FSX-MS VC sub-views mapped to key?

[Kukailimoku 0]

Hello,

 

Can we map to a key on the keyboard the sub-views under VC?

 

I am NOT talking about hitting "S" then "A".

I am NOT talking about getting a radios panel pop-up.

I am NOT talking about Shift+2, Shift+3, etc.

 

I am talking about how in the VC with the mouse you can go "Right-Click > Cockpit > Left-Click on Overhead Lower Panel" .  I want to map that Overhead Lower Panel to a key on the keyboard so I don't have to mouse around with my hand nor cycle through the views I don't need.

(Obviously not all planes have "overhead lower panel" but you get my drift.)

I would like the same thing with maybe the Pedestal, too.

I want to be able to jump in a single keypress to the pedestal sub-view of the VC WITHOUT cycling the S & A keys and WITHOUT panning with the hat, and WITHOUT having a radios-only pop-up panel jump in front of the VC. 

 

In other words, were I to hat-pan over and up to the overhead, or right-click on the screen and choose  Cockpit->Overhead Panel, or cycle through S & A keys repeatedly. Either way is clumsy. I just want to map a single key on my keyboard to jump from regular ole looking at the VC cockpit to looking at the Overhead view. Or Pedestal. Or co-pilot seat, or whatever.

[Lorby_SI 2,038]

Hi,

you can add the "HotKeySelect=x" parameter to the CameraDefintion in the aircraft.cfg.

[CameraDefinition.004]
Title = "Overhead Panel"
Guid = {4ca337db-ae88-4c5f-96ea-ddebbd2a86fe}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = No
SnapPbhAdjust = None
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = None
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.7
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.15
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
InitialXyz=0.47, -0.62, -0.4
InitialPbh=-58.0, 0, 0
HotkeySelect=5

This will link the camera to the "View camera x" events that you can assign to keystrokes/buttons in the Controls Settings in the sim. The events 1-4 are already taken by the default camera views, so better stick to 5-0.

Or you use a camera tool, there are several.

Best regards

Edited April 29, 2020 by Lorby_SI

[Luis Hernandez 570]

I replied to you at the other forum. However, Oliver's reply is basically what you need. Just one thing: If you set events 1-4 in the aircraft.cfg, you'll end up overriding the default cameras. This may be an issue for some but, since I didn´t care, I overrode them shamelessly: now I use F9 for captain, F10 for overhead, F11 for pedestal and F12 sometimes for first officer. That was the only way I could move out of 2D panels...