Busterbvi Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 Enjoying this new Spitfire and got most things figured out. As an old FSX and P3D merchant I would like to be able select a view of the plane from the ground, in FSX it was called "tower view" and it was great for that "airshow aerobatics" experience, just like flying a RC plane. There is a bewildering amount of view choices in the controls section, which one would I choose to get close to the tower view i'm after ? Asus Z87. i7 4770k. 8 GB DDR3 @ 1866 mhz. GTX980ti SC. 120 GB SSD. 1TB Evo SSD. 750W PSU. W7/64. BenQ W1070 Projector. Yamaha RXV 673 AVR, Energy Take 7.1 S.S. 100" screen, serving wench & lap dancing facilities.
razo+r Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 Press F11 until you are at your desired airport and then move it with scrolling to the desired place or tower, but i'm sure there are other options too, but i don't know them...
grunf Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 You can use free camera (Lctrl f11). It starts at your current position, you can move it around using the mouse. The scroll wheel moves it forward and backward.
Art-J Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 "Airshow aerobatics experience", huh? While being somewhere "outside" in external cam mode, one can also lock the view on the airplane to track it easier (for movie making and such). Don't remember which stock assignment did it though - it was one of numpad keys I believe. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
Busterbvi Posted December 28, 2016 Author Posted December 28, 2016 "Airshow aerobatics experience", huh? While being somewhere "outside" in external cam mode, one can also lock the view on the airplane to track it easier (for movie making and such). Don't remember which stock assignment did it though - it was one of numpad keys I believe. Thanks Art-j, in FSX that was called "locked spot view" I would love to know the key assignment for that, can anyone else help on this ? Asus Z87. i7 4770k. 8 GB DDR3 @ 1866 mhz. GTX980ti SC. 120 GB SSD. 1TB Evo SSD. 750W PSU. W7/64. BenQ W1070 Projector. Yamaha RXV 673 AVR, Energy Take 7.1 S.S. 100" screen, serving wench & lap dancing facilities.
Art-J Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) If noone shows up with a reminder, I'd suggest trying out numpad Insert & Del, either separately, or with all possible Shift, Alt, Ctrl combinations. It must've been one of these, because I recall I lost the camera lock ability when I reassigned them to operate my TrackIR years ago. Actually, when in DCS controls menu, whenever you hit a key or key combo, the relevant function gets highlighted, so You should be able to find it easily. Edited December 28, 2016 by Art-J i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
Captain Orso Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 This my help you further: DCS cameras, views and video recording When you hit the wrong button on take-off System Specs. Spoiler System board: MSI X670E ACE Memory: 64GB DDR5-6000 G.Skill Ripjaw System disk: Crucial P5 M.2 2TB CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D PSU: Corsair HX1200 PSU Monitor: ASUS MG279Q, 27" CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S Graphics card: MSI RTX 3090Ti SuprimX VR: Oculus Rift CV1
REDEYE_CVW-66 Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Follow the above procedures (F11 to airfield, use moiuse to positiion, then look towards your AC on the tarmac and press Ctrl -F3. This will lock the cam to your AC.
Busterbvi Posted December 29, 2016 Author Posted December 29, 2016 Great stuff, thanks guys for your input on this. Asus Z87. i7 4770k. 8 GB DDR3 @ 1866 mhz. GTX980ti SC. 120 GB SSD. 1TB Evo SSD. 750W PSU. W7/64. BenQ W1070 Projector. Yamaha RXV 673 AVR, Energy Take 7.1 S.S. 100" screen, serving wench & lap dancing facilities.
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