User Snap Views - How to?

[BoBaker]

Can't seem to find any info on Setting "User-Snap Views". Are they "preset" by the module or can you somehow "set"/Save" the view you want {LWin + Num0/9} per module? What I am asking is can the user create his/her own User Snap views or is it just an option hard coded into the game.

 

I searched the Forum, the old Manual and the new 2020 manual and did not find my answer. As a Noobe I would appreciate any input. Thanks Bo :pilotfly:

[Rudel_chw]

BoBaker said:

Can't seem to find any info on Setting "User-Snap Views". Are they "preset" by the module

 

Each Module has a default set of Snapviews already defined.

 

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or can you somehow "set"/Save" the view you want {LWin + Num0/9} per module?

Yes, they can be customized separately for each Module. On this video is a demo of both the freedom of movement within the cockpit (what is called 6 Degrees of Freedom), and at the end a demo of 4 snapviews that I defined for my F-16:

 

 

These are the instructions that I follow to customize my Snapviews:

 

Customizing snap views:

There are ten customisable Snap Views, accessed via a key combination involving the numeric keypad keys 0 to 9. The "default view" (normally bound to numeric keypad 5 with no modifiers) is also treated like a Snap View for customisation purposes, though it does not otherwise behave like one.

The default bindings in DCS are: 

Num0 : Momentary-action snap view (while held) of control panel. 

LWin+Num1 .. LWin+Num9 : Momentary-action snap view (while held) of various areas of cockpit, hud and external views 

Num0+Num1 .. Num0+Num9 : Same as for LWin+Num1 .. LWin+Num9 

RCtrl+Num0 : Changes snap views to "toggle" mode. Num1 .. Num9 (with no modifiers) will switch view to the corresponding snap view, and stay there until the user selects a different snap view, or taps Num0. 

Customisation:

You can customise the predefined position of any snap view, and of the "default" view. Customised view positions will be permanently saved in the game's configuration files.

By default, in DCS customisation of snap views is disabled. To enable it you must activate the option on Game settings.

Customisation Procedure 

The keystroke RAlt+Num0 (default binding) will save the current view position against the last-selected Snap View, or against the "default" view if that was the last selected. The simplest procedure for customising a Snap View is as follows:

Customising a Snap View:

1. Set your current view up as you want it saved. 
2. Press LWin+NumN - NumN being whichever numeric keypad key you intend customising. Your view will briefly snap to whatever the current snap view setting is for that key, then return to your previous view.
3. Press RAlt+Num0 - The snap view should now be saved. 
Test it by changing your view, then holding down LWin+NumX - you should see your customised snap view!

Customising the Default View:
1. Press Num5 to reset your view to the current default. 
2. Adjust your view to what you want as the new default but do not use any snap view keys in the process!
3. Press RALT+Num0 - your new default view should now be saved. 
Test it by changing your view, then pressing Num5 - your view should return to your customised default!

Restoring the Factory Defaults:
To discard your customisations and return to the factory default snap views (and "default" view), you need to delete the SnapViews.lua file from the config\view folder (i.e. the same folder where you edited the View.lua file earlier). After deleting SnapViews.lua, make a copy of SnapViewsDefault.lua (also found in the same folder), and rename that copy SnapViews.lua. 

 

Best regards

Edited April 4, 2023 by Rudel_chw

[BoBaker]

Thank you so very much, very kind of you to take the time and provide such detailed info. Best regards. Bo Baker

[Rudel_chw]

Thank you so very much, very kind of you to take the time and provide such detailed info.

 

:thumbup: actually it wasnt too much time, as the video was actually recorded several months ago, and the text cames from my scrapbook of tips for DCS, that I cut and paste from the Forums whenever I came across a useful tip :)

 

Cheers,

 

Eduardo