Cockpit and panels

[Lydo]

Hello again.

 

My father is playing this game but unfortunately hes not so good with english although is is kinda good at simulators and is realy excited about this game.. hes english skills are very low but yet he somehow manages to understand the manual that I dont understand!

 

He has one question though. Its about the cockpit panels.. is there a way to make the panels & etc appear/disappear like you can see in the below picture's top left corner:

 

http://www.flightsim.com/review/learpnl.jpg

 

Afaik it is possible in Microsoft Flight Sim to make all the important stuff appear/disapper like that. Is it possible in this game?

 

I havent played flight sim's myself but my father feels its really slow and impractical to use only the cockpit view and having to "manually" find all the buttons from the cockpit which indeed feels very impractical as I tried it myself. My father found key combinations (Windows key + numpad keys) for 2 of these panels but it is not enough he says. He wants to have such panels for weapons, radar and everything else aswell.

 

One could argue that real pilots have to find the buttons "manually" aswell but its another thing with having actual real buttons and real hands than having to do the same thing through computer instruments. Its slower and impractical.

 

Hes playing with the sim-mode with the latest version of the game.

 

Thanks for the info if anyone has anything to share.

[lanmancz]

setup some custom snapviews and keybinds, thats the best you can do without trackir. I use this myself.

[Balu0]

Short answer: No, you can't do that in this sim.

 

but there are the Snap Views (once I figure out how to use them I tell you how :D)

 

You can save particular cockpit views, than simply snap the view to those saved locations.

[lanmancz]

its easy to setup :

first you need to open the file DCS A-10C\Config\View\View.lua with notepad or something and set :

DisableSnapViewsSaving = false

UseDefaultSnapViews = false

 

then in game in keyboard configuration find "Save Cockpit Angles" and "Snapview 1-10" and bind them to some easily reachable keys.

then i recommend to cold start in parking area and look around, press the snapview 1 button, position your camera where you want that view to be and press the save key. Repeat this with all the remaining snap views. It will always save the current camera angle as the last snap view used. Dont forget you can even move the camera position within the cockpit as well as look around and zoom. This way you can setup your snapviews, save them and anytime instantly recall them by pressing the snap view button 1-10. Easy and useful.

Edited October 21, 2011 by lanmancz

[Ragtop]

Yup, another vote for spending some time to learn snap views. They take a bit of time to get used to at first, but once he's got the hang of operating them quickly it's very natural.

 

Of course a TrackIR is the best solution :P

[BigBlue]

He might consider getting a Gameboard which will allow for easy access to often used key presses like the autopilot mode and others. I have a Logitech G-13 Gameboard which i've strategically placed alongside my chair and at hip height. I use it for snap and toggle views of the two MFCD's(really usefull), AP, radio communication, and HOTAS functions I need to map to keyboard including slew control, the gameboard comes with an 8 way hat.

[cichlidfan]

I have to agree that the G13, if you are looking for an extra interface, is a great choice. It is a convenient place to map functions that would take more than one key on the main keyboard and the mini joystick can be very useful as well.:thumbup:

[RodBorza]

Right Crtl+Numpad is your friend. If I'm not mistaken they are set like this by default. Check out some videos I made, because I use snap views every time I need to set up the radios.

[Harzach]

its easy to setup :

first you need to open the file DCS A-10C\Config\View\View.lua with notepad or something

 

Don't use Notepad.

 

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

[Laud]

Don't use Notepad.

 

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

 

Just to add why you shouldn't use the windows stock notepad: It will screw your files! Just to make bclear that notepad++ is not recommended due to someones personal preference.

[skouras]

LYDO

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[Lydo]

Nice to see this forum is so full of helpfull people. Thanks again!

[skouras]

:thumbup:

[Balu0]

I'm trying out the snap view myself, but they .. well they just snap. When I let go off the button the view go back where it was.

 

Is there a way to make them stay there. Quite hard to keep the button pressed, have 2 hands on the HOTAS and click with the mouse at the same time :D

[Sarge55]

I beleive with the X52 you have to set up a macro in SST to create a toggle type switch. Tap once it's "on" tap a second time and it's "off".

[sparchy]

Just wondering what exe file you used to associate your profile on G13? I have tried a couple but it doesnt bring up the profile automatically

[jeffyd123]

I changed my in-game key bindings to only use the "NUM0" key (it has no other use) to start & stop the snap view toggle.... then use the number pad keys to view the panels you want.

 

If he has another monitor he may want to check out helios.

 

As far as I know you cant do what you had shown in the picture.

Edited December 3, 2011 by jeffyd123