2 minutes ago, captain420 said:

Let me know the steps needed to change the default 'F' camera. Do I need to edit a file or what? I am trying to change the default view for the C172 G1000

Right there - 5 posts above ^^^^^

Into Cameras.cfg

[Cameradefinition.0] must be "pilot" and "virtual cockpit"

Search and tune:

InitialZoom 

InitialXyz

InitialPhb

You can reset the plane on DevMode reloading the plane

5 minutes ago, Alfye20 said:

Into Cameras.cfg

[Cameradefinition.0] must be "pilot" and "virtual cockpit"

Search and tune:

InitialZoom 

InitialXyz

InitialPhb

You can reset the plane on DevMode reloading the plane

I thought editing files was unnecessary?

16 minutes ago, Alfye20 said:

No luck with the F-22 too... InstaCTD when saving VFR View, and the plane has plenty of custom cams saved already.

Then you'll need to edit the cameras.cfg file directly... unfortunately, I'm traveling and away from my sim computer right now.  Basically, what needs to be done is to save your preferred view to a custom camera.  Then go into cameras.cfg and edit that custom camera to be the default VFR pilot view.  I've done it for several third-party aircraft, so I know it works; but it will be a few days before I can provide a detailed explanation.

 

3 minutes ago, captain420 said:

I thought editing files was unnecessary?

Read carefully,

 

Original planes can save VFR view ingame with the Keys asigned, but some 3th party ones Crash to Desktop and need a custom cameras.cfg

1 hour ago, quantumpion said:

Manually position the camera using the arrow key bindings (and possibly the camera height setting in the camera menu if you need to get higher than the height limit). Then use shift-f9/f10/f11 to make the current position the default for IFR/VFR/landing view respectively. Press ctrl-f9 to reset it back to default.

Quoting myself because apparently no one read it. If you use the F keys to change default views they will be remembered and pressing reset view will return to them.

@MadDog and @quantumpion

Thanks for the guide through this.  It has been driving me crazy!

PS.  I am thinking this might be a good sticky or tips and tricks thread!

Edited August 4, 20214 yr by bobcat999

31 minutes ago, quantumpion said:

Quoting myself because apparently no one read it. If you use the F keys to change default views they will be remembered and pressing reset view will return to them.

When you do it this way, does the sim remember the custom views between sessions?

12 minutes ago, MadDog said:

When you do it this way, does the sim remember the custom views between sessions?

Yes they are saved into the camera cfg file for each plane under the Airplanes sub folder.

31 minutes ago, quantumpion said:

Yes they are saved into the camera cfg file for each plane under the Airplanes sub folder.

Cool.  I'll have to give that method a try when I get home.

9 hours ago, MadDog said:

Here's a step by step:

1.  Go into Options > General > Camera (NOT the in-flight Camera Menu) and make absolutely sure that Height, Horizontal Position, and Zoom are set to 50!  These are the global values and if they're not set to default (50), all of your future custom views will not save correctly.  This is probably a bug because it's counter intuitive to apply global changes all over again when trying to save a view; but it is what it is.

2. In Options > Controls, search for the command "VFR Pilot View Save" and assign a key binding.  By default, this command is unassigned... I assigned it to Ctrl + Alt + V.

3. Make a note of your controller assignments for  "Reset Cockpit View".  Default is Left Ctrl + Spacebar and/or "F" (I also have it assigned to the trigger on my joystick).

4. Load the aircraft of your choice and use the translation, look, and zoom controls to position the camera exactly where you want it.  When you have what you want for a default view, press the "VFR Pilot View Save" binding assigned in step 2 (Ctrl + Alt + V in my case).  Now, every time you press the "Reset Cockpit View" button(s), it will go back to this view and will NOT alternate to other intermediate views with subsequent presses... yay!

5.  Now that you have a default view defined, custom cameras may also be saved the same way using the associated key bindings... default is Left Ctrl + Left Alt + Numpad 0 to 9.  These views are recalled using the corresponding "Load Custom Camera #" commands... default is Left Alt + Numpad 0 to 9 

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to set individualized default and custom views for each aircraft you own.

7. To save yourself a lot of pain... never, ever, EVER change the global settings in Options > General > Camera again... forget those settings even exist... they are evil !!!

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This is fantastic....a couple of additional things I noticed I needed to do to get this to work was to set the Camera settings in the Menu to all DEFAULTS first rather than just 50-50-50 for Height,horizontal position and zoom.  And to be able to transition from external view to internal cockpit I also bound the same RESET COCKPIT VIEW key/trigger to TOGGLE COCKPIT VIEW.  

Edited August 4, 20214 yr by Isaiah53six

Nice, I was able to set a default view for the C172! However, when using the arrow keys to pan around and the middle mousewheel to zoom in and out, is there a way to do it in more finer increments? I find it hard to get the camera placed exactly where I want because it moves so fast. Is there a way to slow it down and make it less sensitive?

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

Nice, I was able to set a default view for the C172! However, when using the arrow keys to pan around and the middle mousewheel to zoom in and out, is there a way to do it in more finer increments? I find it hard to get the camera placed exactly where I want because it moves so fast. Is there a way to slow it down and make it less sensitive?

in camera menu you can try adjusting ZOOM SPEED. And I turn FREELOOK MOMENTUM off (0).   I haven't been able to get it exactly where I want it but it's worth playing with.

Edited August 5, 20214 yr by Isaiah53six

2 hours ago, captain420 said:

Nice, I was able to set a default view for the C172! However, when using the arrow keys to pan around and the middle mousewheel to zoom in and out, is there a way to do it in more finer increments? I find it hard to get the camera placed exactly where I want because it moves so fast. Is there a way to slow it down and make it less sensitive?

As far as I can tell, no. If you wanted to make precise positions you would need to ball-park it in the sim and then fine-tune the numbers in the .cfg file.

whoa. Everyone is making this way harder than it has to be. No need to edit files!

Just find the cockpit position you want, and press ctrl+shift+f10.

One exception this will CTD Carenado airplanes. I don't know why and it is highly annoying.