A few questions

Priller

Priller

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Hi people,

I have a few questions about the new sim:


  • Is there a way to get rid of the "goals messages"?
  • Can anyone point me to a good explanation of the "drone view", i.e. to set it up for screenshots and so forth?
  • Is there a "tower view" like in the legacy sims?

Thanks a million in advance for your replies!

Cheers,

Priller
 
I can try for the drone view:

It is a view that allows you to look from anywhere in any direction, as if you were flying a drone.
On my computer, I use the hat on my joystick to rotate (left-right, up-down), W & S to go forward or backward, A & D to move left and right and R & F to go up and down, although I'm told it works better with a xbox controller, which I don't have.
To set up a shot, I pause, go to drone view with the insert key, and use the keys mentioned above to set up my shot.


I have a question too:
I'm working on this paint:
jk7787

but I have no idea how to get rid of that annoying B decal on the tail. Which file is this, and how does it work? I've had similar problems with other paints, and always found a solution, but not in this case, so clearly I was lucky so far...who can help?
 
jankees said:
but I have no idea how to get rid of that annoying B decal on the tail. Which file is this, and how does it work? I've had similar problems with other paints, and always found a solution, but not in this case, so clearly I was lucky so far...who can help?
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Looks like it is "BONANZA_AIRFRAME_BRANDING_DECALS_ALBD.TIF.DDS" located in "asobo-aircraft-bonanza-g36\SimObjects\Airplanes\Asobo_Bonanza_G36\TEXTURE"
 
jankees said:
I can try for the drone view:

It is a view that allows you to look from anywhere in any direction, as if you were flying a drone.
On my computer, I use the hat on my joystick to rotate (left-right, up-down), W & S to go forward or backward, A & D to move left and right and R & F to go up and down, although I'm told it works better with a xbox controller, which I don't have.
To set up a shot, I pause, go to drone view with the insert key, and use the keys mentioned above to set up my shot.


I have a question too:
I'm working on this paint:
jk7787

but I have no idea how to get rid of that annoying B decal on the tail. Which file is this, and how does it work? I've had similar problems with other paints, and always found a solution, but not in this case, so clearly I was lucky so far...who can help?
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I haven't looked at that plane yet, but usually, it's one of the "Decal" textures. To get rid of it, make the decal black and set it's alpha channel to black and save it in a dxt format that supports alpha channel. DXT1 with alpha should work.
 
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For drone camera, the best way is to use (I use it also) any Windows console controller:

microsoft-xbox-one-wireless-controller-winter-forces,17561128689_7.jpg

Its a small cost (you dont need Microsoft, but any Windows campatible controler) but you have many option to move camera. As default its configured from beginning too and makes it very easy to handle views.

 
On the rig I use (as seen in my signature), I usually get FPS in the mid 30's to low 50's, using all Ultra graphics settings, so I have my FPS limited to 30 in my Nvidia settings (keeps my GPU from getting crazy hot too) and it runs butter smooth, no stutters.
 
Bomber_12th said:
On the rig I use (as seen in my signature), I usually get FPS in the mid 30's to low 50's, using all Ultra graphics settings, so I have my FPS limited to 30 in my Nvidia settings (keeps my GPU from getting crazy hot too) and it runs butter smooth, no stutters.
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Thanks John! Given that we have very similar rigs (except for the CPU that is) I'm going to try that.

@YoYo: our graphics cards are quite different. you have an RTX2080TI, I just have an RTX2080Super. There is quite a difference! But thanks! Neither do I use VR. And like John, I prefer butter smooth performance.

Priller
 
Just a thought for the mods/admins: as this is a thread where users ask and answer questions, would you guys consider making this a sticky?

Cheers,

Priller
 
Is there a switch to go back to the old FS keyboard commands we've had since the '80s?
Brakes don't even work anymore.

:ernaehrung004:
 
fsafranek said:
Is there a switch to go back to the old FS keyboard commands we've had since the '80s?
Brakes don't even work anymore.

:ernaehrung004:
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Not.. It is, if you are unaware, developed by a totally different company that developed previous sims.
Maybe you can reassign keys?
Remember, it's a whole new sim, not an update or upgrade of anything else.
 
Yep, thats true. You can assign brake (L/R) or as axis also. No problem, but they are new commands keys.
 
A few things are still the same, like "B" sets a correct altimeter, and F5-F8 operate the flaps, but I haven't found much else. I have most of the vital functions (except flaps so far) mapped to my X52.
 
zswobbie1 said:
Not.. It is, if you are unaware, developed by a totally different company that developed previous sims.
Maybe you can reassign keys?
Remember, it's a whole new sim, not an update or upgrade of anything else.
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There is a new graphics engine, but a lot of the base game is based on and will eventually be extended from FSX
 
For whatever reason, the edit button is broken..

There is a new graphics engine, and the flight dynamics are something like a thousand times more granular (but still basically the same concept), but a lot of the base game is based on and will eventually be extended from FSX
 
For whatever reason, the edit button is broken..

There is a new graphics engine and camera system, and the flight dynamics are something like a thousand times more granular (but still basically the same concept), but a lot of the base game is based on and will eventually be extended from FSX
 
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