Improved view cycle "f-key" options

[Benom8]

Hi,

When cycling views with the f-keys, it's very easy to skip past the object you were looking for and have to go through all the objects again to find it again.

It's also, for example, not possible to quickly return to the f1 view briefly between time spent spectating on an object, without cycling through all objects in that category again to find it each time.

Any or all of the following changes/additional bindings for the f-keys would be very handy for quickly switching to the view you want:

1. F-keys remember to the last selected object in that category, and switch back to it when changing category
2. An additional binding to cycle backwards through a category
3. A 'previous view' keybinding to step back through the last few categories and objects recently viewed.

Thanks,

Benom8

 

EDIT: I think the most glaring omission and least disruptive of the three to add is item 2. The others suggestions might need some more thought on the details, but something along those lines would be awesome.

Edited February 8, 2024 by Benom8
Clarified my priority for the 3 suggestions.

[Exorcet]

Please make it optional, as this would make it very inconvenient to people that make use of the lack of memory that the current feature has. For example if F5 remembered the last thing looked at, you could use it once and then some time later only for it to randomly look at something that has long since moved away and then need to fiddle with it just to look at a wingman or something.

Also a solution to your problem, depending on which F button is used, use the F10 map to select the object to look at.

[Benom8]

Yes, optional would be good (who knows what scripts people use that rely on pressing the keys a fixed number of times).

 

Thanks I know about the f10 shortcut, but it's not really a workaround, as you need to find the target on the map and it also requires the use of the mouse, not just keyboard.

[Kosi]

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An additional binding to cycle backwards through a category

Maybe something like a modifier that can be bound? I am not sure how feasible this is with the DCS system.
Pressing F2 normally would cycle the views "forward" and pressing modifier+F2 would cycle backwards. The same logic could be applied to a "remember viewed object" bind.
If I view object n in F2 and press F1 I am in my cockpit but F2 has the object n stored when I hit modifier+F2. If I press F2 without the modifier, it could start at your aircraft like default again.

So to summarize:
modifier + current view binding = cycle view backwards
modifier + different view binding = restore last viewed object in that view

 

A different idea could be something like "bookmarks". So if I want to watch my friend fly I can mark him on the map or something as a "bookmark". When I then use the bookmark_1 bind all the views will start from his perspective.

[MAXsenna]

Great idea! As LShft-Alt-Tab cycles backwards in Windows, and LShft is already a default modifier it could be used and easily remembered. I second to have an option to remember the last used one.
Cheers!

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