I'm assuming they're disabled with TrackIR enabled, because they certainly don't work for me? I try pressing [CTRL] + [a numpad key] when viewing a specific area of the 3D cockpit while the numlock is on, but when I press that numpad key later nothing has been recorded. Meanwhile, trying to view the overhead panel in my new DHC-6 Twin Otter is like a new found form or medieval neck torture - ouch!   

 Am I correct in my assumption that I can't use those quick looks with TrackIR and if so, is X-Camera the solution? And...saying that it is the solution, will the freebie version of X-Camera have that functionality?

Sorry I'm making a lot of assumptions here, but I'm still a n00b and a XP11 bit bushy-tailed and bright-eyed with it all. If I need to be pointed in a different direction for getting custom cockpit views, please say so.  

Edited October 5, 20196 yr by Kronovan

Set up a custom command for saving and viewing a location. Hard to imagine it doesn't work with Track IR.

The XP camera system is very robust, I wouldn't mess with X-Camera unless you need fancy stuff like a flyby camera.

Try to keep your XP install lean - it's easy to fall for a bunch of plug-ins that, in the end, don't really improve your gameplay in a meaningful way.

28 minutes ago, Colonel X said:

Try to keep your XP install lean - it's easy to fall for a bunch of plug-ins that, in the end, don't really improve your gameplay in a meaningful way.

Well that was my thinking too, but try as I might - quick looks just aren't working.

I did download the X-Camera plugin and found it easy to install and with about 5 minutes of reading the quality manual that came with it, I was able to enable X-Camera for TrackIR. I was also easily able to set limits, so that I'd no longer pop out into the enviro outside of the pilot door; something I really didn't like about the default XP11-TrackIR integation. As well, panning seems a lot smoother than the default XP11 TrackIR support.
While I agree about not biting off too much from the get go, X-Camera really seems like a keeper.

Edited October 6, 20196 yr by Kronovan

On 10/5/2019 at 4:47 PM, Colonel X said:

Set up a custom command for saving and viewing a location. Hard to imagine it doesn't work with Track IR.

I did a series of tests last night and confirmed that Quick Looks are indeed disabled when you have TrackIR active. You can't create them and you can't access any you've already created. My tests involved disabling the X-Camera snapin and also leaving TrackIR disabled under XP11's Settings > Graphics. Starting a flight under those conditions I was able to both create Quick Looks and access them. When I re-enabled TrackIR under Settings > Graphics, the Quick Looks no longer worked and I couldn't create any new ones.

Disabling TrackIR again, I then re-enabled X-Camera and started a flight for the same plane I had created those Quick Looks for. X-Camera prompted me to chose to import thosee Quick Looks and even after enabling X-Camera's TrackIR support I was able to access them. And here's the beautiful thing; when accessing them in their converted X-Camera form, TrackIR is temporarily suspended so you don't suffer any frustrating movement while trying to click an instrument. Pressing what was the [numpad 0] Quick Look -I believe it's a default pilot Quick Look- returns you to the pilot seat with TrackIR re-enabled.

So...based on that alone, IMO for pilots using TrackIR that want to use pre-configured looks/views, X-Camera is a mandatory snapin. There's of course lots of other handy features and possible uses for it.  😉

 

Edited October 8, 20196 yr by Kronovan

I use track ir but just use the pause button (I've mapped a side button on my mouse) instead of saves views

3 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

I use track ir but just use the pause button (I've mapped a side button on my mouse) instead of saves views

I tried using that technique for TrackIR with my Twin Otter, but it simply wasn't feasible for some sections of the overhead control panel, due to them being so far back. Note this comment I made in my original post:

"Meanwhile, trying to view the overhead panel in my new DHC-6 Twin Otter is like a new found form or medieval neck torture - ouch! "

That was in reference to using TrackIR. With TrackIR disabled, those sections of the overhead panel were easy to view by using the view movement and zoom keys. That allowed me to move into position to set my quick looks, which were then flawlessly imported by X-Camera.

I have used that pause technique however, with good results when using TrackIR with other GA and combat flight sims. 

Edited October 15, 20196 yr by Kronovan