Compass view

[dorianR666]

hello, very new spitfire pilot here

 

how can i access the compass when in flight?

no matter how i position the camera, the stick is in the way and i dont see the compass. i cant find any "hide stick" control, there is no clickable area on the stick either to make it disappear (like in hornet for example). hide stick checkbox in game settings is ignored.

 

of course i can move the stick out of the way but that can be done only on ground, not in flight for obvious reasons.

 

how can i get clear view at the compass?

[dorianR666]

it appears the best view possible is to move camera max forward, max left.

stick will only be in way if forward or left of center.

 

i tried editing snapview lua file manually but it seems same exact restrictions apply as when moving camera with keyboard in game, so no fancy top down view behind/above stick that i'd like.

[Holbeach]

If you only want it for navigation, then the gyro compass on the panel is the one to use.

 

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[dorianR666]

ye

 

so the purely magnetic compass is more of a... back up?

[Holbeach]

You use the magnetic compass, to set up the gyro compass before flight, then check the gyro during flight to see if there has been any drift, especially after heavy manoeuvering.

Adjust the gyro with the knob underneath. Straight and level, constant speed flight is required for this.

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[dorianR666]

thank you, very informative.

 

im too used to just clicking an alignment button of gyromagnetic compasses...

Edited April 18, 2021 by dorianR666

[Tanuki44]

Here is a setting of SnapView that can help (already indicated, sometime ago, but I forgot by whom )

 

    [8] = {--LWin + Num7 : Snap View 7
        viewAngle        = 20.000000,--FOV
        hAngle            = -10.978332,
        vAngle            = -51.987301,
        x_trans            = 0.164246,
        y_trans            = 0.067000,
        z_trans            = -0.142609,
        rollAngle        = 0.000000,
        cockpit_version    = 0,
    },