Zooming in on a portion of the cockpit?

[Floyd1212]

This is more of a fundamental question about DCS in general, but I imagine it will be particularly useful for the CGP when in the Apache.

In several of Wags' videos he is zoomed into the TEDAC or MFDs to get a closer look, but still has some head-tracking functionality to look around at the handgrips of the TEDAC, etc.  How is this accomplished in DCS?

I have some "snap views" setup in one of the other modules I like to fly, but when I use RCTL+Num0, and then Num1, Num2, Num3 etc. to switch between the saved snap views, I lose head-tracking functionality from my TrackIR.  How can I keep head-tracking enabled with this new view set as my "centered" POV? 

[silverdevil]

@Floyd1212 i believe they use a key to pause trackir and then zoom in. i personally have a 'zoom in slow' assigned to the hat switch. but i do not pause trackir. i do have a pause key too. never really use it.

[Bedouin]

With TrackIR, i have a dedicated slider as Zoom, and just look where i want and then use the slider to zoom in, and then when i am done i zoom out again.. I don't pause TrackIr while doing so, i have also a dedicated button on my HOTAS for centering the TrackIR, if i get out of balance.

[naizarak]

bind your zoom axis to track ir's z-axis (the one that's default bound to longitudinal head movement, which IMO is useless)

[MrReynolds]

EDIT:  Bother, didn't really read the post's message!!!!

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Snap views.

They're AWESOME.

Move the screen to be TOTALLY zoomed in to an MFD or "whatever" and save it as a snap number.

Program a macro to 1) activate the snap and then toggle 2) to go back to cockpit view, centre AND reset zoom.

If interested I'll expand on this after work later 

Edited March 10, 2022 by MrReynolds

[Apache 64]

vor 7 Stunden schrieb MrReynolds:

If interested I'll expand on this after work later

That would be great 

[sobe]

Apache 64  Please do.

[MrReynolds]

21 hours ago, Apache 64 said:

That would be great 

Quick (rubbish) unannotated video.

  Text from video.

1) Setup your view as you want it to be saved as.  You may need a combination of TrackIR and manual movement.

Make sure TrackIR is off once happy!

2) Press (Number Pad 0) & NP number to quickly snap to the current saved view. This is now stored by DCS. 3) Right Alt + NPzero saves the NEW number view.

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My Macro for the joystick.

Right control & NPzero to go to snap views and then 6 for my saved view.

Delays of 100ms, but obviously that's your choice.

I either press it again to go to free view, or I have another macro for Centre TrackIR + view reset Rctrl&NP+ , NP5 , NPenter , NP0.

This simply gives me a total cleared view.

 

Hope this helps.

Edited March 11, 2022 by MrReynolds

[Apache 64]

vor 5 Stunden schrieb MrReynolds:

My Macro for the joystick

...macro for Joystick?

Will test the rest of your guide on the weekend.

Thanks

[MrReynolds]

28 minutes ago, Apache 64 said:

...macro for Joystick?

Will test the rest of your guide on the weekend.

Thanks

Macros are GOLDEN.  Makes life simple.

[Floyd1212]

The macro is setup in DCS, or the software for your HOTAS?

[MrReynolds]

7 hours ago, Floyd1212 said:

The macro is setup in DCS, or the software for your HOTAS?

Hotas. 

x56, but it'll be the "same" for any joystick software.

 

 

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by MrReynolds