Live Camera

We are considering adding it but there have been problems at the LM end of the PDK.

I have prepared the software ready to try again sometime. We are also llooking at other ways of determining zoom levels since the P3Dv4 SimConnect link it’s almost as efficient for 6DOF as the PDK, if not the same.

Stephen

We will have to investigate with the latest LM SimConnect and FSUIPC. I think SimConnect does not provide any zoom change or setting events, that’s why we used the PDK which did include the ability to read the current zoom level, most likely added for VR support.

Stephen

The sim creates events via SimConnect when you open the sim dialog and when you close it. It’s got nothing to do with the pause key. This status change is sent to the client.

The clock update (sync) message will only be sent if you have both Live View and Live Weather enabled on both server and client system. Clock sync is part of the Live Weather operation and needed to ensure correct OpusFSI weather depiction.

The Windowed Views problem was corrected in a beta and the fix is included in the latest 5.20 beta.

Stephen :-)

If you crash the aircraft...

There’s no unique event that I can detect in this case so I am unable to re select your default view. All I can suggest is after the sim has settled down and reloaded the flight, you press the default views assigned button or key to reselect it.

Stephen

Hi Stephen and Cheryl

Hi Stephen and Cheryl,

Having read some of the recent posts, I understand that with the performance improvements in SimConnect, a new PDK interface for P3D v4 is not a priority. However, as I might've mentioned more than once , the one thing I miss when using the SimConnect method is the ability for OpusFSI to read the current camera pitch and heading, which made it possible to pan smoothly between the current camera PBH (set manually using the hat switch) and predefined Opus cameras. Just to clarify, this only concerns pitch and heading, I never change zoom settings using cameras.

I was wondering if there's any option of replicating that PDK functionality using SimConnect. LM has recently mentioned some improvements to the SDK, and I've noticed that the SDK documentation now refers to a function called "SimConnect_RequestCameraRelative6DOF". Would that be usable for this purpose?

Regards,
Tym

Thanks for considering this, I look forward to your findings. 

Cheers,
Tym

Thanks Stephen! I hope these functions work as advertised, you never know with some of the recent changes from LM...

Cheers,
Tym

Hi,

I've only managed to do a very quick test, but it works beautifully!

Thanks!
Tym

Note, P3D does not like changing aircraft and loading new scenarios. It can disconnect from its PDK and SimConnect. Hence to avoid these problems it’s always best to save default scenarios with the desired aircraft and VC view displayed.

OK I'll try initialising mine in Locked Spot view mode.

Hold on, I'm running in licensed mode.

Try removing the PDK.

Opus Software wrote: Did you save the scenario like I said with say a different aircraft and in VC view mode when saved. Then restart.   Its clearly not able to change the view mode on your system.   Stepen

Deleting cameras.cfg or with a corrupt meant there was no standard Virtual Cockpit view name to switch to.

Note, OpusFSI v6 selects view modes using the standard view names defined in cameras.cfg etc.

Opus Software wrote: Note, OpusFSI v6 selects view modes using the standard view names defined in cameras.cfg etc.   Also don't forget to re enable the PDK with PDKSETUP.EXE   Stephen