Mirrors...

[kdrum60]

Why do the mirrors on the F-4 (and T-38) measure out to about 12 inches? I use a TrackIR 5 and my eye position is about 48" from a 27" screen set at 2560x1440. Screen is mounted on a Volair cockpit sim. Other sims are normal size 6-7"s. I use a NVidia GTX 970.

[Krazycolin]

Well, they actually are 6-7 inches in the max model so it's probably that it's something in your view

[kdrum60]

You are correct about the actual size(6-7"). The view settings in FSXSE are default and the TrackIR 5 settings are default. If I zoom out to make the mirrors look like they are the correct size I feel like I am disconnected, or behind the seat I guess, hard to describe, and if you look 90 degrees left or right you see shoulder straps. Would screen shots help? or is this normal, or is there a tweak somewhere that I need to do?

[Krazycolin]

the view is the view. There's nothing we can do about this afaik... they are in the correct location and the correct size vis a vis everything else...

Sorry.

[kdrum60]

Here are the default views. Can the eye point be adjusted?

[N4GIX]

Here are the default views. Can the eye point be adjusted?

You can adjust the eyepoint yourself, as well as the zoom level.

I don't have the F4 installed here, but the aircraft.cfg [Views] entry is similar to this from the F86:

[Views]
eyepoint= 5.65, 0, 5.65 (fore/aft, left/right, tilt up/down

You can also add a zoom=xx parameter to the [Views] section:

zoom=1.0 (lower to zoom out, higher to zoom closer)

We adjust eyepoint and zoom per our beta team's preference. Customers are free to modify for their own preferences.

[kdrum60]

Thank you.

[kdrum60]

Those settings did not work very well, however, through experimentation I came up with eyepoint= 16.7, 0, 3.875. Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

[STARBUCK107]

To be honest those mirrors don't even have any function at all? I just move them up while i'm flying and use rear views only.
But I do agree the VC view is a tad to close to the front panels.

[N4GIX]

Those settings did not work very well, however, through experimentation I came up with eyepoint= 16.7, 0, 3.875. Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

Well, I did say that example was from the F86, which is not even going to be close to the F4's values...

[kdrum60]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVfUtgABNbM

Note size of mirrors.