Does anyone have a good realistic captain camera profile for the Fenix that is realistic but also a little closer so you can see the PFD and ND a little easier?  I am using one and feel the view is slightly too far back so it is hard to reach the PFD, ND, and FD's.  

It might be easier to assign a key to save your VFR pilot view, move yourself into the preferred position, and hit the key

There are probably also some cameras on FlightSim.to or the Fenix discord 

That’s what I did, basically I just angled the default view down a bit so I could see the primary displays and saved that.  

This will probably change depending on your screen etc, but this is my method on a 2560x1440 27" widescreen.

I leave the default values in the settings page at 50%, I then set my custom view and then set my custom zoom in game to 61%. Seems to be the most realistic look for me anyway. (I'm a bit tall so I put mine a little higher). 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Zimmerbz said:

Does anyone have a good realistic captain camera profile for the Fenix that is realistic but also a little closer so you can see the PFD and ND a little easier?  I am using one and feel the view is slightly too far back so it is hard to reach the PFD, ND, and FD's.  

Yes, the default view was way to close for me... this is what I did...

Go into the install directory of the Fenix Aircraft (which should be named "fnx-aircraft-320")... find the camera.cfg in the "...simobjects\Airplanes\FNX320\"... IMPORTANT: make a copy of "camera.cfg"... once you have made a copy, open the original "camera.cfg" file in Notepad or similar editor... and look for [CAMERADEFINITION.0]...

Look for the following text and use the following values

ORIGINAL VALUES
InitialZoom =0.35
InitialPbh = 1, 0, 0

NEW VALUES
InitialZoom =0.5
InitialPbh = -6.2, 0, 0

This will give you a captain view similar to that on the FBW...

Hope this hepls

2 hours ago, Gadget FPV said:

Yes, the default view was way to close for me... this is what I did...

Go into the install directory of the Fenix Aircraft (which should be named "fnx-aircraft-320")... find the camera.cfg in the "...simobjects\Airplanes\FNX320\"... IMPORTANT: make a copy of "camera.cfg"... once you have made a copy, open the original "camera.cfg" file in Notepad or similar editor... and look for [CAMERADEFINITION.0]...

Look for the following text and use the following values

ORIGINAL VALUES
InitialZoom =0.35
InitialPbh = 1, 0, 0

NEW VALUES
InitialZoom =0.5
InitialPbh = -6.2, 0, 0

This will give you a captain view similar to that on the FBW...

Hope this hepls

You can do all this within the sim, no need to mess around with cfg. 

There's decent camera profiles on flightsim.to  check them out... otherwise you have a scroll button on your mouse use that.

I just use Track IR and the zoom wheel on my mouse, and can look anywhere I want, and as close as I want. 

Just set up the view you like and hat CTRL+ALT+F10...?

Set up a key command for "VFR pilot view" and move yourself into the preferred position, and hit the key, in that way you change your default view, never change the default values in the settings page, you can do the same for all your aircrafts.

I found this tutorial here on Avsim and it works perfectly.

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.

 

 

Edited July 23, 20223 yr by Ixoye

51 minutes ago, Ixoye said:

Set up a key command for "VFR pilot view" and move yourself into the preferred position, and hit the key, in that way you change your default view, never change the default values in the settings page, you can do the same for all your aircrafts.

I found this tutorial here on Avsim and it works perfectly.

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.

 

 

Cool.  I'll give this a try

 

I'm sure I'm teaching you all to suck eggs but the white and red balls on the centre windscreen divider are used for setting up proper seating position in the real aircraft. You move your seat until the centre red ball completely obscures the opposite side white ball. 

21 hours ago, Ridvan Celik said:

So in this instance you'd want to lower the seat a tiny bit, and move it forward, but it's close.

Not to say that position is best for simming, but that's how we do it in real life.