Pilot POV in the F2B

[Grinseed]

Salute all.

When flying the F2B with the F1 cockpit view, what passes for the Aldis sight is too low to sight through.

You can only see over the top of it.

Panning in the F2 mode brings the sight up to the very top of the screen, making it hard to use in dogfights.

I am assuming there is a tweak for lowering the POV , lowering the seat or removing a few pillows?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Cheers Grinseed.

[Steve43]

Hi Grinseed, Try this:

 

Open your Fe2B_Cockpit.ini and change these lines in the (CockpitSeat001) section to read as below :

 

[CockpitSeat001]

ModelName=Fe2B_Pit-R1.LOD

HideExternalNodeName=cockpit

OpenCockpit=TRUE

ExternalClipDistMin=0.05

Position=0.00,1.2926,0.5344 <-------

Offset=0.0,-0.1,-0.02 <--------

ViewAngles=0.0,-13.0,0.0 <--------

MaxYaw=178

MinYaw=-178

MaxPitch=90

MinPitchFront=-70

MinPitchRear=-60

MinMovementX=-0.1

MaxMovementX=0.1

MinMovementZ=-0.1

MaxMovementZ=0.1

LightRange=1.5

LightInnerConeAngle=43

LightOuterConeAngle=60

LightAngles=0.0,-35.0,0.0

DiffuseLightFactor=0.5

NightLightOn=0.25

NightLightColor=0.5,0.2,0.3

Gunsight=GunsightFront

Instrument[001]=StickRoll

Instrument[002]=StickPitch

Instrument[003]=RudderPedals

Instrument[004]=Throttle

Instrument[005]=Altimeter

Instrument[006]=AirSpeed

Instrument[007]=RPM

Instrument[008]=Compass

[+ojcar]

Sorry, Steve, but the plane is the F2B, instead the FE2B...Your numbers doesn't work in the F2B.

Grinseed try open the cockpit file, search for [CockpitSeat001]and do some changes in the Position line (the third number adds or remove the pillows :wink2: )

[Grinseed]

Thank you gentlemen.

 

Steve, you went to a bit of trouble there and I appreciate it. Its been more than once I've been fooled by the BE, FE8, RE, B2F, BE2F etc etc. Bloody poms.

 

Ojcar you hit the nail right on the head.

 

For those interested the original setting for the third number in the Position line was 0.7641. I have selected 0.7230 which brings the viewpoint down to the gun sight. It might need a bit more tweaking to make it exactly accurate but it will be fine enough for a dog fight.

 

If nothing else I have learned how adaptable this engine is and how precise. Hats off to TK!

 

Cheers Grinseed

[DukeIronHand]

I made the change to all the aforementioned aircraft..FE2B, FE2D, F2B, and F2Ba.

 

Thanks to all for the contributions.