Simviation Forum - What we wish: More view control

Apr 18^th, 2011 at 2:53pm

Strawberry Yogurt Offline
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Hey guys. Have you ever been flying in FSX and just have been frustrated with the views in the game? Wouldn't it be nice to have a camera that can fly around and get in some really neat angles? I know in most views you can move around by certain key combinations, but I mean something quicker and more customizable. What do you guys think?

I went outside once. The graphics weren't all that great.

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Reply #1 - Apr 21^st, 2011 at 8:38am

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The "hat button" of the joystick works pretty good for that in the "Spot" or "Locked Spot" views.

But for "low and slow" (or low and fast), it would be nice for a "ground track" view, similar a cross between the "tower view" and "fly by", but with the view point set to about 6 feet off the ground, and with "user set" spacing intervals and off-sets between view points along your projected flight path. It would be sort of an "If I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over." point of view.

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Reply #2 - Apr 21^st, 2011 at 10:46am

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Boikat wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 8:38am:

The "hat button" of the joystick works pretty good for that in the "Spot" or "Locked Spot" views.

But for "low and slow" (or low and fast), it would be nice for a "ground track" view, similar a cross between the "tower view" and "fly by", but with the view point set to about 6 feet off the ground, and with "user set" spacing intervals and off-sets between view points along your projected flight path. It would be sort of an "If I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over." point of view.

Either Mircrosoft can use that full name and cram it into that tiny little menu box, ( Grin

) or they can abbreviate..."IIWSOTGAWWAPFO." Cheesy

Either way, it would be a great camera view.

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Reply #3 - Apr 21^st, 2011 at 7:50pm

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BrandonF wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 10:46am:

Boikat wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 8:38am:

The "hat button" of the joystick works pretty good for that in the "Spot" or "Locked Spot" views.

But for "low and slow" (or low and fast), it would be nice for a "ground track" view, similar a cross between the "tower view" and "fly by", but with the view point set to about 6 feet off the ground, and with "user set" spacing intervals and off-sets between view points along your projected flight path. It would be sort of an "If I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over." point of view.

Either Mircrosoft can use that full name and cram it into that tiny little menu box, ( Grin

) or they can abbreviate..."IIWSOTGAWWAPFO." Cheesy

Either way, it would be a great camera view.

I want one like that that doesn't pan, you know, for videos and things...

I went outside once. The graphics weren't all that great.

Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.

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Reply #4 - Apr 21^st, 2011 at 9:39pm

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Actually, I miss the Active Camera fly-bys and other configurable views that Ative Camera gave for FS9 like the movement in spot view, etc .
So, yeah, I would like more view control.

Hey, if Serge did it, why not MS?

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Reply #5 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 2:39am

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Strawberry Yogurt wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 7:50pm:

BrandonF wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 10:46am:

Boikat wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 8:38am:

The "hat button" of the joystick works pretty good for that in the "Spot" or "Locked Spot" views.

But for "low and slow" (or low and fast), it would be nice for a "ground track" view, similar a cross between the "tower view" and "fly by", but with the view point set to about 6 feet off the ground, and with "user set" spacing intervals and off-sets between view points along your projected flight path. It would be sort of an "If I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over." point of view.

Either Mircrosoft can use that full name and cram it into that tiny little menu box, ( Grin

) or they can abbreviate..."IIWSOTGAWWAPFO." Cheesy

Either way, it would be a great camera view.

I want one like that that doesn't pan, you know, for videos and things...

That would be the "FGVAIIWSOTGAWWAPFO" view ("Fixed ground view as if I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over". Cheesy

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Reply #6 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 12:49pm

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Boikat wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 2:39am:

Strawberry Yogurt wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 7:50pm:

BrandonF wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 10:46am:

Boikat wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 8:38am:

The "hat button" of the joystick works pretty good for that in the "Spot" or "Locked Spot" views.

But for "low and slow" (or low and fast), it would be nice for a "ground track" view, similar a cross between the "tower view" and "fly by", but with the view point set to about 6 feet off the ground, and with "user set" spacing intervals and off-sets between view points along your projected flight path. It would be sort of an "If I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over." point of view.

Either Mircrosoft can use that full name and cram it into that tiny little menu box, ( Grin

) or they can abbreviate..."IIWSOTGAWWAPFO." Cheesy

Either way, it would be a great camera view.

I want one like that that doesn't pan, you know, for videos and things...

That would be the "FGVAIIWSOTGAWWAPFO" view ("Fixed ground view as if I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over". Cheesy

I went outside once. The graphics weren't all that great.

Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.

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Reply #7 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 1:56am

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Strawberry Yogurt wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 12:49pm:

Boikat wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 2:39am:

Strawberry Yogurt wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 7:50pm:

BrandonF wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 10:46am:

Boikat wrote on Apr 21^st, 2011 at 8:38am:

The "hat button" of the joystick works pretty good for that in the "Spot" or "Locked Spot" views.

But for "low and slow" (or low and fast), it would be nice for a "ground track" view, similar a cross between the "tower view" and "fly by", but with the view point set to about 6 feet off the ground, and with "user set" spacing intervals and off-sets between view points along your projected flight path. It would be sort of an "If I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over." point of view.

Either Mircrosoft can use that full name and cram it into that tiny little menu box, ( Grin

) or they can abbreviate..."IIWSOTGAWWAPFO." Cheesy

Either way, it would be a great camera view.

I want one like that that doesn't pan, you know, for videos and things...

That would be the "FGVAIIWSOTGAWWAPFO" view ("Fixed ground view as if I were standing on the ground and was watching a plane fly over". Cheesy

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