best way to have smooth camera panning?

[Capnsully]

Hi, I've tried searching but still can't work it out- how do you set the mouse view up so you have smooth panning rather than the jerky default? I read about j2key but can't work out how to do it. Any ideas?

 

Thanks :helpsmilie:

[Weltensegler]

have you tried a space mouse or space navigator?

Also what sim are you talking about? FC? DCS module? or DCSW?

[Glowing_Amraam]

"...\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\View" - "View.lua".

 

Open with notepad or notepad++, scroll way down and look for these lines:

 

"ExternalMouseSpeedSlow = 1.0

ExternalMouseSpeedNormal = 5.0

ExternalMouseSpeedFast = 20.0"

 

Basically, just divide them by 2 roughly. My numbers are:

 

ExternalMouseSpeedSlow = 0.5

ExternalMouseSpeedNormal = 1.0

ExternalMouseSpeedFast = 10.0

 

Plus i can select mouse sens on the mouse itself. :)

[PeterP]

And/or - attach a analogue joystick to use exclusively for camera movement.

 

Bind the axis of it to the view movement commands:

(no need to use Joy2key for this task)

 

 

 

BTW : If you plan to use it a lot - you might want to get a device especial made for this task like weltensegler mentioned already:

have you tried a space mouse or space navigator?

Also what sim are you talking about? FC? DCS module? or DCSW?

 

3D-Mouse ( there are many different brands and designs - this picture is randomly picked ):

Edited June 21, 2012 by PeterP

[Sawamura]

^ Does that actually make a smooth panning? Never tried FC it with a 3d mouse.

[PeterP]

A normal Mouse = changes the position only to a absolute X/Y grid with a given sensitivity.

 

A axis = changes the sensitivity of movement relative to this x/y Grid.

 

Does that actually make a smooth panning?

Yes it does - didn't tried with DCS but I got access to a 3d mouse at work and used it already a lot in Google-Earth.

 

To try how it works : just use a Joystick input for the view like I already wrote above.