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FSX:SE Disabling default cameras

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Hi all,

What's the best way of disabling all of the default cameras (found in Cameras.cfg) and using only the ones defined in aircraft.cfg, specific to that aircraft?

Thanks,
 

n4gix

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Define all of your desired cameras IN the aircraft.cfg. They will take precedence over the "default cameras."
 
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Thanks Bill!

however, I want the default cameras GONE... so that they are not even showing up in the view menu in FSX.

I know I can get them out of the "S"-cycle using CycleHidden=Yes in their definitions, but I was hoping to get them out of the menu as well.

One thought was to define them in aircraft.cfg using the same GUIDs (the thinking was perhaps that would override the defaults) but I don't have 12 or so (how many there are in cameras.cfg) specific cameras for my spacecraft...
 

Heretic

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Same GUIDs? I don't think that'll work.

The FSX config folder contains the "global" camera.cfg. I've been using a trimmed down version for years, but I've never tried to remove ALL camera definitions.


Define all of your desired cameras IN the aircraft.cfg. They will take precedence over the "default cameras."

Can you assign the default keys (F9, F10, etc...) to aircraft.cfg based cameras?
 
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Same GUIDs? I don't think that'll work.

The FSX config folder contains the "global" camera.cfg. I've been using a trimmed down version for years, but I've never tried to remove ALL camera definitions.

Yes - looks like that will be the way to go... trim down the cameras.cfg (to minimize entries in "views" menu), and exclude from the "S" cycle...
 
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... or :D

I can rename Cameras.cfg to something like Cameras.xxx (both in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX-SE and FSX install location, Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FSX)

The effect of this is:

  • FSX creates a BLANK Cameras.CFG file
  • FSX defaults to a plain cockpit (not virtual) view (which is probably hard coded internally)
  • All the custom aircraft cameras defined in Aircraft.cfg ARE available, both on the "S" cycle and the view menu!
... which is pretty much precisely what I wanted :cool: (a bit of a hack, as I don't like "renaming" files, but as long as these hacks are kept track of...)
 
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