location" will be the control tower you will be watching from.

 

At this point DO NOT hit the "Next" button. Instead, back all the way out to the regular non-multiplayer FreeFlight menu. Under your saved flight menu you should now have your saved control tower view flight.

 

When you start that flight up you'll find yourself in a fully decked out control tower at the airport you picked.

 

You can save multiple control tower views at different airports if you like.

 

Once you're in the tower, turn up the AI traffic settings and enjoy.

 

BTW Using the default FSX cockpit movement commands allows you to walk around the tower and access all of the fully functional radar/atc screens."

Ideal Flight has some very nice tower view features. Can change view height too.