Distance between POV and cockpit

[citizen67]

Hi everybody,

I'm experimenting with head tracking using my iPhone connected via IP to OpenTrack, and since I need to find a unique setting for each plan, I'd like to understand one thing: I noticed that the cockpit, when in the default view [F1], is not always at the same distance. For example, in F-4 or F-14 it's much closer than in F-16 or F/A-18. Is there a way, somewhere in the.ini files, to define the distance of the point of view from the cockpit?

Thanks in advance

[Wrench]

it's set in the bird's cockpit ini, afaik. What the numbers ARE actually distance-wise (as in how many meters/cm back from the dashboard) I'm not sure

[CockpitSeat001]
ModelName=F-15A_pit.LOD
Offset=0.0,0.0,0.0  <------------- i think!! this one
Position=0.0,6.43,1.06 <---- position relative to aircraft world center
ViewAngles=0.0,0.0,0.0
MaxYaw=170
MinYaw=-170
MaxPitch=90
MinPitchFront=-45
MinPitchRear=-30

If I'm wrong, hopefuly someone will correct me.

[citizen67]

Wow, looks complicated... I was hoping for something like 40cm, 50cm... 
I'll try to increase the values in the "Offset" line. Let's see what happens... Thanks

[Wrench]

the offset "placement" like all the 3 section locators in this game system It's left/right, front/back, up/down. Forgot to mention that! Sorry!! !!!

and it IS all metric, which make it a bit easier for people like me that went to Los Angeles City Schools (shitty at math)

[daddyairplanes]

On 8/11/2026 at 6:58 PM, Wrench said:

 which make it a bit easier for people like me that went to Los Angeles City Schools (shitty at math)

welll ooof

i constantly amaze gas station attendants by figuring out how much is left out of 20 or 30 when i get my water and smokes, and tell them the remaining amount thats going in the gas tank

they ask how i can do that in my head, i tell them i went to public school when it was still worth a damn

but im quite certain you went to public school well before i did. (not changing my story for the gas station folks tho )

[Wrench]

'way back when i worked on gas stations (when dinosaurs hadn't yet fully turned to oil), I was taught a  really easy way to make change. Never failed me yet!! (even with LAUSD screwing around!)

[yakarov79]

22 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

 

18 hours ago, Wrench said:

way back when

Yeah, there is something romantic..in a way when you look at the past... it makes you proud that you still remember .

quoting Madness lyrics;

Oh what fun we had

But, did it really turn out bad

All I learnt at school

Was how to bend not break the rules

Oh what fun we had

But at the time it seemed so bad

Trying different ways

To make a difference to the days.

[Nightshade/PR]

And here I was, thinking that I was hot sh*t because once upon a time, I knew how to use this arcane POS.

[Flanker562]

19 hours ago, Wrench said:

'way back when i worked on gas stations (when dinosaurs hadn't yet fully turned to oil), I was taught a  really easy way to make change. Never failed me yet!! (even with LAUSD screwing around!)

I think the 1900s are a long way off my friend, it's 2026...

[daddyairplanes]

2 hours ago, Flanker562 said:

I think the 1900s are a long way off my friend, it's 2026...

at last check youre a 1970s baby too

curse you for saying "1900s"

and the 90's were only 10 years ago 

[Flanker562]

4 minutes ago, daddyairplanes said:

at last check youre a 1970s baby too

curse you for saying "1900s"

and the 90's were only 10 years ago 

I meant the early 1900s actually, sorry for the confusion

[daddyairplanes]

2 minutes ago, Flanker562 said:

I meant the early 1900s actually, sorry for the confusion

i have had classmates talk about, in front of me, about the late 1900s. as in discussing Nirvana, Clinton, OJ Simpson etc.  i usually just keep quiet.

 

[Flanker562]

1 minute ago, daddyairplanes said:

i have had classmates talk about, in front of me, about the late 1900s. as in discussing Nirvana, Clinton, OJ Simpson etc.  i usually just keep quiet.

 

That's the effect of going to college in the later years. For my past college I did online only, and should I get a Bachelors I'll do the same. I'm just old, and it's starting to show.

[daddyairplanes]

it sort of reminds me my last few years in the Army. except when privates made me feel old i could just glare and say "At ease you".

i know im older than everyone around me (so far there has been literaly 1, one person older than me students or faculty). but im gettin paid (post 9/11 GI Bill) and learnin new shit. 

[Flanker562]

I'm at the point right now that I lean towards jobs such as forum moderator (as a paid role, not volunteer like here, and wouldn't consider leaving CA unless it became necessary) or texture artist rather than something I need a degree for. Right now I just don't see the utility of advancing into a higher bracket of learning. I don't miss Algebra, and wish it wasn't part of the curriculum, otherwise I would be more motivated to do it. I just don't care, I mean I can get a D in it, but that might affect my disability benefits, so my Dad tried before he died to get me into it, but you can't lead a horse to water and to expect him to always drink, which is my mental attitude about it. I'm just not thirsty. Maybe in the future, but I don't see it worth it right now, not in this job market. 

[daddyairplanes]

not gonna lie, its literally about that stipend check, and using a bennie Uncle Sam owes me anyhow before its expired (post 911 expires 15 years after you last leave active duty)

as im going through it, massive studio layoffs, tendencies to either have the 3d modeler make the texures or have AI do it , and me being in spittin distance of my 50th bday when i graduate have it stacked against me for this being useful in industry job status. but it has given me new ideas on other things to do.

plus the 2200 a month stipend sees me through any hardships about the classes 

[Flanker562]

Nah, there's some good texture artists out there, and I have a possible lead on a job, just worked my ass off earlier this week getting things ready for the possible job, but yeah... As for bennies my understanding was ten years, oh well, I got a couple years then, may change my mind then, who knows.