[AIRCRAFT] FUSELAGE VIEW CAMERA

Jet-Pack (IPACS)

Jan, can you explain the way these new Fuselage views are set up because I've been trying to change them for my aircraft and the results aren't always what I expect, so I think I haven't fully grasped how they are set up. I want the camera to look more toward the tail of the aircraft so the whole things is in view... and I've been playing about with the middle direction figure. If I change it from -0.8 to -0.5 that would be 45 degree backwards Yes?

KR Matt

            <[camera][CameraLeftFuselageView][]
                <[string8][Body][LeftWing]>
                <[tmvector3d][R0][ -0.6 6.9 0.6 ]>
                <[tmvector3d][X0][ 0.0 -1.0 0.0 ]>
                <[tmvector3d][Direction][ 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 ]>
                <[float64][Cone][0.0]>
                <[bool][InCockpit][false]>
                <[string8][Tags][fuselage wing left]>
            >

So Basically the camera direction is a vector in radians? I have a job working out the values I need... tried -0.5 -0.866 0.0 [/tt]

that gave me...

using the hat switch to turn the camera I wanted more like this...

After some trial and error I used this code....

            <[camera][CameraLeftFuselageView][]
                <[string8][Body][LeftWing]>
                <[tmvector3d][R0][ 0.0 6.9 0.6 ]>
                <[tmvector3d][X0][ 0.0 -1.0 0.0 ]>
                <[tmvector3d][Direction][ -0.5 -2.2 0.0 ]>
                <[float64][Cone][0.0]>
                <[bool][InCockpit][false]>
                <[string8][Tags][fuselage wing left]>
            >
            <[camera][CameraRightFuselageView][]
                <[string8][Body][RightWing]>
                <[tmvector3d][R0][ 0.0 -6.9 0.6 ]>
                <[tmvector3d][X0][ 0.0 1.0 0.0 ]>
                <[tmvector3d][Direction][ -0.5 2.2 0.0 ]>
                <[float64][Cone][0.0]>
                <[bool][InCockpit][false]>
                <[string8][Tags][fuselage wing right]>
            >

Which Looks like this... left

right...

KR Matt

Interpreting that for left view as example <[tmvector3d][Direction][ -0.5 -2.2 0.0 ]>

2.2 radians is 126 degrees and its negative because it looking right rather than left along the width axis

0.5 is 28.6 degrees, being negative it means the camera is tilted down toward the front, along the length axis, by that angle, from the origin point

and 0.0 means the vertical axis is perpendicular

Have I got that right?

Can you explain what X0 is? I assume R0 is the 3D xyz point the camera is looking from

Thanks for your help Jan

KR Matt

Clear as mud 😁 I had to look up what a Euler rotation was. Understood about 10% of what I read. Not sure I understand why you need more than a fixed co-ordinate framework xyz and a point location to specify these cameras... I don't follow but maybe I don't need to. What I've done above works. I'll try using that gismo of yours and see what it spits out in the range of -1 to 1. If I can't get this to work can I leave it as is?... That won't cause any problems for AF4?

KR Matt

Now that I can follow 😁

KR Matt