b6ifc81 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Hi everyone! I tried searching this topic and came up short. Are there any users of the Carenado Saab 340 that have been slightly perplexed by how "close" the spot view is to the plane? Zooming out only distorts the aircraft. I'm wondering if there's any solution on how to adjust the distance from the plane the camera is. In FS9 (which is still my primary platform), simply editing the distance/zoom in "view options" does the trick. But alas, FSX doesn't have that feature. Any insight would be much appreciated! Cheers, George Oh, for the love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Hi everyone! I tried searching this topic and came up short. Are there any users of the Carenado Saab 340 that have been slightly perplexed by how "close" the spot view is to the plane? Zooming out only distorts the aircraft. I'm wondering if there's any solution on how to adjust the distance from the plane the camera is. In FS9 (which is still my primary platform), simply editing the distance/zoom in "view options" does the trick. But alas, FSX doesn't have that feature. Any insight would be much appreciated! Cheers, George Wideview ON? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I have always had better luck with "Locked Spot" view as opposed to "Spot" view. Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I have always had better luck with "Locked Spot" view as opposed to "Spot" view. Yes...but "Spot" is a lot more challenging to try and land when it swings hard left or right! Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Yes...but "Spot" is a lot more challenging to try and land when it swings hard left or right! Uh......ain't your fanny suppose ta be in the cockpit when you land? Hope you don't drive your car in "Spot" view"! :confused: Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Hope you don't drive your car in "Spot" view"! :confused: Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b6ifc81 Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 Thanks for your suggestions everyone! Mallcott: I'm not sure where I can find wideview, as I didn't see it under display settings. I'll show everyone what I'm seeing when I first select the aircraft, then load the sim. When selecting all other aircraft, the whole plane shows up in the box. When selecting the Saab, only the midsection is displayed, due to the "camera point" being so close to the plane. Oh, for the love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger1962 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 In the aircraft selection screen, you can zoom the view in or out with the keyboard plus and minus keys. This should set the spot view distance in the sim as well, if not you can also use the plus and minus keys in spot view. In both cases you can reset to default zoom by pressing the spacebar. Tim Wright "The older I get, the better I was..." Xbox Series X, Asus Prime H510M-K, Intel Core i5-11400F 4.40GHz, 16Gb DDR4 3200, 2TB WD Black NVME SSD, 1TB Samsung SATA SSD NVidia RTX3060 Ti 8Gb, Logitech Flight Yoke System, CH Pro Pedals, Acer K272HL 27", Windows 11 Home x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 In the aircraft selection screen, you can zoom the view in or out with the keyboard plus and minus keys. This should set the spot view distance in the sim as well, if not you can also use the plus and minus keys in spot view. In both cases you can reset to default zoom by pressing the spacebar. Instructions for WideView: https://oldprop.com/sim/blog/2017/01/18/wideviewaspect-true-or-false/ explanation here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hurst Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 When selecting the Saab, only the midsection is displayed, due to the "camera point" being so close to the plane. You need to move it back, which you do by adjusting the 'chase distance'. The default mappings for this are CTRL- and CTRL=. It is helpful to have these functions mapped to a pair of buttons on your joystick. (If you want to see the difference between zoom and chase distance, check out , from 2:48.) MarkH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Thanks for your suggestions everyone! Mallcott: I'm not sure where I can find wideview, as I didn't see it under display settings. Look for it in your FSX.cfg WideViewAspect=True under [Display] or add it in!;) Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b6ifc81 Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 Thanks for all your help, everyone! I will give it a go and see what happens. I should also perhaps try to learn how to fly the plane properly while I'm at it :p:pilot: Oh, for the love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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