December 30, 201312 yr Bonjour à tous, So I moved lately from the 737NGX to the 772LR with great satisfaction ! I was used to the 737 2D cockpit and now I am learning the 772 3D/VC one, with some difficulties but working on it ! Question: would it be possible to slide the captain's eyes to a little more centered position (to the right) in order to see more of the panel on the right side which is more "interesting" (with CDUs, switches, buttons) than the current left side (with the pen holder). I can obviously "turn the head" to the right to see more of the MCP for instance but such additional switches and buttons are not really cleary seeable nor workable. I made a quick research with no success, thinking that FSX could have such lateral fonction as the one moving up or down the pilot's eyes. Thks Michel L. LFPG Michel L. LFPG Fan du 737NGX et du 772LR
December 30, 201312 yr Commercial Member You'd have to use a 3rd party camera addon like EZDok. Aamir Thacker
December 30, 201312 yr Actually, you don't neccessarily need to. There are functions that move eyepoint built in. Try combining these keys with either Enter or Backspace - shift, ctrl, shift+ctrl. At least if I remember correctly. In any case, I can recommend EZDok. --Peter Fabian
December 30, 201312 yr Commercial Member Try combining these keys with either Enter or Backspace - shift, ctrl, shift+ctrl. At least if I remember correctly. Yes, but he'd have to spend a good 10 minutes before every flight just fiddling with FSX's crappy camera system to get the view he wants. Aamir Thacker
December 30, 201312 yr Commercial Member Try combining these keys with either Enter or Backspace - shift, ctrl, shift+ctrl. At least if I remember correctly. That's it. CTRL + ENTER/BACKSPACE SHIFT + ENTER/BACKSPACE CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER/BACKSPACE Those move you on the three axes, though I can never remember which is which until I start doing it in the sim. Kyle Rodgers
December 30, 201312 yr Yes, Ctrl + Shift + Enter will move the eyepoint right, Ctrl + Shift + Backspace will move it left. If you want a permanent change of viewpoint there are some ideas on how to do it in the fsx forum here. Andy L
December 30, 201312 yr Yes, but he'd have to spend a good 10 minutes before every flight just fiddling with FSX's crappy camera system to get the view he wants. 10 minutes? It's more like a 3 seconds. [color=#a9a9a9][size=1][size=4][img]http://forum.avsim.net/public/style_images/flags/rs.png[/img][/size] Lj. Prodanovic[/size][/color]
December 30, 201312 yr Bonjour Michel, EZdok is definitively the tool that will easily allow you to compose and save various views (cameras) both in virtual cockpit and outside aircraft modes. Take a look at my latest video devoted to EZdok in which I demonstrate, among other stuff, the ease with which cameras can be setup and saved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu5NoRKpoys&feature=youtu.be Tu ne regretteras pas cet outil! Salutations, JJ Jean-Jacques CYND, Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
December 30, 201312 yr That's it. CTRL + ENTER/BACKSPACE SHIFT + ENTER/BACKSPACE CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER/BACKSPACE Those move you on the three axes, though I can never remember which is which until I start doing it in the sim. IMO this is the best bet due to the way FSX shifts your view around while the aircraft moves. I mapped these to two buttons on my controller, so as the viewpoint moves during taxi I can just nudge the eyepoint left or right immediately to compensate. Dan Dominik "I thought you said your dog does not bite.... That's not my dog."
December 31, 201312 yr I don't have enough buttons for my controller after assigning Trim up, Trim down, Autopilot disconnect, Left Brake, Right Brake, FSinn's Push to Talk, Rudder trim left, Rudder trim right, FSinn transponder off, FSinn transponder mode C, Left differential brakes, Right differential brakes (Both held down = 'brakes'). That said I'm using the head position keys all the time in the 777, it seems the larger cockpit area = more camera movement when turning compared to NGX, Q400, JS41 etc. The head moves a fair bit on the MD11, but the 777 it moves even more. I usually set and forget in the Turboprops, but the NGX needs the occasional nudge in the right direction, the MD11 seems to need it every time after takeoff, and the 777 is slip sliding everywhere. I usually do it as a matter of course before pushback on the 777, again before runway lineup, again once autopilot is on in climb, and again on approach at some point. Trent Hopkinson, 2015 Crewmember of www.mangrove.com.au WorldFlight sim Youtube channel www.youtube.com/user/musicalaviator
December 31, 201312 yr Author Thank you, all. I got the answers I needed. I have now to fine tune my captain view in order to set it the way it suit me, ie with as much as possible of the MCP without too much of distorsion on the PFD. Another question on the view configuration: what kind of zoom factor do you use ? 0.4, 0.5 ? Again it is obviously a matter of compromise and personnal liking.... Cheers Michel L. LFPG Fan du 737NGX et du 772LR
December 31, 201312 yr I usually go for 65% and move in and out alot using spacebar+mousewheel to zoom in on the CDU/FMS and Radio/Coms panels. I use widescreen=yes in the fsx.cfg file for that. When widescreen=no I seem to remember 40% being the sweet spot (but a bit distorted around the edges like a fisheye effect from a gopro or something). Trent Hopkinson, 2015 Crewmember of www.mangrove.com.au WorldFlight sim Youtube channel www.youtube.com/user/musicalaviator
December 31, 201312 yr What you need is the Opus-software and a G700 Mouse Logitech Than you have a Top Weatherengine with a Live Camera Control Than you can create much viewpoints assign it to your mousebuttons And if you have a ps3 controller you can very fast correct each viewpoint offset produced by the crazy fsx dhm Regards Jürgen regards Jürgen
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