F2 External view - mouse not panning around aircraft

[Matt_j25]

Hi all,

 

I recently accidentally cleared all my controller and keyboard settings for my F/A-18C, I ended up re coding most of them but now when I’m in F2 external view, I cannot pan around the aircraft using the mouse. 
 

I don’t really want to reset my keyboard settings back to default as I’ve already set my keyboard control bindings.. does anyone know what the name of the mouse setting so I can re assign my mouse to this command?

 

Thanks!

[Benom8]

This may be a different issue, but I sometimes find that the mouse does not pan in the F2 view. Restarting DCS is the only thing that works for me. Interested to know if this is related.

[CBStu]

I see the same, intermittent no mouse pan in F2. Haven't bothered to try to figure out the cause.

[Rustym00se]

I have the same problem, no panning at all with mouse in F2 or F1.  I am running DCS World 2.7 Open Beta.  Sorry can't remember if it was working when I first installed DCS...

The panning does how ever work in DCS World 2.5,  so I'm thinking it's something to do with the 2.7 Beta.  I'm thinking maybe of reinstalling the Beta, I like how fast it loads.

I know this doesn't help, I just wanted to say there is a differance between visions.  Thanks,.

Rustym00se

[Rustym00se]

OK! I'm back with some good results.  I was starting up DCS and low and be hold there is an update to the 2.7 Open Beta.  With the update installed (2.7.1) the F2 and F1 panning is now working once again.  Since I'm new at DCS I can now go back to learning to fly and not troubleshooting.  So, if you are running the Beta, I would try up grading.  Thanks, Rustym00se

 

 

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[Bunny Clark]

Mouse views are an assignable control axis, so wiping out your controls would have made it go away. It's simple enough to set back up if you need to though, this is where they are:

 

Mouse view panning is also disabled whenever the comm menu is open.

[YoYo]

The same last time .... hmmm.... sometime is working, sometime not (with Mi-24).

[Sile]

Yesterday i had this problem, too. Still there after reboot. I'm using the open beta.

And it's not only in the hornet. (Sorry realized i'm in the hornet thread after posting)

 

Panning and zooming by mouse wheel is not possible in F2 view or other external views.

Control of view with keyboard controls is working. (Shift+NumPad /  , ...)

 

The mouse is correctly assigned in axis controls. I didn't change anything there.

 

A friend of mine experienced it about 4 weeks ago, but it went away after an dcs update.

Edited August 26, 2021 by Sile

[YoYo]

10 minutes ago, Sile said:

Yesterday i had this problem, too. Still there after reboot. I'm using the open beta.

And it's not only in the hornet. (Sorry realized i'm in the hornet thread after posting)

 

Panning and zooming by mouse wheel is not possible in F2 view or other external views.

Control of view with keyboard controls is working. (Shift+NumPad /  , ...)

 

The mouse is correctly assigned in axis controls. I didn't change anything there.

 

A friend of mine experienced it about 4 weeks ago, but it went away after an dcs update.

 

maybe the option now is report a bug?

[Sile]

vor einer Stunde schrieb YoYo:

maybe the option now is report a bug?

?

 

[YoYo]

1 minute ago, Sile said:

?

 

 

Yep I saw it (before this I reply to you).

[USSR_Rik]

Please describe step-by-step how do you get this bug.

 

Note: there is known bug (fixed already in internal version, fix will be available in the next OB update):

- take Mi-24

- switch to Operator

- look into Aiming Device (even with closed doors)

bug: no more external view F2 mouse pan

[Zyll]

it just happens.  You log into a mission (we have it happen on our multiplayer servers, no particular mission), and on rare occasions folks suddenly have no mouse wheel/panning in-game.  The mouse cursor still moves around for clicking buttons and stuff.

 

We've had it happen to several, but not all folks who log into a mission, so it almost seems like it is triggered by something on the server side, but not for everyone.

 

You also can't zoom the F10 map when this occurs.  F2 and F6 views cannot be panned/zoomed.  Mouselook in the cockpit does not work, but the mouse buttons still work.

 

Rescanning Devices does not help.  In the Control Options screen you can see the mouse is detected and bound properly.

[sezinho]

I have the same problem, I cant find any solution for this

[Terry Dactil]

Yes. Mouse panning was lost here too.

Fixed when I found where these options were located. (Hiding in axis controls and not in views where I had been searching)

 

On 5/26/2021 at 4:38 AM, Bunny Clark said:

Mouse views are an assignable control axis, so wiping out your controls would have made it go away. It's simple enough to set back up if you need to though, this is where they are:

 

Mouse view panning is also disabled whenever the comm menu is open.

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by Terry Dactil

[Sr.]

Just did a fresh DCS complete reinstall... now I can't pan or zoom view in F2. Mouse axis are set, but even trying to clear/reassign mouse Z isn't detected like most key binding.

[CBStu]

If the radio dialog box is on the screen F2 mousing control will not work.

[Joker Shadow]

had same issue just re-designate mouse axis in the aircraft control setting they look they're ok but if you re-select each axis again it'll hopefully resolve the issue

Edited June 4, 2023 by Joker Shadow

[SPAS79]

On 6/4/2023 at 12:20 PM, Joker Shadow said:

had same issue just re-designate mouse axis in the aircraft control setting they look they're ok but if you re-select each axis again it'll hopefully resolve the issue

 

really?

Ima try that. EDIT: no it does not work. I'll remove all mods and run a long repair. See if that helps. Otherwise, I'm call it quits. 

 

Edited June 25, 2023 by SPAS79

[Usagi]

This has happened to me a lot lately, with Mi-24P and F/A-18C.

Usually this happens when I go to F10 map in the mid of the flight and then return to cockpit. After that, I cannot pan F2 view. Instead normal mouse cursor is visible.

 

EDIT: FIX: Pause TrackIr, press LEFT ALT + C to enable mouse look, then you can unpause TrackIr too.
Strangely this has happened to me only within this week while I have used same setup for years.
It's possible that something disables mouse look mode when I enter to F10 map and that has caused all.

Edited May 3, 2024 by Usagi
Found a fix