Want to Sit Closer to Instruments Panel in Cockpit

[DieHard]

Somewhere on forums a guy showed how to mod a .lua file so the pilot sits closer to the instrument panel in cockpit. It was just a matter of changing some numbers.

 

I don't know where I saw it or what file to modify.

 

Anybody know how it is done ?

[Weta43]

It's probably simpler to use TIR or keys to move to where you want to be, then press RALT + KP 0 (zero) to make that the default view.

 

Then when you center your view, that's where you'll end up.

[SnowTiger]

This "might be" what you are looking for https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1587429#post1587429

 

However, I recommend that you simply Adjust/Customize the Default Snap View for each aircraft and seat position (when it works ... it is currently working correctly).

Here is a link to those instructions >>

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2368055&postcount=14

 

I think you will find the latter solution MUCH better than using any MOD or from playing around with .lua files.

[Weta43]

LoL - Shall we both give him the same advice shall we ?

 

That link is "use TIR or keys to move to where you want to be, then press RALT + KP 0 (zero) to make that the default view." broken into 14 steps.. ;)

[DieHard]

I forgot...

 

See Message #3 and my Message #23 . Read the entire thread. :

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=105224

 

 

Numberpad Number 5 is "Center View" usually, maybe ID'd differently as a description depending which aircraft.

 

 

Guys >>> THANKS !

Edited March 20, 2018 by DieHard

[aledmb]

yeah, that is the solution, thank you!

Edited April 3, 2018 by aledmb

[Rogue Trooper]

For me when you sit closer to the instruments you will loose an overview of your situational awareness. The wider your field of view the better you will manage your hover/approach in tight confined situations. Try driving your car through a letter box.

For me the wider the view the more I understand my surroundings.

 

 

The zoom function should be analogue, regularly used and as close to your fingers (Hotas) as possible.... This will also serve you very well in the hunter killer mode!

[aledmb]

For me when you sit closer to the instruments you will loose an overview of your situational awareness.

 

this, in fact, is a compromise between awareness and ability to judge distances and the size of things.

 

there's only one true FOV value, which can be calculated acording to your monitor width and distance from your eyes to the center of the screen.

 

if you have access to head tracking, like TrackIR or VR, that would be the ideal FOV, because it gives you a 1:1 representation of the world... anything past that will give you distorted information of how things really are.

 

if you can't have access to head tracking, you feel the need for a wider FOV and that's fine, up to a point.

[Rogue Trooper]

this, in fact, is a compromise between awareness and ability to judge distances and the size of things.

 

there's only one true FOV value, which can be calculated acording to your monitor width and distance from your eyes to the center of the screen.

 

if you have access to head tracking, like TrackIR or VR, that would be the ideal FOV, because it gives you a 1:1 representation of the world... anything past that will give you distorted information of how things really are.

 

if you can't have access to head tracking, you feel the need for a wider FOV and that's fine, up to a point.

 

 

 

I do agree,

Track IR is just the mutts nuts until I go VR.

The zoom function in my home pit is analogue and works just as hard as my stick, throttle and pedals. I believe I have found a compromise that suits me extremely well.