Cockpit zoom

Hi, I like the Tomcat very much but why is the cockpit so zoomed out? I don't like that I always have to press the numpad enter key to zoom in. Someone who knows it will be fixed?

Dont you have any axis on your HOTAS for your zoom?

i have an axis for zooming, all good, but the default zoom is different from all other modules so far.

on standard full hd displays this makes reading small gauges hard ...

What a thing to complain about ... jesus

i am not complaining, just questioning the reason behind the current default setting - which is in my eyes not complaining ... ;)

Noticed as well. Usually DCS modules have 20° - 140° FOV range. Tomcat is one of the few exceptions with those set to 30° and 180° IIRC. I'm just saying. 180° of FOV... that's insane, literally. And, pretty useless at the same time. That makes the center states 80° and 105° respectively.

I'm using my own method for zooming to get past this, usually it's:

    
   -- COCKPIT VIEW FOV / ZOOM PRESETS
   {combos = {{key = 'Delete'}}, down = iCommandViewZoomAbs                        , value_down = -0.833333, name = _('Cockpit FOV 30'), category =  _('View Cockpit FOV')},
   {combos = {{key = 'End'}}, down = iCommandViewZoomAbs                        , value_down = -0.333333, name = _('Cockpit FOV 60'), category =  _('View Cockpit FOV')},
   {combos = {{key = 'PageDown'}}, down = iCommandViewZoomAbs                        , value_down =  0.166666, name = _('Cockpit FOV 90'), category =  _('View Cockpit FOV')},

For the F-14, I need different values to get the same angles:

   -- COCKPIT VIEW FOV / ZOOM PRESETS
   {combos = {{key = 'Delete'}}, down = iCommandViewZoomAbs                        , value_down = -1.000000, name = _('Cockpit FOV 30'), category =  _('View Cockpit FOV')},
   {combos = {{key = 'End'}}, down = iCommandViewZoomAbs                        , value_down = -0.600000, name = _('Cockpit FOV 60'), category =  _('View Cockpit FOV')},
   {combos = {{key = 'PageDown'}}, down = iCommandViewZoomAbs                        , value_down =  -0.200000, name = _('Cockpit FOV 90'), category =  _('View Cockpit FOV')},

Those are put into the Input\keyboard\default.luas

Zoom/move to your comfortable position and the use alt-0 to save the position. It resets to this everytime I jump back into the f14.

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thank you both, gonna check those methods if they work for me :thumbup:

Thanks for the tips, I use the slider on the throttle for zooming and I want to have the cockpit more zoomed in when the slider is in the center like the standard for the F-18, F-5 etc.

That's a good way to do it as well. I tend to find default position and save to ralt-0 as default view. Then i use button 5 and 6 on throttle (the paddle shifter thing) to zoom in or out dynamically since I can keep my HOTAS at a times.

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I want to have the cockpit more zoomed in when the slider is in the center like the standard for the F-18, F-5 etc.

Excellent question, I´d like that too.

That's a good way to do it as well. I tend to find default position and save to ralt-0 as default view. Then i use button 5 and 6 on throttle (the paddle shifter thing) to zoom in or out dynamically since I can keep my HOTAS at a times.

I see but I don't think it will work on a axis like the slider.