trackir4 pro?

[littlejohn1959]

greetings . i have a new trackir4 pro .

when i start in the cockpit , everything seems very close . i lean back but it still seems close . is there a config . that i could set so that my cockpit is farther away . i would like to be able to see more gauges , radar , etc .

i am useing a 20 inch monitor @1680x1050 . aspect ratio 1.6 .

any suggestions would be great .

thanks for reading ,

cheers .

[nemises]

What I usually do is lean forward a bit, then hit the re-center trackir button...

Then, when you lean back to your comfy seated position, you can see more..

Rinse and repeat untill you get the view you want :)

 

Some people have removed the Z axis from beeing tracked, and instead use a zoom in / zoom out set of keys .. apprently this is a better solution over all, but I haven't tried it.

 

There probably is a Default Camera View setting that can be tweaked in some config file, but just re-centering trackir is very fast and easy.

[Ironhand]

IMPORTANT: The following applies to V1.12. The files in V1.02 are different. And, yes, you must set it for each aircraft's cockpit. There is no global setting that I'm aware of.

 

The place to set the default zoom for TIR in the cockpit differs depending on whether or not you have the Z-axis (the "zoom" axis) enabled. With it enabled, the setting lives in view.lua. Change the 2nd number in the "Camera views angle limits" section for each aircraft.

 

 

-- Camera view angle limits {view angle min, view angle max}.

CameraViewAngleLimits = {}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_27] = {20.0, 170.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_33] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_25] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_39] = {20.0, 150.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29K] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iA_10] = {20.0, 170.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iF_15] = {20.0, 170.0}

 

 

 

Without the z-axis enabled--in other words, you use the keyboard or a joystick slider or whatever to zoom--the default cockpit zoom is set in snapviews.lua. It's the 'viewAngle" setting for the #13 position for each aircraft. (Example: Snap[1][13]["viewAngle"] = 117). BTW, this number also controls the default cockpit zoom when you are not using TIR as well.

 

In case you're wondering, the flyable aircraft are identified by number:

 

 

PlaneIndex = {

iSu_27 = 1,

iSu_33 = 2,

iSu_25 = 3,

iSu_39 = 4, -- Su-39 or Su-25T

iMiG_29 = 5,

iMiG_29K = 6,

iA_10 = 7,

iF_15 = 8,

 

 

 

Hope the above is sufficiently clear. Experiment and find numbers that are comfortable.

 

Rich

[Roosterfeet]

My camera view angle limits have 3 numbers for each aricraft. I have no idea why.

[RedTiger]

What I usually do is lean forward a bit, then hit the re-center trackir button...

Then, when you lean back to your comfy seated position, you can see more..

Rinse and repeat untill you get the view you want :)

 

 

Yeah, I'll vouch for this one. The first time I used TrackIR with LOMAC, this solution just came naturally to me. You are effectively setting what I call the "zero point".

 

Since then, I've changed some settings for the planes I fly regularly, but this works just as well!

[littlejohn1959]

IMPORTANT: The following applies to V1.12. The files in V1.02 are different. And, yes, you must set it for each aircraft's cockpit. There is no global setting that I'm aware of.

 

The place to set the default zoom for TIR in the cockpit differs depending on whether or not you have the Z-axis (the "zoom" axis) enabled. With it enabled, the setting lives in view.lua. Change the 2nd number in the "Camera views angle limits" section for each aircraft.

 

 

-- Camera view angle limits {view angle min, view angle max}.

CameraViewAngleLimits = {}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_27] = {20.0, 170.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_33] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_25] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_39] = {20.0, 150.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29K] = {20.0, 120.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iA_10] = {20.0, 170.0}

CameraViewAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iF_15] = {20.0, 170.0}

 

 

 

Without the z-axis enabled--in other words, you use the keyboard or a joystick slider or whatever to zoom--the default cockpit zoom is set in snapviews.lua. It's the 'viewAngle" setting for the #13 position for each aircraft. (Example: Snap[1][13]["viewAngle"] = 117). BTW, this number also controls the default cockpit zoom when you are not using TIR as well.

 

In case you're wondering, the flyable aircraft are identified by number:

 

 

PlaneIndex = {

iSu_27 = 1,

iSu_33 = 2,

iSu_25 = 3,

iSu_39 = 4, -- Su-39 or Su-25T

iMiG_29 = 5,

iMiG_29K = 6,

iA_10 = 7,

iF_15 = 8,

 

 

 

Hope the above is sufficiently clear. Experiment and find numbers that are comfortable.

 

Rich

 

thanks ironhand for the reply .

it seems i have 3 numbers ?

do i still change the second number?

cheers .

[Ironhand]

Others have reported having the same as you and I have no idea where that comes from--a mod perhaps or there are two slightly different versions of the sim out there. The sim's configuration files have been altered with every update to the sim. So who knows. At any rate, I have copies of V1.0, V1.01, V1.02, V1.1, V1.11, and V1.12 (x4) on my hard drive (don't ask) and none of them have a view.lua configuration such as yours (and that of others).

 

I think you can do the following safely but backup your VIEW.LUA first. Just copy/paste my version of that section over yours and go from there.

 

Rich