Once I spawn in the pit, camera slowly zooms out for a while

[Shaman]

There is this thing that is bugging me for many years.

Each time I spawn in the pit... camera slowly zooms for few moments then stops, instead of just locking at my setting of FOV 90 for example. After resetting the view FOV to default (keypad5, then keypad+) or moving zoom axis slider to middle, I am back where I want to be and it doesn't bug me throughout the flight ever again.

I am using TrackIR.

This happens with every aircraft.

[razo+r]

That's normal

 

Try not to move your slider and wait until it toomed out and then press the numpad enter for reset FOV

 

What you also could to is ehrn it's zooming out press * or / to stop the zooming and then reset your FOV again

[Shaman]

I know this bugger is considered now "normal". And I have been resetting view for years after waiting a while. I am really tired of this already. Some of us build cockpits around fixed FOVs. This is a true bugger.

[WinterH]

Honestly, I also quite hate this "effect". It is barely tolerable in cold starts etc, but is even more annoying when I am airstarting for practicing something.

 

I wish there was an option to disable this altogether.

[cichlidfan]

Given how long nearly everyone has been complaining about it, I would imagine that this is never going to change.

 

EDIT: I would even settle for an explanation, from the devs, why it is done this way. That also does not appear to be forthcoming, either.

Edited June 13, 2016 by cichlidfan

[Devrim]

I think this "feature" has discussed thousand times, and everytime some explains what it is for, but still can't remember the reason.

[cichlidfan]

I think this "feature" has discussed thousand times, and everytime some explains what it is for, but still can't remember the reason.

 

I have heard various possible explanations from Mods and Testers, but never from someone that was actually involved in the production of the sim.

[firmek]

Considering this "feature" from other perspective - if it's "norman" what was the rationale behind implementing it? Maybe there were some technical issues but from a user standpoint it has no added value - just bugging me with a need to reset to defautl view every time I enter the pit.

I would love to see this effect to go away as there is no reason for it nor it has any added value. The pit should just be set to the default FOV and position at start. Simple as that :doh:

[NeilWillis]

Agreed. It is totally redundant, and should have been ditched years ago.

[Pikey]

Just gonna wade in here also, Mr FOVchanger, your days are numbered, we don't like you, we never did, we demand you leave our immersion in peace and stop your FOVing around now!

[Necroscope]

As far as I remember this was made for ppl with multy-monitor or projector setups.

When ppl start complaining - it was decided that this "bug" is too minor and you can just wait and use FOV reset button.

I.e. not-a-bug. I.e. "will be fixed sometimes". I.e. - two weeks.

Edited June 14, 2016 by Necroscope

[Shaman]

Thanks for all the replies, I am happy it is just not me going "crazy" over it, enough is enough :helpsmilie:

[Bearfoot]

This is easily the most annoying/irritating "feature" in an otherwise great, great, great simulation. Extremely frustrating, especially in air starts.

[Necroscope]

I might be wrong but you can limit your maximum FOV with your preferred number hence this "feature" will have no room to "zoom out".

[Shaman]

I might be wrong but you can limit your maximum FOV with your preferred number hence this "feature" will have no room to "zoom out".

 

Nope, it doesn't work like that. What we do is set min and max calculating what is the exact medium in between the extremes. Then you set that medium as default cockpit snap view. And we still want to increase FOV sometimes but only on demand.

 

Example:

Saved Games\DCS\Config\View\

SnapViews.lua

	[13] = {--default view
	viewAngle = 90.000000,--FOV
	hAngle	 = 0.000000,
	vAngle	 = 0.000000,
	x_trans	 = 0.000000,
	y_trans	 = 0.000000,
	z_trans	 = 0.000000,
	rollAngle = 0.000000,
},
},

 

Server.lua

local GlobalCameraViewAngleLimits = {30,150} -- {min horiz. FOV in °, max horiz. FOV in °}

<- aka Zoom, 150-30=120, 120/2=60, 30+60=90 or 150-60=90

Edited June 15, 2016 by Shaman

[chardly38]

Not know if this will help because of my set up. Have you tried the user snap views. RALT+Num0. Im running 4 monitors and no longer see that. The view I want is the same as I start and flying.

At start I let the sim zoom back then use (Cockpit Camera Move Forward)

RCtrl+RShift+Num* to move a little forward then use RAlt+Num0 3 times to save.

[Shaman]

Not know if this will help because of my set up. Have you tried the user snap views. RALT+Num0. Im running 4 monitors and no longer see that. The view I want is the same as I start and flying.

At start I let the sim zoom back then use (Cockpit Camera Move Forward)

RCtrl+RShift+Num* to move a little forward then use RAlt+Num0 3 times to save.

 

This is not helping, and irrelevant to the bug man. Btw, I am using TRACK-IR.

 

There is no need guys to post these "fixes", none of them resolve the bug, we all know what is going on for years now. Been customer of ED products since 1996 :)

[chardly38]

OK I also use IR just trying to help. I no longer see this any more.