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What are we using for internal and external views?

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I fly the PMDG 737 and 777 almost exclusively. The 777 has pre-set viewpoints for the various panels that I can select using numbers 1-9. This works fine for me but the 737 (as far as I can tell) I set the viewpoints using ctrl-alt-num and then alt-num to bring it up. The alt-num is buggy and I’d like something else, like the 777 pre-sets. Thoughts?

You can download camera views for the 737/777 from flightsim.to.   Just make sure on the keyboard settings you change your key press bindings to something simple.

The camera system in MSFS is unintuitive and clunky.  I'm hoping Chaseplane makes an appearance soon,  P42 seem to be on a streak of releases lately.

 

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Joystick hat switch for VC views, plus NumPad DEL key to switch back to forward view. As for external, I only really go out there when I am on the ground (DRONE camera).

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1 hour ago, ErichB said:

The camera system in MSFS is unintuitive and clunky

I have no problems using this. Works perfect for me. I recall the views using the numpad (instead of the standard alt-num); Easy peasy 🙂

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My PMDG 737 has standard views out of the box like you described for the 777, e.g. 'Toggle Instrument View 3' in MSFS (Ctrl 3) is the left CDU.

I use a mini-joystick on my CH throttle assigned to 'Cockpit View Yaw' & 'Cockpit View Pitch' axes to look around, and a hat switch assigned to 'Transplate Cockpit View Left/RIght' & 'Zoom/Unzoom Cockpit View' to focus on panels, instruments, etc. This is great as it works for all aircraft without using different controller profiles. For quick access to the 737 overhead panel, control column, and pedestal, I bound controller buttons to the standard views.

I got a STECS delivered yesterday to replace the CH, rushed home to set it up but couldn't because Xbox Live was down. Bah 🙁

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1 hour ago, ErichB said:

The camera system in MSFS is unintuitive and clunky.

Indeed, and a big annoyance to me personally. Here's hoping, almost praying, they significantly improve this in MSFS2024.

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8 hours ago, ErichB said:

You can download camera views for the 737/777 from flightsim.to.   Just make sure on the keyboard settings you change your key press bindings to something simple.

The camera system in MSFS is unintuitive and clunky.  I'm hoping Chaseplane makes an appearance soon,  P42 seem to be on a streak of releases lately.

 

I used Chaseplane in P3D and loved it. 

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