Cockpit View Camera Type " FREELOOK "

[FlameOut]

Does anyone know how to regain control of the mouse once you have entered into this mode?




I was enjoying a trans-Atlantic flight: Gatwick to JFK

I was getting to close to top of descent when I started "fooling around" with the cockpit camera views.

When I was in this mode , the mouse becomes a "freelook" device and you can use it to scroll all over the place .... and my Track IR went a little bonkers but worked for the most part.

The trouble is : ... you can no longer "click" on anything !

I have a cheat sheet with the standard MSFS key commands but nothing on it addresses this problem.

[SeeRyFly]

I believe I've gotten out of this mode by middle clicking. It has only happened by accident so not sure if it's quite the same but sounds like it.

[hubbabubba]

Hi

I have a scrollball but the principle should be the same; right-click with the panel for camera open and the pointer should appear in it and the fixed camera should be on. No need to click again.

Give it a shot.

[FlyingsCool]

Does anyone know how to regain control of the mouse once you have entered into this mode?




I was enjoying a trans-Atlantic flight: Gatwick to JFK

I was getting to close to top of descent when I started "fooling around" with the cockpit camera views.

When I was in this mode , the mouse becomes a "freelook" device and you can use it to scroll all over the place .... and my Track IR went a little bonkers but worked for the most part.

The trouble is : ... you can no longer "click" on anything !

I have a cheat sheet with the standard MSFS key commands but nothing on it addresses this problem.

So, I use this all the time on purpose. You can use it in either the cockpit or externally. To activate it, you click the scroll wheel on the mouse. To deactivate, click the right mouse button. No need to open any windows. And, yes, you can't interact with the cockpit in that mode, so you have to switch back and forth. I have too many windows in my room, so my TrackIR 4 doesn't like to work, so this is a good replacement.

[FlameOut]

Thanks for the replies fella's.
I went over to AVSIM Forums and did a little search, one responder said to open the ATC window by using the keyboard command for that ... "Scroll Lock"... and when that window opens click on it and drag it around ... that's just the problem. The mouse is now un-useable. I have left clicked, center clicked & scroll wheeled clicked, and I have right clicked ... nothing !

The mouse pointer is "invisible" while in this FREELOOK mode.

... oh, I even turned the mouse over on it's back and there was a "red eye" looking at me ! Well, I gave it a "black eye" .... I tell you ...

I'll reread your instructions and give them a go.

[Tom Clayton]

Middle-click toggles between the having a cursor to click things and the no-cursor free look mode. I think right-clicking while in free look will also release it. You can also have the free look mode temporarily by holding the right mouse button.

[hubbabubba]

This is a screen capture of my "mouse" assignments for the cockpit camera:


You will note that you need to hold the right click button to stay in freelook mode.

The assignment just over lets you toggle between cursor/no cursor in freelook mode. But my "mouse" being in fact a trackball having no middle click button, I can only guess that Tom is right on this point.

The action performed through the camera top window is the same as the one performed with the mouse, except that you don't have to hold the right button.

But if you click on that right button, it does what I have already described.

[Tom Clayton]

Logitech still has their old Setpoint software that will allow you to customize function. Your trackball controller probably has a pair of smaller buttons that can be customized, including setting one to the "middle button" functions.