General Discussion &bull TrackIR First post

[borz666]

Hi, I'm new here (to post that is!)

I have LOMAC standard, and TrackIR 4 with a Matrox Triplehead. I was wondering if there was anyway of changing the limits of the head movements? I know its only 2 Dof but it feels really restrictive.

i.e. I feels like my head is on a gimble, and can't pan 360 like I can in FSX.

Any help would be great, Thanks

Chris

[Leonski]

You have to change the view angle in Lock On!
If you use Modman you can download the.......... but you have Lock On 1.0 so what you can do is adjust the server file!
Go to directory \Ubisoft\Eagle Dynamics\Lock On\Config\View and open the Server.LUA in NotePad (BTW make sure that you make a backup of this file)
Find these lines

-- Camera angle limits {horizontal angle max, vertical angle min, vertical angle max}
CameraAngleLimits = {}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_27] = {160, -76, 90}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_33] = {160, -79, 110}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_25] = {109, -70, 105}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iSu_39] = {116, -85, 110}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29] = {160, -80, 110}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iMiG_29K] = {140.0, -65.0, 90.0}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iA_10] = {160, -72, 110}
CameraAngleLimits[PlaneIndex.iF_15] = {160, -81, 110}

and replace this with yours.
I have to say that I'm not sure that this is the same because i using 1.12 and you 1.0 but thats why you have to make a backup.

[MudnGuts]

In LOMAC 1.02, there is no Server.lua file anywhere that i could find, searched the whole folder, is this file maybe unique to FC version as i too am having issues with FOV .
I have improved it significantly by altering the resolution and aspect ratio in Ubisoft \ eagle Dynamics \ Lockon \ config \ graphics.cfg

Mine looks like this now:

DisplayMode
{
resolution = {3840, 1024};
bpp = 32;
fullscreen = 1;
aspect = 3.75;
Interface
{
resolution = {1024, 768};
bpp = 32;
fullscreen = 1;
}
Simulation
{
resolution = {3840, 1024};
bpp = 32;
fullscreen = 1;
aspect = 3.75;

I changed the res to my actual screen resolution, and the aspect to the correct ratio, i.e 3840 / 1024 = 3.75 (was 1.3333333)
I found this suggestion on another forum, and now i can see the console gauges as well, much improved, but would like to go slightly further back.

The widescreen forum suggests changing view.lua \ cockpitviewanglemax to 170 degrees, but this made no change to my results and the FOV in the cockpit setup in options in the game seems locked to 120 degrees.

cheers

[Leonski]

Ok sorry that I can't help you. But there is a solution but I don't how maybe someone else could help you.

[borz666]

Thanks Leonski and Mudnguts. Will give Muds Idea a go, as I'm using 1.02 at the moment.

Chris