Parallel 42 (chaseplane dev) statement on P3D v6

[ttbq1 347]

I don't know what kind of crazy stuff are you guys able to do with CP, but in my case I am doing exactly the same I used to do in P3D+CP now in MSFS. I have assigned my captain, overhead, pedestal, FMC, EFB views to number's keys in my keyboard and switching views.

I haven't tried outside views, but everything inside is assigned to key bindings.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,973]

@ttbq1, not the place for an extensive discussion but are those views global or unique to each aircraft?

Outside views possible or not? Yes / No will suffice and again, global or aircraft specific?

[GCBraun 2,392]

26 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I got the impression it’s a one-man band. It’s such a shame he’s denied access into the other sim since it’s difficult to imagine the default camera system is as sophisticated as CP.

It’s one of those utilities I deem mandatory for my sim of choice now. If it was to become available for the other sim it removes one of my red lines. But as long as it works in v5.4 then staying with that version isn’t a problem. With Concorde soon to arrive CP is going to be essential for the various internal views required.

I have used Ezdok and Chaseplane extensively in P3D. Why? Because the default camera system stinks. 

DCS, XP and MSFS offer customizable built-in systems making it possible to achieve everything I need to properly manage complex aircraft, namely: move inside the flight-deck with WASD keys, create and easily activate custom cameras for instrumentation and cabin views. 

Based on the last sentence of your statement, it just sounds you have never tried to use the camera systems in the other sims. It is totally possible to create cameras for different internal views in *all* of them for *specific* aircraft!

 

Edited July 5, 2023 by GCBraun

[ttbq1 347]

2 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

@ttbq1, not the place for an extensive discussion but are those views global or unique to each aircraft?

Outside views possible or not? Yes / No will suffice and again, global or aircraft specific?

Every single aircraft has its own Camera.cfg file, there is a 5 mins tutorial youtube video on how to assign views to key binding.

I don't know if external views can be set up the same way, I will check when I get home and let you know. If you want I will DM.

[omarsmak30 4,068]

12 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

not the place for an extensive discussion but are those views global or unique to each aircraft?

Outside views possible or not? Yes / No will suffice and again, global or aircraft specific?

unique for each aircraft. Outside views yes are possible. Profiles are also shared in flightsim.to if you are lazy to assign keys which is mostly drag and drop. The only limitation which I acknowledge, you are limited to 10 custom views (1 to 0 on your keyboard).  

[IanHarrison 522]

45 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

It’s one of those utilities I deem mandatory for my sim of choice now.

Does your CP have the tendency to stop responding if you click on a program on a second monitor and then return to the main one?

I usually have to restart CP at least twice during a long-ish flight.(3/4 hours).

[micstatic 4,319]

I was one of the most devout chaseplane users in p3d.  I would say my late migration to msfs was mostly because of no chaseplane.  But I was able to find a few youtube videos that helped me significantly.  For the most part I can do just about everything with the default msfs camera system.  I'll always remember Chaseplane very positively.  In fact I was a late adopter of virtual cockpits.  I was never comfortable using them until I could assign aircraft specific views.  

[Arklight1 140]

A bunch of responses in this thread are a real facepalm. 

It doesn't matter if the minority here will pay for an upgrade if it isn't feasible for the dev team. They have said why. Time for everybody to move on and stop harping on the issue (which isn't an actual issue).

Most 3rd party groups aren't supporting v6, why do you prople that is? Because 3rd party devs hate money? Spoiler Alert: Probably not. 

[Ray Proudfoot 8,973]

1 hour ago, GCBraun said:

Based on the last sentence of your statement, it just sounds you have never tried to use the camera systems in the other sims.

You’re right, I haven’t. Back in the days of P3D v3 I discovered Aivlasoft did a simple internal camera system for 10 pounds. I tried it and loved it. Later on when I discovered CP it was an instant upgrade as it handled external views which the Aivlasoft one didn’t.

Since then I haven’t investigated any others since CP did all I needed. I don’t have any other sims. 😉

[Ray Proudfoot 8,973]

1 hour ago, ttbq1 said:

If you want I will DM.

Thanks. Post here is fine.

[kflight 4]

27 minutes ago, Arklight1 said:

A bunch of responses in this thread are a real facepalm. 

It doesn't matter if the minority here will pay for an upgrade if it isn't feasible for the dev team. They have said why. Time for everybody to move on and stop harping on the issue (which isn't an actual issue).

Most 3rd party groups aren't supporting v6, why do you prople that is? Because 3rd party devs hate money? Spoiler Alert: Probably not. 

Not a bunch, just a few.  Most of us are happy with our thousand off add-ons.  I'm locked in on 5.4 and i'm content.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,973]

59 minutes ago, IanHarrison said:

Does your CP have the tendency to stop responding if you click on a program on a second monitor and then return to the main one?

I usually have to restart CP at least twice during a long-ish flight.(3/4 hours).

I have problems with it when customising gates in GSX Level 2. Not CP’s fault. A reload of the system for my active plane sorts it.

I have another monitor but it runs on a separate PC.

[Keven Menard 658]

This has been a pretty entertaining thread.

[verbal 106]

No response to my question I asked yesterday so will ask again - has anyone attempted to install Chaseplane into v6 via the registry trick? 

[Bob Scott 7,721]

Another potential alternative is OpusFSI--I've been using that in P3D for camera control since the v3 days.  I have not seen anything from them regarding v6 compatibility yet.