Is there any way to skip the tower view while cycling views in FS9? Are there any gauges that allow this, or programs that can do this?

I have dsd_view_skip gauge set up to skip all of the 2D panel or VC views (as the case may be) on all of my aircraft - and I love it. It doesn't allow skipping the tower or spot views though! I don't really ever use the tower view - in fact, with my useage patterns, it is rather more of a nusience than anything. Is there any way to skip past it?

Try this. Not sure what version it is for but it should work.

 

http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/14835-guide-how-to-remove-tower-view/

That'll only work in FSX - but thanks for the suggestion, though!

Rob Barendregt did a xml gauge that allows you to edit it to skip any view you wish. I think he released it as a 2d skip gauge, but he included directions on how to edit it to your taste. I created versions to skip the 2d, vc, or tower for use as I find appropriate. You can even program it to skip more than one view with one gauge.

Rob Barendregt did a xml gauge that allows you to edit it to skip any view you wish.

 

I have been looking for that gauge and have not been able to find it.

 

Can you post where to find it, or copy the XML to a reply?

 

regards,

Joe

This is the text found when you open the xml gauge, you can see he includes not only the actual control text, but instructions on how to modify it and install it.

 

 

<Gauge Name="ViewSkip" Version="1.1">

<Comment>

This FS9-ONLY gauge allows you suppress one or more views when cycling forward

or backward through the views, with the (default) FS "S" or "Shift+S" commands.

 

To install:

- In the main \Gauges folder, create a subfolder \rcb-gauges (if not there allready)

and copy this XML gauge to this \Gauges\rcb-gauges\ folder.

- Add the gauge to the panel.cfg, preferably in the VCockpit01 section, as

gaugeXX=rcb-gauges!ViewSkip,0,0

Where XX is a unique number in that section.

 

To configure:

In the code between ************** below, change the "0" into a "1" for each

view you want to skip. As defined below, it skips the Tower View only.

Note: there must be at least one view left !!

 

FREEWARE

Rob Barendregt, May 16 2011

Email: [email protected]

</Comment>

 

<Update Frequency="6"/>

 

<Keys>

<On Event="VIEW_MODE">1 (>G:Var1)</On>

<On Event="VIEW_MODE_REV">0 (>G:Var1)</On>

</Keys>

 

<Element>

<Select>

<Value>

(********** Configure views to skip **********)

(* 0: Enable View ****************************)

(* 1: Skip View ******************************)

0 (*** 2D-Cockpit view ******) (>G:Var6)

0 (*** 3D-VC view ***********) (>G:Var7)

1 (*** Tower view ***********) (>G:Var8)

0 (*** Spotplane view *****(*) (>G:Var9)

(*********** end of configuration ************)

</Value>

</Select>

</Element>

 

<Element>

<Select>

<Value>

(P:ACTIVE VIEW MODE,enum) 1 == (G:Var6) &&

(P:ACTIVE VIEW MODE,enum) 2 == (G:Var7) && ||

(P:ACTIVE VIEW MODE,enum) 3 == (G:Var8) && ||

(P:ACTIVE VIEW MODE,enum) 4 == (G:Var9) && ||

if{

(G:Var1)

if{ (>K:VIEW_MODE) }

els{ (>K:VIEW_MODE_REV) }

}

</Value>

</Select>

</Element>

 

</Gauge>

 

I use this gauge quite a lot in various forms. It should be noted that it might cause slight instability in your sim. Sometimes I get a brief flash of the skipped view before it jumps to the next non-skipped view when I cycle views.

Most excellent!

 

Thank you.

 

regards,

Joe