PSA: Fix default views for ALL Aircraft

[zmz125000]

DCS sets the default views in many aircraft angled downward for monitor users, which creates a significant problem for TrackIR users.

With correct view settings, you should not see your virtual joystick and your virtual pilot feet on your widescreen monitor, but DCS camera deliberately tilt down your view which breaks immersion and could cause discomfort.

You can fix that with in-game snapviews saving.

1. Enable User Snapview Saving in settings.

2. save snapview with RALT+NUM0 in any aircraft once.

3. Edit "C:\Users\User01\Saved Games\DCS\Config\View\SnapViews.lua" with notepad++

4. Find and replace with regex enabled.

find (one pattern at a time):
(\[13\]\s*=\s*{[^}]*vAngle\s*=\s*)-?\d+\.\d+,
(\[14\]\s*=\s*{[^}]*vAngle\s*=\s*)-?\d+\.\d+,

5. replace with:
\10.000000,

this fix the default tilt down view.

6. now edit [13] and [14] in three A-10 planes manually. this fix the wrong camera positions in A-10s.

here's the edited file for you to download. and it does make a big improvement to immersions, even on the latest CH-47D, where i always felt something was wrong with the default view.

https://gist.github.com/zmz125000/f3aa7d237e4668c2c4030a09f63d01e2

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Edited Wednesday at 07:55 AM by zmz125000

[schurem]

I just gave this a go, and I like the results. There are some machines where the effect is truly outstanding, such as F-5. MiG-29 and F-16. On others, such as the A-10 and the F-86 the result is.. not so good. Perhaps because the default views are wonky in those.

[zmz125000]

12 hours ago, schurem said:

I just gave this a go, and I like the results. There are some machines where the effect is truly outstanding, such as F-5. MiG-29 and F-16. On others, such as the A-10 and the F-86 the result is.. not so good. Perhaps because the default views are wonky in those.

It's a huge improvement to Mirage F1 and Phantom, those two have default views that block two third of your view with instruments. and the A-10A is flyable with TrackIR now.

This tweak make flying in DCS a lot more enjoyable, in fact, I started (returned) to play MSFS and XP12 couple month ago, then I just stopped playing DCS completely for reasons even myself can't explain.

After applying the view tweak, I can definitely say it is the view that drove me away from playing DCS. The default views in Mirage F1, F-4 Phantom II, Chinook and so many other aircraft feel unbearable and mess with my sense of space, making my brain constantly adjusting and adapting to the tilted down 3D game space.

Now the annoying feeling is gone, and I can't stop playing the new DCS.

about the formula, it is a regex to replace all vAngle values with zero. or you can download my edited file for all aircraft.

Edited Wednesday at 07:54 AM by zmz125000

[TheSkipjack95]

You can use the camera controls to set a new position and save the default in cockpit.

 

I tend to do it while referencing the pilot body to place the camera roughly where the head would be, and tilt the view so you naturally look outside and not stare at the dashboard.

On CH47 you're supposed to see about 10-15cm of pitot tube (SME feedback)

[zmz125000]

2 minutes ago, TheSkipjack95 said:

You can use the camera controls to set a new position and save the default in cockpit.

 

I tend to do it while referencing the pilot body to place the camera roughly where the head would be, and tilt the view so you naturally look outside and not stare at the dashboard.

On CH47 you're supposed to see about 10-15cm of pitot tube (SME feedback)

thanks for the info, and the lua file manages both view angle and camera position. the chinook view obvious was tilted downward which was bad for trackir users. my tweak fixes that.