Skwinty Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hi everyone, As a new comer to DCS World I have nothing but praise for this SIM. The best I have flown excluding the Airbus A380 simulator, the $20 million one. I was lucky enough to spend 2 hours doing touch and goes with short local flights. Now, to my fuel gauge issue. I have the Mi8 and P51D. I cannot see the P51 fuel gauges. I do not have TRACKIR and fly with a Logitech Extreme 3D. Now I know you can use snapviews for this purpose but you would need to see the gauges prior to setting snap view. I seem to recall when first starting with the Mi8 there was the ability to see behind obstacles. I cannot remember what I did to achieve that. The P51D with no pilot in the cockpit is the norm for me but the seat still blocks the gauges. How do I get to peer around the corners as it were. Once again a great SIM and I am looking forward to building proficiency and starting with on line warfare. Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Processor 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display 16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 2666MHz 128GB SSD + 1TB 5400 RPM Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 Windows 10 Home 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knock-Knock Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hey, and welcome to DCS :thumbup: Numpad / and *, increases and decreases FOV (zoom) Numpad 4 and 6, rotates view left and right. Numpad 8 and 2, rotates view up and down. RSHIFT+RCTRL+Numpad 4 and 6, pans view left and right. RSHIFT+RCTRL+Numpad 2 and 8, pans view up and down. RSHIFT+RCTRL+Numpad / and *, moves view back and forth. Numpad 5, recenters position. Numpad Enter, resets FOV. LWIN+Numpad 1 to 9, selects the snapview you want to edit. 5 is default view, handy to recentering your view. RALT+Numpad 0, saves snapview. So before you start, make sure you have Save Custom Snapviews enabled in options. Now its been a while since I messed around with snapviews, but I think the procedure is: 1. Choose the snapview you want to edit. For example LWIN+Numpad 1 2. Direct the view to where you want it. 3. Save the snapview with RALT+Numpad 0. If you mess it up, you can always delete you snapviews.lua file, and try again. It creates a new file the first time you save a snapview again. File is located in your C:\Users\Username\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Config\View (or DCS equivalent if you arent using the Beta) If you already have custom snapviews, make a backup of the file, just incase. RCTLR+Numpad 1 to 9 (I think, check control mappings), jumps to given snapview, for as long as you hold the keys down. You can toggle this to stay, but I cant remember what the hotkeys are. Also, there a more snapview hotkeys, but I cant remember all those. Have a look in control mappings. I hope I remember everything correct here. It can get very confusing :) - Jack of many DCS modules, master of none. - Personal wishlist: F-15A, F-4S Phantom II, JAS 39A Gripen, SAAB 35 Draken, F-104 Starfighter, Panavia Tornado IDS. | Windows 11 | i5-12400 | 64Gb DDR4 | RTX 3080 | 2x M.2 | 27" 1440p | Rift CV1 | Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS | MFG Crosswind pedals | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skwinty Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Thanks Knock-Knock, I will try the the right shift right control sequences tonight. I use the stick TOP HAT to view the cockpit and 2 keys on the stick for zooming in and out. Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Processor 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display 16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 2666MHz 128GB SSD + 1TB 5400 RPM Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 Windows 10 Home 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skwinty Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Great stuff, all good now. Thanks to Knock-Knock and Art-J who sent me a pm. Awesome forum and SIM. Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Processor 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display 16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 2666MHz 128GB SSD + 1TB 5400 RPM Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 Windows 10 Home 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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