Checking Fuel Level

[tusler]

What is the key press to bring up the fuel guage so I can see how much fuel I have. They seem to be hidden under the seat, how do you see them?:huh:

[WildBillKelsoe]

What is the key press to bring up the fuel guage so I can see how much fuel I have. They seem to be hidden under the seat, how do you see them?:huh:

 

 

You cant glance / snap view by default to tank gauges.

 

Follow this:

 

1) Backup view.LUA located in

 

Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\

 

 

2) open the file with notepad ++ and scroll down to line number 48

 

UseDefaultSnapViews = true

 

 

change true to false, save.

 

 

3) Boot game

 

4) before unpausing mission, press num lock

 

5) press num / to zoom all the way out

 

6) move the view to the tank gauge to the left first, zoom in to better read it, then press LCTRL+LWIN+Num1 then press RALT + NUM 0

 

7) repeat procedure for right tank, to LCTRL + LWIN + NUM 3 then RALT + NUM 0

 

8 - for fuselage tank, slew view to it, through the holes in the seat, and press LCTRL + LWIN + NUM 7 then RALT + NUM 0

 

9) after finishing, this is the tank views snapped to each of num 1 for left gauge, num 3 for right gauge and num 7 for fuselage tank gauge.

 

10) to toggle snap views. press numlock then num 0 then desired num number.. Numbnuts!!! HEHEHEHEHEEEE!!! :thumbup:

[tusler]

Thank you I have printed this out and incorporated it in my P51 manual!

Unfortunately this does not work if you are running an older Track IR like I am.

o well, thanks anyway.

Edited October 13, 2012 by tusler

[WildBillKelsoe]

Thank you I have printed this out and incorporated it in my P51 manual!

 

no problemo mate..

 

here is my view.LUA file if you don't want to go through these steps.

 

 

just backup the view.LUA file before replacing. This is beta 1.2.0 (the one before gold). I can't download 51 gold before going home.

 

cheers!

[cichlidfan]

Bill, that file does not contain your saved snap views.

[WildBillKelsoe]

Bill, that file does not contain your saved snap views.

 

which one? I wanna help the man :helpsmilie:

[cichlidfan]

which one? I wanna help the man :helpsmilie:

 

If you look in that same folder, try SnapViews.lua.

[cichlidfan]

Btw, the default snap view #4 already shows the fuel gauge behind the seat quite clearly and you should not need snap views to see the ones on the floor.

[tusler]

Ok I am really baffled now.

I am using an old Track IR, the one that has Horizontal and vertical movement only. no tilt or lean.

Soooo, my snap views do not work with track IR anyway.

Perhaps I can setup a second monitor and have the fuel gages exported to that monitor.:megalol:

I am amazed that this is even a problem.:noexpression::music_whistling:

[cichlidfan]

Ok I am really baffled now.

I am using an old Track IR, the one that has Horizontal and vertical movement only. no tilt or lean.

Soooo, my snap views do not work with track IR anyway.

Perhaps I can setup a second monitor and have the fuel gages exported to that monitor.:megalol:

I am amazed that this is even a problem.:noexpression::music_whistling:

 

Snap views have nothing to do with TIR. They work with it or without it. The version of TIR should not matter.

 

You can't export the fuel gauge.

 

A human in the cockpit would not have a problem, which is one of the reasons they coded view #4 to look at that fuel gauge.

 

EDIT: For setting up your snap views, I would pause TIR and use the keyboard view controls to move the view around. That will take the limits of your TIR out of the equation.

Edited October 13, 2012 by cichlidfan

[tusler]

I am going to read the manual again, snap view 4 is what I need, I paused TIR like you said, I tried every one of the keys on the num pad and none of them showed the fuel gauge. I must have missed something in the manual.

thanks

[cichlidfan]

That is the default view for #4. You must hold Num0 and Num4 to see the correct view. I am not sure what the view may show if you are not using the defaults (if you made WildBill's edit in the View.lua then you are not using defaults).

 

I don't recall snap views being covered in the manual but I could be wrong.

[tusler]

I got it figure out, at least one way I can do it.

I can pause TIR then hold the Rcntrl+Rshift+Num4 or Num6 key to see the gauge real quick.

It is in the Default keyboard bindings for 1.1.2.1 that someone put on the site.

Thanks for all the help!

[cichlidfan]

Glad you got it sorted. :)

[WildBillKelsoe]

Glad you got it sorted. :)

 

why not upgrade TIR to TIR4/5??

[tusler]

why not upgrade TIR to TIR4/5??

Money:( particulary lack of it.

I barely make enough to buy the sim let alone anything else. :doh: