Fly-By External View
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The Fly-By external view has always been my favorite external view, and is easily the most cinematic effect. There are two phases of the view: First, there’s the “approach and pass” phase, which lasts ~5 seconds, and then there’s the “catch up” phase when the view closes back up to the back of the plane, which lasts as long as you stay in that view.
However, I have always wished that the initial interval of the Fly-By be at least ~3-5 seconds longer before the view “catches back up” with the plane. This would make the cinematic effect much better, in my opinion.
Does anyone know (particularly devs, perhaps @airtex2019 ) if there is any undocumented cfg statement that can extend the fly-by time before the view “comes back in” to the back of the plane? And if there’s not, would that be a difficult cfg to create?
For example, the length of the “Action Cam” external view has a cfg statement that can adjust how long an “Action Cam” view lasts before switching automatically to another “Action Cam” view (g_nActionCamTimer). It defaults to 8 seconds, which is far too short for me to enjoy watching a A/A missile close in for a kill, so I extended it out to 60 seconds so I can decide when to switch views.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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There’s no config for this but it could be adjusted in the code.
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@mirv said in Fly-By External View:
There’s no config for this but it could be adjusted in the code.
That would be really nice if it happened, not only for the personal enjoyment of the user, but especially the enhanced cinematic effect for those who put together impressive videos for others to enjoy (video editing principle: you can always shorten a video effect; you can never lengthen it). Hope it happens. Thanks for replying.
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@SoBad
My thoughts are similar. I have never been a fan of the “catch back up” portion. In addition, I seldom use exterior views because of the sound adjustment needed when returning to the cockpit. However, the urge for a fly-by arises periodically. I activate it via VoiceAttack.My VA is programmed to toggle the fly-by view, pause six seconds, then toggle the 3 key to return to the 3D cockpit. Thus, no more “catch back up” portion. Like you I wish the fly-by portion could be extended a bit.
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