Custom / modified snap view

[davidtsw]

Hi,

 

I'm playing on a budget-ish 24" 1080p monitor and aiming or spotting targets in the distance is quite difficult when flying with the FOV set to around 90-95. If I try to lower the value to see better, it makes the aircraft appear to be flying much slower than it really is, so I'm trying to come up with a solution.

 

Since I'm using keyboard + mouse for now I need to have a keyboard key assigned to a view that is zoomed in, focuses on the HUD glass but still allows me to see at least the launch authority light in the Su 25. Custom snap view 5 is something I'm using now and it's already improved my accuracy with the Frogfoot but the FOV is just a little too narow and I can only switch to it once the LA light comes which takes some time, then adjust to line up with the target and only then fire so it's not very efficient.

 

Is there a way to simply modify this snap view by zooming out a little ? Alternatively, how do I set up a similar view so I can assign it to 1 button ?

 

Ideally, I'd like to have a key assigned to something that will simply zoom in my current view and go back to normal as soon as the key is depressed. I know I can just zoom in and out with the mouse wheel but there's no time for that when diving on the enemy, or use / and * on the keyboard, but that's just gonna gradually zoom in and out and I just want to be able to move to a preset FOV keeping my current view regardless of whether I'm looking forward or checking my six. Not sure if this is possible at all, though.

 

Any ideas guys ?

 

EDIT: OK, I figured out how to modify existing snap views. How about allocating a key to a certain FOV ?

Edited February 22, 2019 by davidtsw

[davidp57]

This excellent tutorial would help you learn about programming new keyboard bindings.

Using this, I made a "stays-zoomed-while-key-is-pressed-then-goes-back-to-normal" thingie.