189 - Virtual Cockpit Gone !
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- G'day Sim Builders
Many of you would know that I love the way XPlane allows you to modify the virtual cockpit so that it blends into the physical shell. To date FS2020 has not been the best at doing this and its cockpit builder toolset not well advanced.
Having said that, a viewer on this channel (thanks Tim) pointed me to a little mod that just might improve this view in FS2020........
IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS DOES NOT WORK IN RAIN OR ICING CONDITIONS (refer to my update video 189a)
My PC specs
* Corsair 5000D Airflow Black PC Case
* Intel Core i9 12900K 5.2GHz CPU
* Corsair iCUE H150i RGB Elite Liquid cooler
* Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Ultra LGA1700 ATX motherboard
* Corsair 64GB (4 x 16Gb) 4500MHz DDR5 Corsair vengeance ram
* EVGA FTW3 Black Gaming 24GB RTX 3090Ti GPU
* Samsung 980 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD (O/S)
* Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD (Programs)
* Samsung 870 QVO 4TB SSD (Data - Ortho4XP etc)
* Acer Nitro RG321Q 31.5" QHD Monitor (Operator Station)
* Logitech Z607 Speaker system
* Win 10 Pro 64 bit
* EVGA SuperNOVA G1 2000W Fully Modular 80 PLUS Gold
* Corsair ML120 fans (x 9)
My cockpit setup
* Custom designed frame / panel
* 3 x Samsung QC70 55" TV's
* Simionic G1000 bezels and Switch panel
* 3D designed and printed standby gauges connected to Leo Bodnar Boards
* Dual control yokes with custom mechanical linkage
Thanks for the shout out Jason - Really pleased this tweak worked for your set up (so good to see one of the best sim builds now able to fly properly in MSFS 2020) - and it hopefully will work for others - maybe MSFS 2024 addresses the issue??? ps You forgot to mention you have your Whiskey comass back !! Remember you can make very minor adjustments to the view by editing the "eyepoint" manually rather than the large movements which the arrow keys give - even the zoom can be minutely adjusted
cheers buddy. Great tips and thanks very much. You are a legend mate !!
I did this with my Longitude cockpit last year, and unfortunately losing the pop out instruments was the killer with it. Dedicated avionics units like yours are the best answer to that issue, but one thing I did to get around that (though not wildly efficient or practical at all🤣) was I used two PCs, each running their own license of MSFS. Then, when I'd start a flight, I networked them together using YourControls. On the PC that fed my G5000/GTC pop out screens, I just left the model config files alone which allowed the pop-outs to show. Then, the second PC which was used to give me my 3 exterior views (left, front, and right) on my monitors, I disabled the interior model. It worked great, but was definitely a hassle for sure. Plus, not to mention the biggest issue with ALL these options, the loss of windshield effects (icing, rain)....that one really sucks.
Great video, sim is looking great!
Cheers mate and yes is a bloody shame this doesnt work for everyone. I have had to turn off icing effects in FS2020 so the option is no longer. Also I interpret rain through the sound as you correctly state the windscreen effect is gone. With that in mind though, a much better experience with the virtual shell now gone. Thanks for tuning in.
Great video. Love what you've managed to do here. Look so much better.
cheers buddy. Yep one of my pain issues with FS2020 that whilst not perfect, is much better now..........
wow....looks amazing..
cheers mate thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for sharing!
Welcome buddy.
I wish I wasn’t using a pop out for my GNS530…nicely done
Hi Shaderrehomesim - I am Tim - my thoughts are that this only stops the default interior being rendered, so if you have an "external" GNS530 (ie an add on) then it may well be fine as the variables for those displays are still all calculated - this should only remove the default interior model - may be worth looking to see if there is a freeware "bolt on" GNS530 and maybe trying it
what?!!! it's just simple as that? we're waiting for this since the very first start of msfs!! why Asobo guys didnt't tell us? we asked thousand times on the forums, on youtube, on the socials media...got to share it to my cockpit builders bros ! big big thanks to you and to Tim !! awesome tip ! just wondering if it works on every airplane...
Thanks mate. I know strange right?
Hi WillsWings (I am Tim) - Yes this should work on any aircraft that has the models.cfg - generally fsx legacy aircraft (some payware may not work as they compile the models differently to stop mods/tweaks)
Asobo only care about Xbox $$$ and taking commissions from selling dodgy products on the marketplace.
Wow, that’s amazing! Thanks very much to your good self and Tim! I have a couple of screens of gauges through Air Manager so I’m really hoping this will work, but sounds doubtful maybe. Thanks for sharing!!
Hi c310sim6 - I am Tim - I use AirManager - this tweak works fine as AirManager gauages are rendered outside of MSFS so not effected by the interior model being removed
Excellent!! That’s great news, I’ll give it a go when time permits. Thanks for that, and thanks again for sharing this tweak. I currently move my viewpoint in my 310 to the centre and poke my head up through the roof to have a view of left and right wings (no good for a high wing of course) but this makes the view a bit weird and unrealistic. Thanks again.
Depending on your set-up you could also try removing the exterior (the line above interior) - these together will remove the entire plane. (Obviously tweaks at your own risk)
Great video will give it a try and see if it works.
Let me know how you get on with it. Hope works out for you as well.
That looks absolute killer mate. well done xD
cheers buddy. Appreciate the feedback.
I can’t wait to build mine. Thanks for the vids. I wanna build a mix between vision/honda jet cockpit that can go into prop and pass jets also. Idk how but I will lol.
Sounds good mate. Keep me posted...........
You should be able to use arrow buttons to adjust your up, down, left and right location, maybe?
Thanks for that. Have used these to setup current view. I reckon have it as close as I can get it to look fairly good.
Looks great. One of your main dislikes about MSFS sorted.
Yes absolutely !!
you beat me to it. i just did this myself. just havent made a video yet. lol
I'm curious if your GTN750 will work with this enabled. Hopefully it can be opened from the top menu with the cockpit disabled?
Sorry mate. I reckon you should still make the video though as you have a different aircraft.........
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Wouldn't it be nice if the "home cockpit option" did this and auto popped out the available panels when you load in with that on? Then we just need the ability to translate the additional render windows instead of just pan/tilt/rotate we have now.
Yep. I think this proves to us cockpit builders that FS2020 isnt really geared or setup for us. I dont think it ever will be to be honest.
Do you still have the windshield? Rain/Ice effects still work?
I did test rain and from memory was ok, but you have raised my attention on this again. Will test that again today.
Hi mate. Tested and you are quite correct in that rain/icing will NOT work with this mod. I will post another short video to advise people. Fortunately for me I rarely fly in rain conditions so I am fine with it.......thanks for pointing this out.
Looks awesome. What operator station are you using?
Apologies for the late reply. Running off the same PC as the sim, with separate monitor, desk and keyboard.
@@CessSim All good and thanx for responding.
What I should of asked is are you using something like FS Flight Control?
@@user-lt7lt1qu4h no. Its just a dedicated monitor and keyboard so I can set up the sim and then get in and start the aircraft cold and dark without a keyboard and mouse in the cockpit.