Hi Community,

I would like to create my own static camera view outside the airplane, e.g. a better tower view in P3D v4.5 (or to have a better view over the airfiled, a position, I want to create myself to have a nicer look at airplanes without paying for ezdoc or chaseplane)

Is that possible and how can I do it exactly.

Thanks for any ideas.

Without any add-on I would see what you can set up or optimize based on whats available from the P3D SDK.

 

More info here:

http://www.prepar3d.com/SDKv2/LearningCenter/utilities/camera_configuration/camera_configuration.html

 

In the Menu - Manage Cameras

Choose sportplane at the right and give it a new name at the left.

You can change 6 values + zoom

Save it as Global

Edited September 17, 20205 yr by GSalden

Gerald -- Actually, in the menu in P3D v5 HF2, click on Views, then View Management, then Manage Cameras. 

Regards,

P.

I tried, went into "Manage Camera", selected "Spot" and changed some values on the left. Not all values were changeable and not always I had the chance to place this view really where I want it to be. And also after saving I got a different view than I selected before ?

Is there a simple method to create an own static "VIEW" inside P3D v4.5 e.g. for a better TWR position and also to have it shown by a keypress afterwards ?

Thanks

 

Thanks Gerard,

can I define for this new view a keyboard-shortcut to simplify the view-change ?

So, as far as I can see, me as a user of P3D v4.5 has to spend a lot more money (more than P3D costs) to buy a third-party software like EZdoc or ChasePlane to setup own VIEWS (e.g. 3 different views onto an apron of an airport) ?

Or is there an easy way to customize the views allready existing (with all parameters like heigt, rotation, angle, koordinates) ?

Thanks for any ideas

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7 hours ago, Steff Fabiano said:

has to spend a lot more money (

Not necessarily. LorbyLiveTraffic is freeware and offers runway observer cameras that are created at runtime. Those can be moved around and saved to the LLTX database. The app just needs to be running after that, and you can access these obsever cameras from within the normal simulator right-click-view-menu.

Granted, this is is a bit over the top, since the app has a ton of functionality beyond this - its actual purpose is to create traffic, not just watch it. But you can turn all that off.

If you want an easier way to tweak the built-in simulator cameras, there is a Lorby tool for that too - but it is payware. 

Best regards

Edited September 25, 20205 yr by Lorby_SI