Help with views

[AKFokerFoder+]

Is there anyway to map multiple views, say for LooKBack?  One view would let you look back to the port side of your seat, the other view would let you look back on the starboard side of your seat.

A pilot is able to move his head quickly to look around the rear seat or look around window frames etc.  In AH the left and right arrows are pitifully slow.  This makes SA in a fight more difficult than it probably was in real life.

[frank3]

Sure is, use the F10 key (wasn't it?) to save your head position, so when you look back and move to the wanted view, press the F10 button and that position will be saved.

You can only store 1 changed view like this tho...

[AKFokerFoder+]

Ty for reply Frank

I meant is there a way to store (with F10) more than 1 view, say map a stick key and then map a keyboard key both would give you a rear view, but a different F10 saved view.

[dedalos]

Originally posted by AKFokerFoder+
Ty for reply Frank

I meant is there a way to store (with F10) more than 1 view, say map a stick key and then map a keyboard key both would give you a rear view, but a different F10 saved view.

I think you may be able to use the SHIFT button on the stick.  Not sure

[AKFokerFoder+]

I guess I am just confusing people.

I can map the LookBack with stick and keyboard, I just get the same F10 saved view with both stick an keyboard.  I want to look back on both sides of the seat without having to wait the 2-3 seconds for the arrow key to move me to the other side of the seat.  A pilot could turn his head to look at both sides of the seat in well under a second.

[Furious]

what stick?

I am absolutely positive you could do this with a cougar or ch stick.


edit:
oops.   Now that I thought about it, I do not think you can.  The head position is saved according to which view is current when f10 is hit and there is only on hps file per plane.

AH2 will have mouse look, so it shouldn't matter then.

[RTR]

Yes you can do this FokerFoder. with an 8 way hatswitch on your stick you should have a total of 16 views available to you. (actually 24 if you map "look down" as well)

look fwd
look right fwd
look right
look back right
look back
look back left
look left
look left fwd

Map your shift key to Look up (or a button on your joystick as I have)

if you hold the shift key once its mapped you will have all 8 views above, now also looking up at about a 45 degree angle.

If you are using the keypad for views and using the above views to set, going around the clock would be:

From the keypad: (assuming look fwd is the default)

no key pushed
9
6
3
2
1
4
7

Map 8 to look up and as long as it is held down you will get all the views again but looking up at a 45 degree angle.

You can set all these views in game from the clipboard.

from the cliboard:   setup---> stickmapping  (or keymapping for using the keypad)

Hope this is what you were looking for.
Cheers,
RTR

[SKurj]

U can't map 2 keys/buttons to Lookback, or any view besides look forward.   At least what I think you are asking is...  map a view to lookback, then adjust lookback to look left of the tail, save it to a key and then adjust the view to the right of the tail and then save it to a different key.

U can press F9 once in flight and get instant snap views, which u can do much faster than in reality, unless you are Linda Blair...



SKurj

[AKFokerFoder+]

SKurg

Yes that is what I am asking.  Also I now remember programing the forward view for 2 seperate look angles in an earlier version of AH, that was about 2 years ago.

The F9 snap view?  What does it do?.

I have also heard of a Padlock view, not sure how that is supposed to work.  I can lock down a bogey with shift tab, but all I get is a highlighted bogey.  That helps somewhat but not much

[SKurj]

F9 as soon as u get in the cockpit, try it, it just makes views change instantly when you move the HAT.


SKurj

[AKFokerFoder+]

WOW! F9 is fast! I like it, thanks

Now I can quickly see how many bogeys are on my 6