NumEnter for "Zoom normal" (Options Controls) - Spit IX

[DieHard]

I want to change the default position back a little bit for "Zoom normal" Numberpad - NumEnter .

 

Where are the coordinate script values stored so I can change the location numbers?

[Perfesser]

I think what you're looking for is in C:\Users\you\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Config\View

 

You'll be looking for CameraViewAngleLimits....... I think

[voodooman]

^^no

 

here's how to do it:

 

copy folder: View, from game root, config, to:

C:\Users\USERNAME\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha\Config

inside that folder, RENAME SnapViewsDefault.lua TO SnapViews.lua

 

In the snapview.lua find:

SnapViews["P-51D"]

 

the last set of values

 

[13] = {--default view

viewAngle = 80.000000,--FOV

hAngle = 0.000000,

vAngle = -9.500000, --view look down angle up/down

x_trans = 0.120000, --head position in cockpit, front/back

y_trans = 0.059000, --head position in cockpit, up/down

z_trans = 0.000000,

rollAngle = 0.000000,

 

not sure do you mean the default zoom value (fov) or head position but there you can adjust both to your liking;)

Edited September 6, 2017 by voodooman

[DieHard]

Thank you to both replies.

 

I'll give it a go, and see what happens---experiment trial and error.

 

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voodooman ,

 

Messages#9 and its Server.lua link, and #10 confirms what you told me above.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=171850&highlight=Zoom%2Anormal

 

The entire thread is an interesting read.

 

from this search: "Zoom normal"

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/search.php?searchid=15986161

 

Thanks

 

 

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My reference notes...

 

Did a search top of the main forums page ( https://forums.eagle.ru/index.php ) for any post mentioning "NumEnter" and quite a few posts for me to sift thru :

 

(Google Chrome has a nice built in languages translator, though, I know, a bit to be desired not being exact translation. ) :

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/search.php?searchid=15985997

 

1.) https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3238051&highlight=NumEnter#post3238051

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3238332&postcount=11979 by USSR Rik

Edited September 7, 2017 by DieHard

[DieHard]

What I did was copy my Spit IX setup in Saved Games for my vanilla stable copy of DCS 1.5.7, its SnapViews.lua and printed out the numerical values for each.

 

Brought those over to my DCS.openalpha 2.1.1 and input those values long-hand using Notepad++ .

 

I fine tuned the Options / Controls "NumEnter" (Zoom normal) and saved it by keyboard Left Windows + NumEnter key and saved the new position with Right Alt + Numpad Zero keys.

 

That did work OK as my new position numbers changed in my new SnapViews.lua in OpenAlpha.

 

(I did not know that would work by creating a new (Zoom normal) view by the typical setting of Snap Views.)

 

And passed the Burning Skies server's integrity check.

 

 

Snap-Views How-To here (3 posts) :

 

http://en.wiki.eagle.ru/wiki/Snap_views

 

and

 

See Message #13 here :

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https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=187519&highlight=customizing+snap+views

 

and

 

My posting couple years ago concerning custom snap views for the Bf-109K-4 :

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https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=140494&highlight=customizing+snap+views

Edited September 7, 2017 by DieHard