Microsoft's default zoom factors

[wildblueyonder]

Microsoft has some of the outside view zoom setting default values set at 0.75 instead of 1.0 making objects look farther away then they are. You can temporarily set these values to 1.0 for a flight from the view taskbar but if you end the flight, the values revert back to the default levels. I tried changing the affected views in the FS9.CFG, e.g., "View_Left=37,41 etc but it had no affect on the default values. Any ideas anybody?
wby

[kc10]

Try loading your default flight, set the values the way you want them, then resave it as the default flight.

[Popart]

You'll probably have to create a flight with the new zoom settings (the one you like) and save it as your new default flight. Next time you'll load a flight, the zoom factor will be set to these values.

Hope this help,
Arthur.

[JerryH]

wildblueyonder,

If you want the zoom value to be different for some of your aircraft, you can customize each panel.cfg file.

Edit the panel.cfg and look for a section named {Views}. Either add or revise the following line:

View_Forward_Zoom=0.75

The usual disclaimer: Make a backup copy of the file before editing. Notepad seems to be the editor of choice.

Regards,
JerryH