Can't add a new VC camera

[Ralph Freshour]

I'm doing some manual testing of adding a VC camera to a Boeing 777 cockpit.

I'm editing the aircraft.cfg file...doing an aircraft reload or escaping completing out of the cockpit and coming back in, but I don't see my added VC view.

So, camera definition .006 is working as expected. So, then I manually added camera definition .007, changed the GUID string, but this VC camera view doesn't display. I must be missing something eh?

[CameraDefinition.006]
Title = "Ralph6 View"
Guid = {BB7B06BC-6A5C-1234-B6E9-E5A0932D9F11}
Description = Ralphs test camera 6
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
;InitialZoom = .5
InitialZoom = .30
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
;InitialXyz=0.50, -0.37, -0.47
;InitialPbh=-52.0, 0, 0
InitialXyz=0.525, -0.06, 0.3750001
InitialPbh=-68.25, 0, 0

[CameraDefinition.007]
Title = "Ralph7 View"
Guid = {QWXDG6BC-234C-SDG4-2WED-GHNMKOPIE456}
Description = Ralphs test camera 7
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
;InitialZoom = .5
InitialZoom = .30
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
;InitialXyz=0.50, -0.37, -0.40
;InitialPbh=-52.0, 0, 0
InitialXyz=0.525, -0.06, 0.3750001
InitialPbh=-68.25, 0, 0

 

[delivery guy]

Try using this format as i don't recognize your setup. Plus these use less codes lines.

VC

[CameraDefinition.001]
Title = "Right Seat"
Guid = {195EAB58-9E4A-1E2A-A34C-7899D948F078}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = Yes
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.4
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=100
InitialXyz=0.71, 0.0, -0.05
InitialPbh=0, 0, 0



Exterior

[CameraDefinition.1]
Title = "Front Luggage"
Guid = {17d2dd83-7f6b-415a-a9f6-3b040d28d576}
Description = View from the engine looking at the prop
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = .40
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -2.7, 0.6, 3.8
InitialPbh = 9, 0 , 110
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=TRUE
ClipMode=Minimum

 

[Ralph Freshour]

Thanks but your VC camera definition didn't work either.

I copied my .006 VC definition which does work and in which I can modify and see the results of my modifications...to a .007 definition and changed the GUID and Titled it Ralph7 but that camera view does not show up when I cycle through my VC cockpit camera views!

So I tool this definition which works fine:
[CameraDefinition.006]
Title = "Ralph6 View"
Guid = {BB7B06BC-6A5C-1234-B6E9-E5A0932D9F11}
Description = Ralphs test camera 6
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
;InitialZoom = .5
InitialZoom = .30
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
;InitialXyz=0.50, -0.37, -0.47
;InitialPbh=-52.0, 0, 0
InitialXyz=0.525, -0.06, 0.3750001
InitialPbh=-68.25, 0, 0

And edited it into this, which does not display:

[CameraDefinition.007]
Title = "Ralph7 View"
Guid = {QWERTYCV-56HJ-8900-B6E9-E5A0932D9F11}
Description = Ralphs test camera 7
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
;InitialZoom = .5
InitialZoom = .30
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
;InitialXyz=0.50, -0.37, -0.47
;InitialPbh=-52.0, 0, 0
InitialXyz=0.525, -0.06, 0.3750001
InitialPbh=-68.25, 0, 0

This is very strange.

UPDATE: So I copied my original aircraft.cfg file (I made a copy before I did any editing) back to aircraft.cfg. Then I took the .002 overhead view and copied that definition block to the end of the VC camera definitions section and made it .005 since that is the next VC number. I changed the Title and the GUID and saved it. I reloaded the flight and .005 doesn't show up when I 'a' cycle through the VC views.

So, now obviously, there is something else that I am not doing and/or not understanding about how these camera definitions work. I can edit an existing VC cam definition and see those changes but I can't add a new definition. I'm sure I'm missing something simple and easy, but important. I will re-read up on VC camera definitions.

 

[ronh]

Ralph,
Guids are hex numbers. Q is not a valid hex value. Read up on hexadecimal and Guids.

 

[Ralph Freshour]

Ah ha...that must be it...I did read about the GUID numbers being unique but don't recall that they had to be Hex.

Here is the link I read: http://www.fstipsandaddons.com/tutorials/understanding-fsx-cameras.html

I'll try making it a Hex string...thanks Ron...

UPDATE: That was indeed the problem Ron...you're a genius...!!!

 

[delivery guy]

Thanks Ralph i never new that Q's could not be used. Lucky i use a GUID creator so i guess i never had that issue before.

 

[Ralph Freshour]

I'm using VS 2013 C# and the .NET library just happens to have a function that will create/build a perfect GUID for our camera use:

Guid g;
g = Guid.NewGuid();
str1 = g.ToString();
textBoxGUID.Text = "{" + str1.ToUpper() + "}";

Produces a string like this: {BB7B06BC-6A5C-4098-B6E9-E5A0932D9F11}