Hi all,
Knife Edge support suggested that the best way to get new user-requested features into RF was to post the suggestion to this forum; if a sufficient number of people respond, they will consider the feature for inclusion in a future release. So, if you think the following feature would be useful to you, please respond to this thread!
Problem Description: I'm running two monitors for RF. They are configured as a single desktop, 3840x1200 resolution. It works, but because RF tries to center the plane, the image of the plane is always split across the two screens, which is distracting to say the least. Forum readers have suggested a few workarounds, but they are inelegant and clunky, at best!
What I'm trying to do: I'm a pattern and IMAC competitor, trying to use RF to learn the new aerobatic sequence for each year, and keep fingers sharp during the rainy season! I would like to increase the field of view to 90 degrees or more, so I can retain spatial awareness of where the aircraft is, and just fly within the visible screen real estate.
Feature request: What I'm looking for can be achieved in a few different ways. Any one of the solutions below would achieve what I'm looking for:
(1) A camera "offset" - rather than keeping the model centered, offset the image by some percentage of the screen real estate. Ideally, I'd see more of the landscape in the direction I'm flying.
(2) An "avoid horizontal panning" option - this would allow me to have a very wide field of view, and fly within that region only. All aerobatic competitors fly within a "box", so as long as the entire box is visible on screen, panning to follow the aircraft is unnecessary. Zooming in would still be okay.
(3) A "situational awareness window". The problem with just tracking the aircraft with no ground reference is that you can't tell whether you're following a straight track, parallel to the flight line, which is crucial for aerobatic competition. A separate window showing ground track relative to the flight line could provide this information. I think I prefer solutions (1) or (2), but I could make this work.
What do you guys think??
Amar
PS - here's what I'd really, really, really like ... I currently run a full scale flight sim at home, based on Xplane 9. It's a networked solution: multiple copies of Xplane cooperating across the LAN. One computer drives my 30" display, showing the view forward; while the other computer drives the two side views on 24" displays. Works really well, and I'd love to use the same setup with RF! But this is probably a bit too specialized for this product ...
Knife Edge support suggested that the best way to get new user-requested features into RF was to post the suggestion to this forum; if a sufficient number of people respond, they will consider the feature for inclusion in a future release. So, if you think the following feature would be useful to you, please respond to this thread!
Problem Description: I'm running two monitors for RF. They are configured as a single desktop, 3840x1200 resolution. It works, but because RF tries to center the plane, the image of the plane is always split across the two screens, which is distracting to say the least. Forum readers have suggested a few workarounds, but they are inelegant and clunky, at best!
What I'm trying to do: I'm a pattern and IMAC competitor, trying to use RF to learn the new aerobatic sequence for each year, and keep fingers sharp during the rainy season! I would like to increase the field of view to 90 degrees or more, so I can retain spatial awareness of where the aircraft is, and just fly within the visible screen real estate.
Feature request: What I'm looking for can be achieved in a few different ways. Any one of the solutions below would achieve what I'm looking for:
(1) A camera "offset" - rather than keeping the model centered, offset the image by some percentage of the screen real estate. Ideally, I'd see more of the landscape in the direction I'm flying.
(2) An "avoid horizontal panning" option - this would allow me to have a very wide field of view, and fly within that region only. All aerobatic competitors fly within a "box", so as long as the entire box is visible on screen, panning to follow the aircraft is unnecessary. Zooming in would still be okay.
(3) A "situational awareness window". The problem with just tracking the aircraft with no ground reference is that you can't tell whether you're following a straight track, parallel to the flight line, which is crucial for aerobatic competition. A separate window showing ground track relative to the flight line could provide this information. I think I prefer solutions (1) or (2), but I could make this work.
What do you guys think??
Amar
PS - here's what I'd really, really, really like ... I currently run a full scale flight sim at home, based on Xplane 9. It's a networked solution: multiple copies of Xplane cooperating across the LAN. One computer drives my 30" display, showing the view forward; while the other computer drives the two side views on 24" displays. Works really well, and I'd love to use the same setup with RF! But this is probably a bit too specialized for this product ...
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