FOV and using zoom...

[Donut]

When I first start out in the Tomcat, it has the default FOV where all three mirrors appear on my screen; however, when I use zoom, the FOV resets to much closer where I can no longer see the side two mirrors and will not go back to the original FOV.

 

Anybody have an idea of what's going on here?

[S. Low]

Yeah I know what you mean but I'm not sure why it does that. I personally like the default position after zoom. Trying using an axis for zoom that doesn't reset, like a slider or something

[Donut]

I wonder which FOV Heatblur considers to be the right default one...

[Donut]

After some testing I have found the following...

 

When I first enter a mission, the FOV is at 105.

 

When I use zoom, the FOV resets and remains at 85.

 

 

What is everyone else seeing and what is the default FOV supposed to be?

[Knock-Knock]

Thats pretty much normal DCS behavior. My initial FOV is higher than my saved FOV. Then I hit my 'zoom normal', and Im at my preferred FOV that has been saved with a snapview.

85 sounds about right for the default F-14 zoom, looking at the 'CameraViewAngleLimits = { 30.0, 140.0 }'. The camera settles in the middle of that, afaik. So 85.

 

So nothing of the above sounds out of the ordinary. But I recommend to use snapviews:

 

Make sure your save snapviews is enabled in your settings.

Then when in cockpit and your zoom has defaulted to the 85.

Edit: Oh, and center then pause TrackIR if you use that, or similar.

• Use * (numpad) and / (numpad) to adjust FOV.
  
• RSHIFT+RCTRL+* (numpad) and / (numpad) moves camera for/aft
  
• RSHIFT+RCTRL+8 (numpad) and 2 (numpad) moves camera up/down
  
• 8 (numpad) and 2 (numpad) adjusts the orientation up/down (pitch)
  

 

When happy, save the snapview with RALT+0 (numpad).

It saves to SnapViews.lua file in your C:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Config\View folder

- or DCS if you dont use openbeta.

 

Incase you mess things up, you can just delete that snapview in saved games there, and try again.

Edited October 28, 2019 by Knock-Knock