Anybody figure out how to change FOV in the new patch?

[lanmancz]

Did you try the Snapview.lua?PeterP has a fix for it..worked for me in 1.27.:thumbup:

 

You can edit every snapview FOV in there, right ? I'm more interested in increasing the max "zoom in" limit (min fov) if that's possible because I use freetrack so I don't really use snapviews at all.

Edited April 4, 2014 by lanmancz

[Eldur]

Bump, anyone please figured out how to change the default min 20 deg FOV ? I'm now flying Su25A a lot and I'd really like to tweak this a little but, as mentioned earlier, editing the DCS World\Config\View\Server.lua CameraViewAngleLimits parameter doesn't do the trick.

 

I just tried editing that in 1.2.8 openbeta which was completely fresh.

 

And it worked, as expected.

 

ViewSettings["Su-27"] = {
   Cockpit = {
   [1] = default_fighter_player({
       CockpitLocalPoint      = {7.959000,1.419000,0.000000},
       CameraViewAngleLimits  = {30.000000,90.000000},
   })-- player slot 1
   }, -- Cockpit 
   Chase = {
       LocalPoint      = {4.259000,3.819000,0.000000},
       AnglesDefault   = {180.000000,-8.000000},
   }, -- Chase 
   Arcade = {
       LocalPoint      = {-12.041000,6.419000,0.000000},
       AnglesDefault   = {0.000000,-8.000000},
   }, -- Arcade 
}

ViewSettings["Su-33"] = ViewSettings["Su-27"]

 

Edited section:

 

    [1] = default_fighter_player({
       CockpitLocalPoint      = {7.959000,1.419000,0.000000},
       CameraViewAngleLimits  = {30.000000,90.000000},
   })-- player slot 1

 

Do that for all planes. But I severely suspect this won't work in Multiplayer as the host's Server.lua is taken - and this is what I don't like here. I don't need 150° view angles, ist just useless. Maybe it looks cool once while flying through a canyon, but then it's complete nonsense.

As you can see, I set my limits to 30° and 90°, and I tend to use 3 keys:

Zoom in fast = 30°

Reset zoom = 60°

Zoom out fast = 90°

 

This is closest to what I'm used to after flying Il-2 for over a decade :D

I also had a slider mapped to the zoom, but I just used min, max and center position, so it's easier just to use these keys. But the whole thing gets broken if the min/max angles are different.

 

I can understand that these are being given by the server, to prevent zoom exploiting (I won't call it cheating), as it's possible to set the min value to like 3° and have some nice virtual binoculars. Actually, I did exactly that back in LOMAC and FC1 when flying the A-10, because the real crews also use(d) binocs. And it's not easy to find things nevertheless, so I don't see it as a real advantage (maybe for being able to see if it's a Gundish or something else from like 5-10mi, but it has never been advantageous in air-air engagements for me at all), more a convenience thing.

 

I think the best place for this setting would be in the menu where all the other settings are set. And there, we could have hard-coded limits like no less than 20° and no more than 150° so noone can exploit it.