3 hours ago, Noel said:

It's a I believe common misconception you can't fine tune views w/ the default camera system.  I was perplexed by this too, which mostly affected my main frontal pilot view, primarily because I found it nigh to impossible to center HUD display in its HUD frame.  Turns out it's super simple to fine tune it or any view:  the trick is to 

1. Open the Camera interface from the dropdown toolbar
2. Move the Freelook Speed slider down to a very low speed, 5 or 10.

Now you can you your default motion keys (Shift+ A, S, D, Q, E) in fine increments.  When happy, simply hit Ctrl-Alt+# to lock it in.  Then can put the speed slider back to its default, or leave it for future adjustments

That is a great tip for anyone using the default camera system, as it was for me! I wasn't aware of the ability to adjust the freelook speed, which then gives much more room for small adjustments when setting up cameras. Out of curiosity I decided to get Chaseplane and give it a go, just to see what the fuzz was all about and how it would compare to setting up a single pilot view for a certain aircraft.

With the default camera I know I can use certain key combinations to get to my preferred view; with the tip Noel gave me (see quote) it was even possible to do small changes! But assigning a button or a key combination to the saved view turned out to be a bit more of a hassle to accomplish; as far as I am aware you have to leave the flight, go to settings and then assign a button or key combination to the view you have created. Renaming it? Doesn't seem possible? Call me lazy here... I caved in to the Chaseplane marketing

In comes Chaseplane. I now have a very user friendly interface in front of me, which gives me all available views for a certain aircraft. When selecting one I can adjust it, rename it and assign keystrokes or buttons to it, without leaving the cockpit. Do I want a new one? No problem; I can create it, name it and save it. This alone is worth the money as far as I am concerned. Maybe I don't fully understand the default camera system, but I'm confident I have purchased a product that offers apparent and significant improvements, even for setting up a few pilot view cameras.

Freelook speed was the first thing I changed.  Not slower but faster as my default now is 80. 😶‍🌫️

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Anyone else having problems with EYE TRACK RESET when using Chaseplane 2024 with Tobii? EYE TRACKING RESET works only about 30% of the time for me.

Weren't we supposed to have our cameras created in 2020 in the cloud so we could import them into 2024?

3 hours ago, JetClipperJR said:

Weren't we supposed to have our cameras created in 2020 in the cloud so we could import them into 2024?

Yeah, that's why i didn't make any physical back up of my cameras in 2020, I had to re-done everything (with a few exceptions) in 2024.

7 hours ago, Rimshot said:

When selecting one I can adjust it, rename it and assign keystrokes or buttons to it, without leaving the cockpit.

You must be referring to MSFS2020 which I don't believe had that capability?  This was one of the pluses of the controller interface in 2024:  while you're flying all you need to do is select the Console Controller icon on the toolbar, and you have full access to the entire controller interface.  So when you want to make a change you simply do it--you don't even need to save the change it's saved automatically.   This is uber useful to fine tune controller sensitivities, or make small adjustments to cameras, and you can of course rename and reassign them to buttons as well.  One area I never looked at before are the External Fix Cameras--quite well done I had no idea they were there.

I played w/ the Showcase/Drone cam a bit today and it's almost laughable MS/A did not yet create the Fly-By view it will be a piece of cake to do you can tell just by playing around with it.  That's my impression after flying from KPSP to KDEN and managed to get a half decent Fly-By with not much effort.  My prediction is it's going to show up on the toolbar Camera interface someday.  It would be a nice little stocking stuffer for all those folks who suffered thru the initial phases of 2024.  Now it's a freaking dream come true!

Edited December 24, 2025Dec 24 by Noel

5 hours ago, sniper31 said:

Anyone else having problems with EYE TRACK RESET when using Chaseplane 2024 with Tobii? EYE TRACKING RESET works only about 30% of the time for me.

Well, it seems the latest update for Chaseplane takes care of this particular issue, at least for me. 😊

4 hours ago, Noel said:

So when you want to make a change you simply do it--you don't even need to save the change it's saved automatically.   This is uber useful to fine tune controller sensitivities, or make small adjustments to cameras, and you can of course rename and reassign them to buttons as well.

You're right. But I would have to open two screens (the controller interface and the camera screen) to accomplish that. Also, I never could find an option to rename a certain view. I find the Chaseplane screen much more compact and easier to use. Money well spent as far as I'm concerned 👍

It's working great for me in FS24. Being able to have a lot more views than the original 10 is fantastic. While flying, sitting back and watching in cinematic mode shows off the sim in a remarkable aspect.

Lee

Edited December 24, 2025Dec 24 by Midnight Music

8 hours ago, Rimshot said:

You're right. But I would have to open two screens (the controller interface and the camera screen) to accomplish that. Also, I never could find an option to rename a certain view. I find the Chaseplane screen much more compact and easier to use. Money well spent as far as I'm concerned 👍

Glad you're happy with it that's the main thing.  You made a point that one of the features you are liking was the ability to make changes in flight and so the default camera system offers the same capability as it seemed you weren't aware of that.  As for naming views it's just not needed here as I use essentially the same views for all planes which of course helps with knowing what buttons to hit in any plane being used.  Obviously CP adds giant capability, especially for those w/ lots of buttons to play with.  But for basics, hard to beat the default camera system.  Very useful Asobo did include in flight ability to change ANY control, camera or otherwise.

22 hours ago, JetClipperJR said:

Weren't we supposed to have our cameras created in 2020 in the cloud so we could import them into 2024?

Well, I tried with the Fenix, and it imported by default the views set by the developer. I cleared them all (manually), and then I could import all the views I had in 2020.

Nop. I just tried it with the Fenix A320, and although I can see my old cameras for some reason (because they are private?), I can't import them.

I can import the cameras I created in 2024 for the A319 into the A320.

Anyone thing the touchdown effects are too exaggerated? 

3 hours ago, spearmint_flyer said:

Anyone thing the touchdown effects are too exaggerated? 

True, but you may easily manage these effects in the preferences menu.

The only issue I have with Chaseplane is the configuration of a second controller to manage the drone : the axis of my controller are not correctly recognized by Chaseplane (RY and RZ axis are only moving half way, though they move OK in MSFS...). I submitted a ticket for that.

39 minutes ago, danhenri said:

True, but you may easily manage these effects in the preferences menu.

The only issue I have with Chaseplane is the configuration of a second controller to manage the drone : the axis of my controller are not correctly recognized by Chaseplane (RY and RZ axis are only moving half way, though they move OK in MSFS...). I submitted a ticket for that.

While this is true, it also alters the way the aircraft behaves in the air, give me the chance to set camera physics "on the ground" and another setting for "in the air". So, chaseplane ATM, for me, is very limited, tell me why haven't they managed already (3rd time I bring this up) to have zoom function for internal, separate from external views, in the config?