Go to specific VC view on button press

[hobbseltoff]

I am using the Aerosoft A320 and a registered copy of FSUIPC in P3D 3.1 and I was wondering if it is possible to set a joystick button press to change to a specific view (in this case, CP MAIN PANEL). I know Aerosoft by default does something similar with the F9-F12 keys but I was wondering if it was possible to do within FSUIPC. Thanks!

[Pete Dowson]

I am using the Aerosoft A320 and a registered copy of FSUIPC in P3D 3.1 and I was wondering if it is possible to set a joystick button press to change to a specific view (in this case, CP MAIN PANEL). I know Aerosoft by default does something similar with the F9-F12 keys but I was wondering if it was possible to do within FSUIPC. Thanks!

 

If the panel is selection by Shift+1-9 on the keyboard, then you can assign a button tto one of the "Panel 1-9" controls in FSUIPC.

 

Otherwise you need the ID of the panel. you'll find this in the aircraft's Panel.cfg file. Then just assign a button to one of the Panel ID controls -- Panel ID toggle, Panel ID open, Panel ID close.

 

Pete

[Gypsy Baron]

To add to Pete's answer, if the 'view' is defined in a CameraDefinition.xxx entry in the aircraft.cfg file you

can use the HotKeySelect.n approach by adding the statements

"HotKeySelect.n" to the CameraDefinition.xxx section. "n" is the number of a View Select in the

list of "View camera n (select)" in the FSX Controls list. Views 5 through 9 are available for assignment. A couple of the

others are preassigned.

 

Then you assign the button/switch/keystroke you wish to use to the appropriate "View camera n (select)" entry.

 

I do this for VC views in all my aircraft, assigning 4 views to the #2 hat switch on my X-45 stick. Usually I set

the left switch to F9 (VC, left seat), the right to a camera set for the right seat and the forward and back switches

to 2 other views I want to access at a flick of my thumb.

 

Here are the CameraDefinition.xxx entries for my A2A B-17G, followed by the FSX Control assignments images:

Hope this helps.

//----------------------------------------
[CameraDefinition.001]
Title = "Right 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 = 0.7
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=100
HeadingPanRate=100
InitialXyz=0.8533983, 0.0, 0.0
InitialPbh=0, 0, 0
HotKeySelect=5

[CameraDefinition.002]
Title = "Center Panel"
Guid = {195EAB58-9E4A-2E2A-A34C-A8D9D948F078}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.7
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=100
HeadingPanRate=100
InitialXyz=0.4, 0.0, 0.0
InitialPbh=5, 0, 0
HotKeySelect=7

[CameraDefinition.003]
Title = "Engine Controls"
Guid = {195EAB58-9E4A-3E2A-A34C-A8D9D948F078}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.7
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=100
HeadingPanRate=100
InitialXyz=0.4, 0, 0
InitialPbh=50, 0, 0
HotKeySelect=6

 

Paul

[bursco]

Very clever Gypsy Baron -learn something every day - thanks

Denis B