How to: Variable Zoom Function

[Catseye]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

Hi Cujo,

Last night I found on my PC that the mouse was hyper-jittery when assigned to the cursor slew controller on my HOTAS, so I need to do further work on this "to tame the mouse". Actually, I like the zoom control assigned to the #1 hatswitch, but I'd like to be able to use the cursor slew control to simply move the mouse cursor around the cockpit without having to take my hands off my controls. There may be a way for me to adjust the sensitivity curve(s) to tame that little shrew.

Well thanks to AbortedMan for tweaking my interest in this again and to Matt for triggering the sequence for the TM Warthog.

I've converted it to script (which I use) and moved it to my Throttle MIC switch, changed the speed to 30 and it really works great. Somewhere between a snap view and a zoom view. I only do the forward and back zoom because I have Track IR and I just have to look at an object and use the zoom in out feature.

But . . . . now I have to figure out how to stop showing the mouse pointer. It pops into the center screen when I press the zoom key. I need to find a toggle off/on key for the mouse.

Thanks again guys.
Great stuff!

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by Catseye

Well thanks to AbortedMan for tweaking my interest in this again and to Matt for triggering the sequence for the TM Warthog.

I've converted it to script (which I use) and moved it to my Throttle MIC switch, changed the speed to 900 and it really works great. Somewhere between a snap view and a zoom view. I only do the forward and back zoom because I have Track IR and I just have to look at an object and use the zoom in out feature.

But . . . . now I have to figure out how to stop showing the mouse pointer. It pops into the center screen when I press the zoom key. I need to find a toggle off/on key for the mouse.

Thanks again guys.
Great stuff!

+1 thanks to AM and Matt respectively for opening this topic and making the zoom feature handier for everyone.

Cats, I envy your ability to understand and use script. I struggle with the GUI, and think how you guys would chuckle when I tell my wife I'm "programming". LOL

I use the default (I think) F10 key for Independent Mouse Mode, which essentially makes the mouse cursor disappear off screen. I know exactly what you mean -- that little white cursor has a way of placing itself exactly in the most distracting position possible. I have a separate mouse button assigned to toggle it on/off for that reason, but I imagine F10 could be sequenced before and after the zoom to activate/deactivate the mouse.

[Sokol1]

But . . . . now I have to figure out how to stop showing the mouse pointer. It pops into the center screen when I press the zoom key.I need to find a toggle off/on key for the mouse.

Another solution for this is bind the same HAT movement (ie, up, down) for ZOOM to key for control "Camera control in idependent mode" - default is "Mouse middle".

So the mouse cursor is not show.

Same, using JoyToKey:



This allow-me "mouse view" with HAT, and with a key for "Hold to adjust FOV", ZOOM in/out - since my joystick have only one HAT. One with a second HAT dont need press a key, just move HAT up/down to zoom.

Notice that I have a joystick button (2) configured in JoyToKey that allow cicle between FOV30, 70, 90.

Sokol1

[Catseye]

Originally Posted by Sokol1

Another solution for this is bind the same HAT movement (ie, up, down) for ZOOM to key for control "Camera control in idependent mode" - default is "Mouse middle".

So the mouse cursor is not show.

Sokol1

You guys are good!
I like your mouse clicks to establish positions between the defaults.
I'm going to try this today.

[Catseye]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

+1 thanks to AM and Matt respectively for opening this topic and making the zoom feature handier for everyone.

Cats, I envy your ability to understand and use script. I struggle with the GUI, and think how you guys would chuckle when I tell my wife I'm "programming". LOL

I use the default (I think) F10 key for Independent Mouse Mode, which essentially makes the mouse cursor disappear off screen. I know exactly what you mean -- that little white cursor has a way of placing itself exactly in the most distracting position possible. I have a separate mouse button assigned to toggle it on/off for that reason, but I imagine F10 could be sequenced before and after the zoom to activate/deactivate the mouse.

Thanks for this Snapper!
I'll check it out and sequence it.

Also, I'm going to explore script to revert the view to the default 70 degree position then back off x number of moves to give me a slightly wider field of view but not as wide as the default wide - as a quasi snap-view of 50 degrees.

Re: programming, I'm no programmer so what I do is create the file in the basic Target Gui. Then I select the button "view script" I think it's called (bottom middle left on Gui) then I save that as a txt file or . . . copy it, then open up the Script Gui and paste it in there either from my direct copy or open the txt file and copy in from there.

Then, I can go into the line items that are easily identified and tweak the settings through trial and error and using the manual as a guide.

But, as you can see, sometimes I look to hard for the sequence and all the time Matt had it in it's basic format.

cheers.