A question on selecting "Views"

[Busterbvi]

I am in the process of configuring my CH Fighter stick for DCSW and having some difficulty with the "views".

 

Essentially, all I want are 3 views, "cockpit view", a FSX style "spot view" controllable with the HAT switch and a FSX style "tower view".

 

I need some advice on which ones to select in the DCSW controller setting menu to achieve this. (cockpit view is OK)

 

The myriad of available views listed is a bit confusing & bewildering to this novice beginner !

 

Thanks. Buster

[Busterbvi]

Wow, 68 views and no reply !!

 

Can someone help me out here ?

 

Cheers. Buster.

[FLANKERATOR]

No FSX experience here whatsoever. Why don't you try those view options live in-game then you can pick the most convenient for you. I would.

[lxsapper]

F1 is cockpit view, F2 is similar to spot. don't think there is a view similar to tower, but take that with a pinch of salt, I don't remember that well.

In any case, just a humble opinion.... Pure waste of controler buttons!

[Wizard1393]

LALT+F9 = Landing Signal Officer View. That ought to be "Tower view" I suppose.

[sniperwolfpk5]

select any ground unit and then press f5 this is just like tower view in fsx

[Ironhand]

As lxsapper noted, F1 for cockpit and F2 is similar to spot. F3 would be like FSX's flyby. Tower is a bit tougher to set up because I don't think it really exists. LCTRL + F11 gets you a modifiable view of your aircraft. You'd use your mouse to move the view angle and distance. When you like what you see, press NumPad "." (period). That locks the view to your aircraft. Otherwise your aircraft will move out of the frame. The only problem is that you have to set it up every viewing. You can't just set it once and forget it.

 

Rich

[Vedexent]

F11 will give you camera view from above an airport (keep pressing F11 to cycle through airports). The default camera view appears to be hovering above the center of the airfield, looking toward the runways(s).

 

The camera is movable, rotatable, zoom-able, etc. However, AFAIK this view doesn't "padlock" to any given aircraft - you'd have to handle panning and tracking manually.

[Busterbvi]

Thanks guys, it seems that F1, F2 and F3 will do the job but I want to control views from the controller not the keyboard. For FSX use I toggle through my views with one button on the stick. Can I configure DCSW to do the same ?Which "view" option would I choose to accomplish this ?

[Ironhand]

Thanks guys, it seems that F1, F2 and F3 will do the job but I want to control views from the controller not the keyboard. For FSX use I toggle through my views with one button on the stick. Can I configure DCSW to do the same ?Which "view" option would I choose to accomplish this ?

Unfortunately, unlike FSX where once you are in a view stream you can toggle through each view, DCS is set up with each view requiring a discrete key press. So, unless your stick software allows you to segment a slider so that a view can be selected by slider position, you're probably out of luck.

[lxsapper]

I don't know about the fighterstick, but I hear CH programing software is excelent. In Thrustmaster's TARGET you can easely program a key to send F1 on the first press F2 on the second and so on, and it clycles back to the start. I Imagine doing the same with CH software is not hard at all. You can do it with saitek software, you can do it in FOXY. As to the how to do it in CH... you will have to ask someone else. :)