Simviation Forum - Offset viewpoint?

Oct 31^st, 2005 at 12:41pm

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I'm looking for a way to move the plane off to one side in Spot mode. Right now the plane is always in the middle of the screen, unless I make a sudden sharp turn and my viewpoint (chase plane) follows it and catches up again. I'm trying to set up a particular screenshot, is there some way to shift my viewpoint to somewhere other than the centre of the plane? I had hoped I could do this by changing the [views] setting in aircraft.cfg but that hasn't worked. Any other suggestions? TIA

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Reply #1 - Oct 31^st, 2005 at 1:47pm

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Yes, there is a way, but it'll make it difficult to fly.

Look for this in the Aircraft.cfg:

[WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE]
reference_datum_position=

The datum position tells FS where the aircraft's center is located.

Put a couple of slashes in front of the entry like so:

//reference_datum_position=

Then make a new entry like:

reference_datum_position=

and change some of the numbers around. Get it the way you want, take your screenshots, then go back into the Aircraft.cfg and delete the reference_datum_position entry you created and delete the slashes you added to the original one. Its back to normal!

Good Flying,

Locke

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Reply #2 - Oct 31^st, 2005 at 3:05pm

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Yes, there is a way, but it'll make it difficult to fly.

Look for this in the Aircraft.cfg:

[WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE]
reference_datum_position=

The datum position tells FS where the aircraft's center is located.

Put a couple of slashes in front of the entry like so:

//reference_datum_position=

Then make a new entry like:

reference_datum_position=

and change some of the numbers around. Get it the way you want, take your screenshots, then go back into the Aircraft.cfg and delete the reference_datum_position entry you created and delete the slashes you added to the original one. Its back to normal!

Good Flying,

Locke

Sounds like something I need to try! Though I guess you'd have to keep reloading the aircraft.

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Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2005 at 4:09pm

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Thanks, that's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for!

Gryshnak

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Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2005 at 6:22pm

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Okay, I tried that and it didn't work Cry

However, a bit of experimentation revealed [views] a bit further down the .cfg file, this sets the position of the virtual cockpit. By changing a few numbers there I was able to fly from this vantage point:

If you turn away, you can even lose sight of the plane entirely! Lots of potential for playing around with screenshots.

Gryshnak

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Reply #5 - Nov 1^st, 2005 at 7:59am

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nice.

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