cessna_man wrote on Sep 18^th, 2013 at 6:26pm:

P.S. You should start a post that has all your tweaks and fixes.

Nah. It's okay. I'm not sure if all of them are mine. Some might have been done by members (who I haven't seen in here for years). I do try to give credit where it is due, so if it isn't my idea, then I won't take the credit for it.

Here is another change I make to ALL my addon aircraft (if it isn't already done). I make these changes to all of the [CameraDefinition.XX] entries:

External views default:

[CameraDefinition.0]
Title = "Right Side Window"
Guid = {C0D1826B-81C9-4C7E-8C57-E40C4352D47A}
Description = View of the right wing from the passenger cabin
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.30
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = 3.2, 1.80, -4.00
InitialPbh = 12.00, 0.00, 80.00
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=TRUE
ClipMode=Minimum
xyzRate=0.5

My modification to it:

[CameraDefinition.0]
Title = "Right Side Window"
Guid = {C0D1826B-81C9-4C7E-8C57-E40C4352D47A}
Description = View of the right wing from the passenger cabin
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.30
ShowWeather = Yes
PitchPanRate=30
HeadingPanRate=75
PanAcceleratorTime=0
InitialXyz = 3.2, 1.80, -4.00
InitialPbh = 12.00, 0.00, 80.00
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=TRUE
ClipMode=Minimum
xyzRate=0.5

The default interior views:

[CameraDefinition.001]
Title = "Captain Seat"
Guid = {8ff6c134-098d-409f-baec-caba3f683f98}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.45
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
InitialXyz=0.0, 0.0, 0.0
InitialPbh=5, 0, 20
xyzRate=0.5

My modification to it:

[CameraDefinition.001]
Title = "Captain Seat"
Guid = {8ff6c134-098d-409f-baec-caba3f683f98}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.45
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=30
HeadingPanRate=75
PanAcceleratorTime=0
InitialXyz=0.0, 0.0, 0.0
InitialPbh=5, 0, 20
xyzRate=0.5


The PanAcceleratorTime=0 entry allows for the movement in the views to be instant. None of this waiting for the movement to gain speed!
The PitchPanRate=30 and HeadingPanRate=75 mean the movement of your view, is at the same speed as it is in the default VC view (F9).

Some [CameraDefinition.XXX] entries have these settings:

SnapPbhAdjust = none
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = none
PanPbhReturn = False

If they do, then the view wont move. You will need to change them to this:

SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False

so that the view can be changed.

Another entry is this:

MomentumEffect = YES

which allows for the "head movement" to happens, which can get awkward when trying to press buttons or knobs.
You can change it to this:

MomentumEffect = NO

So it doesn't happen. If it has NO, you can change it to YES if that is what you prefer.

There are only a few addons that have all three PitchPanRate=XX, HeadingPanRate=XX and PanAcceleratorTime=0

Anyway, these are just a few more little tricks you may be interested in, so edit away to your heats content.


Always back the aircraft.cfg and panel.cfg before editing them, just in case you make a mistake! - I should have told you this in my first reply, but I forgot. I must be getting old!

Note: If you haven't backed them up, reinstalling the aircraft using the repair option, will give you back the original aircraft.cfg and panel.cfg.