More than 10 HotKeySelect possible (workaround)?

[D_Dragon]

I have created a number of camera definitions within FSX so I can see all aprons, runways and taxiways for the airport I use for IVAO ATC operations (EHRD). For this I use the HotKeySelect method coupled with a number of buttons on a joystick. The current airport is not that big so I have a sufficient number of HotKeySelct buttons available. However I am planning to start an ATC function on a bigger airport (EHAM) and I will need a lot more than the ten available HotKeySelect option.

 

I was hoping to use FSUIPC macros, but they only seem to react on gauges in a number of airplanes. The functions I would be using to switch between views are all based on windows.dll which FSUIPC apparently does not support. I know EZDok has such functionality, but a friend of mine has to disable EZDok when switching between EZDok and FSX view to be able to use all the views he wants (and turn EZDok back on again when I want to switch views).

 

Is there a way to assign more than ten (HotKeySelect) views to a joystick (with the maximum of 32 buttons) so I can create and select all the views I need for my ATC purposes?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Theo.

 

[Pete Dowson]

I have created a number of camera definitions within FSX so I can see all aprons, runways and taxiways for the airport I use for IVAO ATC operations (EHRD). For this I use the HotKeySelect method coupled with a number of buttons on a joystick. The current airport is not that big so I have a sufficient number of HotKeySelct buttons available. However I am planning to start an ATC function on a bigger airport (EHAM) and I will need a lot more than the ten available HotKeySelect option.

 

I assume that's the limit set by FS? FSUIPC knows nothing about thaoe.

 

I was hoping to use FSUIPC macros, but they only seem to react on gauges in a number of airplanes.

 

 

 

Er, macros are simply sequences of actions. They aren't dependent on gauges. If you mean "mouse macros" they depend on the way the gauge is written, and operate switches and dials, they don't select views. View selection is by FS controls.

 

Just checking, I see that FS supports controls "View camera select 0 - 9", so I assume that's the 10 limit.

 

Is there a way to assign more than ten (HotKeySelect) views to a joystick (with the maximum of 32 buttons) so I can create and select all the views I need for my ATC purposes?

 

 

If 10 is the limit anyway, how would you change Flight Sim to allow that expansion?

 

SimConnect does support the creation of new camera views ("CameraSetRelative6DOF"), for which FSUIPC recently added programmatic support, but I don't know how more than 10 defined views are selected.

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[aua668]

SimConnect does support the creation of new camera views ("CameraSetRelative6DOF"), for which FSUIPC recently added programmatic support, but I don't know how more than 10 defined views are selected.

 

Hi,

 

Instead of creating different cameras for each view, you can create the different camera types (cockpit, flyby, etc.) and set camera position and view direction with the function mentioned above. So open the necessary windows (and I assume that it are less than ten) and with the function you are able to control these cameras.

 

Rgds

Reinhard