Snap Views

Furiz · Saturday at 09:20 PM

Hi,

Where does MiG-29 Fulcrum save its snap views, I can't seem to reset the view. I tried deleting Snap View lua from saved games, and also snap view default but with no joy.

Anyone knows this?

Vakarian · Saturday at 10:07 PM

Same place where all others are stored. Snip from my SnapViews.lua

SnapViews["MiG-29 Fulcrum"] = {
[1] = {-- player slot 1
	[1] = {--LWin + Num0 : Snap View 0
		viewAngle		= 96.995216,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 50.638279,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= -9.729000,
		x_trans			= 0.079000,
		y_trans			= 0.008000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 1,
	},
	[2] = {--LWin + Num1 : Snap View 1
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[3] = {--LWin + Num2 : Snap View 2
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[4] = {--LWin + Num3 : Snap View 3
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[5] = {--LWin + Num4 : Snap View 4
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[6] = {--LWin + Num5 : Snap View 5
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[7] = {--LWin + Num6 : Snap View 6
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[8] = {--LWin + Num7 : Snap View 7
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[9] = {--LWin + Num8 : Snap View 8
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[10] = {--LWin + Num9 : Snap View 9
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[11] = {--look at left  mirror
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[12] = {--look at right mirror
		viewAngle		= 60.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= 0.000000,
		x_trans			= 0.000000,
		y_trans			= 0.000000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 0,
	},
	[13] = {--default view
		viewAngle		= 96.995216,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 50.638279,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= -9.729000,
		x_trans			= 0.079000,
		y_trans			= 0.008000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 1,
	},
	[14] = {--default view - VR
		viewAngle		= 100.000000,--FOV
		viewAngleVertical= 0.000000,--VFOV
		hAngle			= 0.000000,
		vAngle			= -9.729000,
		x_trans			= 0.079000,
		y_trans			= 0.008000,
		z_trans			= 0.000000,
		rollAngle		= 0.000000,
		cockpit_version	= 1,
	},
},
}

Furiz · Sunday at 04:56 AM

6 hours ago, Vakarian said:

Same place where all others are stored. Snip from my SnapViews.lua

I tried deleting that file and repairing but it didn't work

did you alter your default view by any chance?

Edited Sunday at 04:57 AM by Furiz

Lixma 06 · Sunday at 05:25 AM

nm....misread

Carry on

Edited Sunday at 06:50 AM by Lixma 06

Furiz · Sunday at 09:36 AM

When I delete SnapViews file in Saved Games FOV resets to 118 give or take, is that the default FOV?

And when I turn my head the picture becomes stretched around the edges.

Vakarian · Sunday at 12:58 PM

8 hours ago, Furiz said:

I tried deleting that file and repairing but it didn't work

did you alter your default view by any chance?

Yes I did as the default one was too far back in my case. IIRC after changing the default one, the entry appeared in the snapviews.lua file.

EDIT: I play on 3440x1440 resolution, so the FOV values might be a bit different than what you'd expect on 16:9 aspect ratio

Edited Sunday at 12:59 PM by Vakarian

Furiz · Sunday at 01:21 PM

18 minutes ago, Vakarian said:

Yes I did as the default one was too far back in my case

Aha ok,

I was altering it as well cause of the same reason, but I didn't screenshot the default FOV, so when I deleted the .lua I thought it didn't reset. But I see now the default FOV is way back. I'll bring it closer and save then

Thanks for clarification.

RyanR · Sunday at 02:25 PM

This was the same problem I had with the Fulcrum that took me 3 hours to figure out. In my head I thought it would be easiest to find and change the FOV in a LUA, but if you have never saved a snap view, you won't have a snapview.lua in the Saved Games folder to change.

You have to adjust and save the default snap view in game from 118 to something around 80-ish. The Fulcrum is the only module in DCS with this strange default FOV.

-Ryan

Furiz · Sunday at 05:51 PM

3 hours ago, RyanR said:

This was the same problem I had with the Fulcrum that took me 3 hours to figure out. In my head I thought it would be easiest to find and change the FOV in a LUA, but if you have never saved a snap view, you won't have a snapview.lua in the Saved Games folder to change.

You have to adjust and save the default snap view in game from 118 to something around 80-ish. The Fulcrum is the only module in DCS with this strange default FOV.

-Ryan

I went with 100ish FOV but now the problem is the axis where the head camera is centered is now like 5cm in front of the HUD, so when you turn your head backwards you are looking at the eject lever right below you;)

This is now it looks like now when I look at the right back panel

I think they need to update this FOV.

Edited Sunday at 05:56 PM by Furiz

RyanR · Sunday at 10:48 PM

4 hours ago, Furiz said:

I went with 100ish FOV but now the problem is the axis where the head camera is centered is now like 5cm in front of the HUD, so when you turn your head backwards you are looking at the eject lever right below you;)

This is now it looks like now when I look at the right back panel

I think they need to update this FOV.

Something more than the FOV got changed. You may need to delete your snapview.lua and start over.

-Ryan

Furiz · 2025-09-29T04:37:14Z

5 hours ago, RyanR said:

Something more than the FOV got changed. You may need to delete your snapview.lua and start over.

-Ryan

Yeah I did, and I even uninstalled the module then reinstalled.

Lixma 06 · 2025-09-29T04:41:52Z

Use RCtrl + RShift + Keypad * and / to move your head position back and forward

MAXsenna · 2025-09-29T06:59:21Z

Use RCtrl + RShift + Keypad * and / to move your head position back and forward

And save with RAlt + Num0.

@Furiz No point in reinstallations. Perform a full repair. Same thing, only quicker. It won't touch Saved Games though.

To my knowledge. You have to have snapviews save enabled, and you must save a snapview before the file gets populated.

Cheers!

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RyanR · 2025-09-29T15:29:01Z

I thought to grab a couple screenshots last night from saving the new head position after an FOV change.

I think the only way to start over is to delete the the snapview.lua in Saved Games. the one in the DCS directory doesn't do anything. The lua in the Saved Games directory will persist after a module reinstall or repair, so you must delete it.

Once you do that, start DCS without head tracking, hop into the Fulcrum, adjust the FOV, and then save the snap view.

Good luck.

-Ryan

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