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Pilot view

Postby skyflirt » Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:50 am

Hi all !

I put a part in my plane's VC,called pilot.view.But in FS this viewpoint is in an other position ( behind and above that I'd like ) .I tried to edit aircraft.cfg,but nothing happened.What's the problem? I am working with FSDS2
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Re: Pilot view

Postby HABU » Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:15 pm

Firstly as you're probably aware, the view point is at the axis of the pilot.view part.

If I were you I'd note down the axis from the part properties box and take a look at the aircraft.cfg and compare the figures.

I personally prefer to manually adjust the position in Notepad and keep reloading the aircraft, but I've always done things the long fiddly way round!  ;D

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Re: Pilot view

Postby skyflirt » Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:29 pm

I tried a lot's of value,but the pilot.view is always at the same position
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Re: Pilot view

Postby Sgt.ZigZag » Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:50 pm

ummm....i read something about using the tape measure...and then using those measurements in the aircraft.cfg thing....sorry folks im workin on my first model so i dont really know much :)
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Re: Pilot view

Postby X_eidos2 » Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:17 pm

Sgt ZigZag,

They're working in FSDS2 and you're working with Gmax.
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Re: Pilot view

Postby Felix/FFDS » Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:20 pm

skyflirt -

do you have a pilot.view in your main model?

Is your pilot.view tagged as a reference part?

There is no problem if you move your vc model around a bit to "get" the eyepoint correct.
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Re: Pilot view

Postby Hagar » Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:26 pm

Also remember to check the "Process Reference Parts" option when you produce your project. This should automatically update the Aircraft.cfg entries.
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Re: Pilot view

Postby skyflirt » Wed Sep 03, 2003 3:16 am

Thanks guys! I solved the problem :))
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Re: Pilot view

Postby Felix/FFDS » Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:04 am

How?

One of the standard rules for Aircraft Design Forum posting (this is a rule that applies to any of the Design Forums I moderate - including Simviation, FFDS, and flightsim.com) is that you are not allowed to post a "problem solved" message without revealing teh solution!



Thanks guys! I solved the problem :))
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Re: Pilot view

Postby skyflirt » Wed Sep 03, 2003 4:21 pm

Sorry,I didn't knew this rule....So : I have created the problem with pilot.view : there was two pilot.view definied in the aircraft.cfg.....I deleted one of these and it solved the problem
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Re: Pilot view

Postby Felix/FFDS » Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:23 pm

:)

Thanks.  Of course, compliance with that "rule" is completely voluntary, but it's still nice to know whether advice given works, or as in this case, the problem was something completely different!
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