Lascaille Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Just got the Mirage which is behaving very nicely, congrats to RAZBAM on a great release. I'm sure I'm not the only person to notice how different the viewpoint/angle is from other DCS mods. I made changes in the views.lua (mods\aircraft\m-2000c\views.lua) and provide it here as a starting point for anyone who has a similar feeling. This gives a similar cockpit feel to the A10C - which I think is itself a bit more zoomed in and 'up front' than the FC3 mods - and reduces (to zero) the eyepoint/pivotpoint differential thus reducing viewpoint position shift with trackir pitch/roll (so when you look down, you will no longer feel like your head is moving down also). ViewSettings = { Cockpit = { [1] = {-- player slot 1 CockpitLocalPoint = {0.00,0.000,0.000}, CameraViewAngleLimits = {20.0000,140.0000}, CameraAngleRestriction = {false,90.000000,0.500000}, CameraAngleLimits = {200,-90.000000,90.000000}, EyePoint = {0.000000,0.000000,0.000000}, ShoulderSize = 0.25, Allow360rotation = false, limits_6DOF = {x = {-0.050000,0.450000},y ={-0.100000,0.100000},z = {-0.30000,0.30000},roll = 90.000000}, }, }, -- Cockpit Chase = { LocalPoint = {-10.0,1.0,3.0}, AnglesDefault = {0.000000, 0.000000}, }, -- Chase Arcade = { LocalPoint = {-21.500000,6.618000,0.000000}, AnglesDefault = {0.000000,-8.000000}, }, -- Arcade } SnapViews = { [1] = {-- player slot 1 [1] = {--LWin + Num0 : Snap View 0 viewAngle = 48.000000,--FOV hAngle = 0.000000, vAngle = -45.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [2] = {--LWin + Num1 : Snap View 1 viewAngle = 48.000000,--FOV hAngle = 45.000000, vAngle = -45.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [3] = {--LWin + Num2 : Snap View 2 viewAngle = 48.000000,--FOV hAngle = 0.000000, vAngle = -75.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [4] = {--LWin + Num3 : Snap View 3 viewAngle = 48.000000,--FOV hAngle = -45.000000, vAngle = -45.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [5] = {--LWin + Num4 : Snap View 4 viewAngle = 91.040001,--FOV hAngle = 157.332764, vAngle = -28.359503, x_trans = 0.063872, y_trans = 0.082888, z_trans = -0.116148, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [6] = {--LWin + Num5 : Snap View 5 viewAngle = 50.000000,--FOV hAngle = 0.000000, vAngle = -8.722581, x_trans = 0.212078, y_trans = 0.057813, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [7] = {--LWin + Num6 : Snap View 6 viewAngle = 80.000000,--FOV hAngle = -143.000000, vAngle = 0.000000, x_trans = 0.350000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.100000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [8] = {--LWin + Num7 : Snap View 7 viewAngle = 80.000000,--FOV hAngle = 45.000000, vAngle = -5.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [9] = {--LWin + Num8 : Snap View 8 viewAngle = 80.000000,--FOV hAngle = 0.000000, vAngle = 10.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [10] = {--LWin + Num9 : Snap View 9 viewAngle = 80.000000,--FOV hAngle = -45.000000, vAngle = -5.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [11] = {--look at left mirror viewAngle = 80.000000,--FOV hAngle = 0.000000, vAngle = 10.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [12] = {--look at right mirror viewAngle = 80.000000,--FOV hAngle = -20.000000, vAngle = 8.000000, x_trans = 0.120000, y_trans = 0.020000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, [13] = {--default view viewAngle = 71.000000,--FOV hAngle = 0.000000, vAngle = -19.000000, x_trans = 0.000000, y_trans = 0.010000, z_trans = 0.000000, rollAngle = 0.000000, }, }, } Changes: Line 8: EyePoint = {0.000000,0.000000,0.000000}, Line 134: viewAngle = 71.000000,--FOV Line 136: vAngle = -19.000000, Line 138: y_trans = 0.010000, No whining please! I am not complaining about the module, I am just making viewpoint changes for my own familiarity. Don't forget to backup your views.lua! Edited December 28, 2015 by Lascaille Paste edit
GregP Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Thanks for sharing these. For those who don't know how to adjust the default view on your own, it's quite simple: 1. LCtrl-] : set keyboard rate slow 2. RAlt+RCtrl+numpad keys : adjust view 3. RAlt+KP0 : save default view Note that obviously, "allow default snapview saving" in the options menu will have to be selected first.
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