FOV for A10C

[AstroEma]

Hi all,

 

compared to other aircrafts, I am always fiddling and never happy with the FOV in the A10C and the position of the Virtual Head in the cockpit. It's either too forward or too low or who knows what.

Right now I using a FOV of 95 degress in the default view of the snapviews.lua section for the A10C.

I am wondering what you guys are using for FOV and for the V and H degrees in that same section etc.

There's just something wrong with the A10C I think.

 

Am I the only one to feel that?

 

E.

[dux]

I agree with you, I think that the virtual head is too forward; I use TrackIR so I don't notice the height too much. I remember seeing a mod somewhere which changes the position to a supposedly more realistic position but I'm on my phone to won't be able to link it. I would like to find some more info on this matter.

 

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[Slydog486]

I agree with you, I think that the virtual head is too forward; I use TrackIR so I don't notice the height too much. I remember seeing a mod somewhere which changes the position to a supposedly more realistic position but I'm on my phone to won't be able to link it. I would like to find some more info on this matter.

 

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I completely agree. I'll look around and see if I can find some info. Also, how are you liking your OnePlus Two? I'll be trying to get from my Two to a Three soon... What about you?

 

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[Weta43]

It's because of the limitations of older / small screens.

The viewpoint is far enough forward for a user of an old/small screen to see all of, and read, the HUD.

With the current HUD text size/rendering position, if you move your head back, you get a more realistic viewpoint, but can't see all the HUD.

If you then move the HUD render point away (& so decrease the text size) till you can see all of it from a more 'normal' viewing position, the text is so small you can't read it on anything smaller than an HD 30" screen.

[AstroEma]

Thanks guys for the feedback.

I should have given you my configuration: I use 3 screens for a total resolution of 5760x1080 and a trackIR as well.

 

So, there's no way to actually change in the lua files any of this?

[dux]

I completely agree. I'll look around and see if I can find some info. Also, how are you liking your OnePlus Two? I'll be trying to get from my Two to a Three soon... What about you?

 

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Sent from OnePlus Two.

I really like my OP2. I don't think I'll be switching to the OP3 when it comes out as I've only had my OP2 for 3 months...

[Weta43]

I haven't tried for ages...

I'm sure you could move the default position in previous versions & that I had it set up with a more 'normal' seating position for a while in the Su-27, but you couldn't see all the data on the HUD without leaning forward, and I don't know how (but others may) to make the HUD data fit into the visible part of the HUD with the viewpoint moved back.

[Wop-Actual]

It bothered me too, so I simply did two things:

 

1- Adjust the camera position in-game to something comfortable and save it

 

2- Use this bigger HUD font mod for the A-10C (http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/374967/?sphrase_id=3768869)

[Dugong]

On my machine it seems the text on the A10C HUD is much less crisp than every other module (and for some reason much harder see in bright conditions), even than the KA50 which is an older module.

 

Is there any way, or any mod to make the text sharper?

[Wop-Actual]

I believe so, with the mod linked in the post above. If I'm not mistaking, there are instructions included, either with the mod or the related forum post on customizing font and size even further.

 

Here's the thread: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=95797

[AstroEma]

Here are my settings in the snapviews.lua file

[13] = {--default view

viewAngle = 95.000000,--FOV

hAngle = 3.292176,

vAngle = -13.841103,

x_trans = 0.251312,

y_trans = -0.055430,

z_trans = 0.010063,

rollAngle = -0.156555

[MikeMikeJuliet]

One thing to note about the view seeming to be too far away, is that the HUD is designed to be looked at by both eyes. Quite many of the real HUD's take advantage of the fact that the eyes are apart, so in real life your right eye would see the center and left portion of the HUD, and your left eye would see the right half. As the HUD text is optically focused on infinity you soon forget that the HUD glass and the metal frame supporting it even exist.

 

This can't be recreated in 2D obviously.

[SharpeXB]

I tried changing the luas before, the problem is that these can get overwritten in missions, MP and SP. so I've kept the default settings.