Snap to gunsight view/toggle gunsight view?

[1Sascha]

Asked about this in the Controller-subforum but got no answer there... so I'll try again here..

 

 

I'm using TrackIR 5 but I still like to be able to toggle between a zoomed-in view of the gunsight and "normal" flying view. I can't seem to set this up in the game. I remember using field of view keys for this in IL-2 or CoD and I did manage to set a "snap to gunsight"-view in RoF by saving a custom head position.

 

Any chance to set up BoS like that, too? The custom head position is a "click and hold" kind of button, so this is no good (I only have one thumb on my right hand and I can't keep pressing the gunsight-button down when I also want to fire my cannon ).

 

 

The ideal functionality I'm looking for would be:

- Press button once -> view snaps to zoomed-in view of the gunsight.

- Press button again -> view snaps back to normal flying view.

 

The "reset zoom" key/button works fine for me, so even if there's no way to have a true toggle-switch, I could work around the problem if there was a function to snap to a certain view at a single touch of a button. "Press and hold" sadly isn't going to cut it ...

 

At the moment I have to use my hat to sloooowly zoom in on the sight, which kinda works but isn't what I really want.

 

 

Thanks for your input.

 

 

S.

 

 

[seafireliv]

Actually I am still having some trouble with this myself. I tried mapping an ideal distance in my cockpit, but that went weird somehow and I can never get the right distance in my pit any more. I tried mapping a `snap view` to my gauges and in SP it worked, but online it now snaps my views to the pedals on the floor! I`m starting to think it`s best just to do without the button options and just leave the whole thing to thr TrackIr. I`ll eventually figure it out, but I have work to do and sometimes I can`t justify hours trying to reconfigure this, especially with my constant crashes (although perhaps the recent patch has fixed these issues?)

 

Any suggestions would be useful.

[KpaxBos]

 

 

I'm using TrackIR 5 but I still like to be able to toggle between a zoomed-in view of the gunsight and "normal" flying view.

 

Does Keypad "DECIMAL POINT" (del) + Keypad "8" do the job ? -> KP. + KP8 zoom to gunsight

 

Have fun

[mort]

At the moment I have to use my hat to sloooowly zoom in on the sight, which kinda works but isn't what I really want.

 

You can actually increase the speed and inertia values of the zoom in the camera settings. I don't recall which camera type off the top of my head so you may need to experiment a bit.

[Eagle-OnePirabee]

Hey guys, this isn't related to the OPs problem but I was hoping someone could help me point out how to get the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro hat switch to control my head movement and views inside the cockpit. I find it can rotate my view of the aircraft when I am outside with F2, but if I tab back into the cockpit, my head and view is fixed forward. I've tried everything - well - almost everything and nothing seems to be working. Thanks for your help.

 

Pirabee.

[ACG_pezman]

Hey guys, this isn't related to the OPs problem but I was hoping someone could help me point out how to get the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro hat switch to control my head movement and views inside the cockpit. I find it can rotate my view of the aircraft when I am outside with F2, but if I tab back into the cockpit, my head and view is fixed forward. I've tried everything - well - almost everything and nothing seems to be working. Thanks for your help.

 

Pirabee.

I think you have the wrong controls mapped. The camera view for the outside aircraft is not the same as the pilot head movement inside, however I believe you can map both sets to the same hat switch.

 

Anyway, there should be separate commands for the pilots head and the camera.

[1Sascha]

Does Keypad "DECIMAL POINT" (del) + Keypad "8" do the job ? -> KP. + KP8 zoom to gunsight

 

Have fun

 

That view is what I want, yes. But I want to be able to toggle it, not having to push and hold a button to get to it. My cannon are mapped to a thumb-button on the stick, I want to use another thumb-button on the stick to switch to the gunsight. If I have to press and hold the button for the gunsight view, I have no spare thumb left to fire my cannon.. :D

 

You can actually increase the speed and inertia values of the zoom in the camera settings. I don't recall which camera type off the top of my head so you may need to experiment a bit.

 

And where do I do that? I can't find an option for that in the keymapper. Do I have to edit configuration files for that? If so: Which file?

EDIT: NVM.. I never even saw the "Camera"-Option in the settings-menu.. silly me.. :D

S.

Edited May 19, 2016 by 1Sascha

[Mac_Messer]

Was a feature in the original IL2, wonder why it is absent in BoS/BoM.

[Trooper117]

There are many features absent from the original and proven format of IL2, sadly...

[Sokol1]

That view is what I want, yes. But I want to be able to toggle it, not having to push and hold a button to get to it. My cannon are mapped to a thumb-button on the stick, I want to use another thumb-button on the stick to switch to the gunsight. If I have to press and hold the button for the gunsight view, I have no spare thumb left to fire my cannon.. :D

 

You don't have option in controls to set this in a button because are a command modified - by other key not re-mappable.

 

But you can use a external keymapper, e.g. Joy2Key, XPadder... and map this thumb button in your joy to press the  "DECIMAL POINT" (del) + Keypad "8", tick the ON/OFF and you have a toggle "gunsight view". ​This command give you this instant view:

 

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Or,  set in CAMERA >  "Pan camera mode": 

 

FOV change speed: 100%

FOV change inertia: 0%

 

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Then, when you press the button assigned for "Pilot head: zoom in" you have this instant view - slight less zoomed than using"DECIMAL POINT" (del) + Keypad "8"), but OK for shooting:

 

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And when press the button for "Pilot head: zoom out", have this instant view:

 

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I associate the same joy button for above command to "Pilot head snap position: center" - so when pressed I this button have a centered vision with less zoom, or more ample FOV (like in above picture).

 

I don't use button for setting in between this two, as don't have practical use.

 

EDIT - In "Fix Quick View" mode (select with F9) the "DECIMAL POINT" (del) + Keypad "8")" became toggle.

 

"DECIMAL POINT" (del) + Keypad "8")" view is not named in controls, is a modification (by "DECIMAL POINT" (del) ) of the command:

 

bc_head_cv0,                             key_numpad8,                             0| // Pilot head snap position: forward

 

Like all other numpad# views.

Edited May 20, 2016 by Sokol1

[1Sascha]

Wow.. thanks for the info sokol ... that should help bigtime..

 

Downloading joy2key now to work-around the "toggle-switch" problem..

 

 

S.

[seafireliv]

Thanks Sokol 1 that helped quite a bit. Now I can zoom view extremely fast which was something i couldn`t do before. Great stuff!

[1Sascha]

Joy2key works like a charm. I mapped NUM-DEL and NUM 8 to the button in question, then set that button to "toggle on/off". I also adjusted my camera speeds as sokol suggested and I can now switch to the gunsight nearly instantaneously and without having to hold down the joystick button.

 

Here's what it looks like for me now:

 

 

 

Each time I zoom in or out, that's just a single "push and release" of the button. No more need to hold it down to stay on the gunsight.

 

Still: The game needs this functionality to be "built-in". Just add a "toggle-switch on/off"-option to every function that's mapped to a button. Pretty much like the "invert"-option the game already has for axes. Once a button is mapped to a function, that option should appear in the mapper. Activate the option and that button behaves like a toggle-switch. Leave it deactivated and the button uses its default behavior.

Edited March 26, 2022 by 1Sascha