Want A Better Flyby And External View In Sf?

[Bananimal]

I'd sent these mods over to David Slavens way back when, when everyone (except David) was running SF Patch 1. Dave told me it gave him CTD's so he never used it. Hmmmm...

 

So I crossed my fingers after installing SF patch 2 and edited the "VIEWLIST.INI" with my old settings in SF Patch 1.

 

Results? Excelletn. The Flyby view now allows you to zoom in and out and it takes about 15 seconds before it resets. It's really cool to watch your plane from afar heading toward you. Very realistc.

 

The "External" view has been modified to allow you to zoom WAY out!

 

Just paste these two entries over the same entries your "VIEWLIST.INI" file and you're good to go. You can adjust the distance setting a time settings to your liking.

 

[ViewClass004]

ViewClassName=ExternalViewClass

ViewType=TRACKING_VIEW

ViewGroupID=0

DefaultView=FreeView

AllowFromDiffGroup=TRUE

SnapView=FALSE

InsideView=FALSE

FOV=45.0

ObjectDistance=80

PitchControl=CAMERA_PITCH_AXIS

YawControl=CAMERA_YAW_AXIS

RollControl=

ZoomControl=CAMERA_ZOOM_CONTROL

JumpToViewSameGroup=FALSE

JumpToViewDiffGroup=FALSE

SmoothAngleTransition=TRUE

SmoothPositionTransition=TRUE

SmoothFOVTransition=TRUE

RememberAngle=TRUE

RememberPosition=TRUE

RememberFOV=TRUE

TrackObjectPitch=FALSE

TrackObjectYaw=FALSE

TrackObjectRoll=FALSE

LimitPitch=TRUE

LimitYaw=FALSE

ZoomFOV=FALSE

ZoomScale=0.02

PanScale=0.00140

MinSpeed=1000.0

MaxSpeed=900000.0

Acceleration=1000000.0

AngleRates=720.0,600.0,600.0

FOVRate=60.0

MinAngles=0.0,-100.0,0.0

MaxAngles=0.0,100.0,0.0

MinObjectDistance=10.0

MaxObjectDistance=4000.0

OffsetDistance=0.0

ResetTime=2.5

 

[ViewClass005]

ViewClassName=FlybyViewClass

ViewType=Flyby_VIEW

ViewGroupID=0

DefaultView=freeview

AllowFromDiffGroup=TRUE

SnapView=FALSE

InsideView=FALSE

FocusObjectOnly=FALSE

FOV=45.0

ObjectDistance=100.0

PitchControl=CAMERA_PITCH_AXIS

YawControl=CAMERA_YAW_AXIS

RollControl=

ZoomControl=CAMERA_ZOOM_CONTROL

JumpToViewSameGroup=TRUE

JumpToViewDiffGroup=TRUE

SmoothFOVTransition=TRUE

RememberAngle=FALSE

RememberPosition=FALSE

RememberFOV=FALSE

LimitPitch=FALSE

LimitYaw=FALSE

LimitRoll=FALSE

ZoomFOV=TRUE

RememberAngle=TRUE

RememberPosition=TRUE

RememberFOV=TRUE

TrackObjectPitch=FALSE

TrackObjectYaw=FALSE

TrackObjectRoll=FALSE

LimitPitch=False

LimitYaw=FALSE

PanScale=0.00140

MinSpeed=100.0

MaxSpeed=300000.0

Acceleration=10000.0

AngleRates=720.0,600.0,600.0

StepZoom=FALSE

ZoomScale=0.01

FOVRate=60.0

MinObjectDistance=100.0

MaxObjectDistance=4000.0

OffsetDistance=40.0

MinFOV=4.80

MaxFOV=23.0

ResetTime=120