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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 4:19pm
External View as Default?
Is it possible to set the External View as Default?
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Originally posted by Doom:
Originally posted by xilacnog (Gundisalvus):
Originally posted by Urm the Mad:
I don't think the game's on-foot transitions would let you keep it as a default, and you are going to spend a healthy chunk of time on-foot
Yeah, that's why I was asking if there was a way to set external as default, I can live with it bound to a key at the base of my HOTAS. I was just asking a question, then get jumped by some passive-agressive dude.
You could try posting a feature request on egosoft forums.

I don't remember a way to set it as a default.
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immatoll Feb 1 @ 4:25pm 
What is default view? Just press F2 and it stays.
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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 4:29pm 
Default view is the in-cockpit view, and no, the External View doesn't stay as default.
Every time you switch to a different ship or go in a Timelines mission, you need to press F2.

Is there an option to always have it as External View?
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Gibbo Feb 1 @ 4:39pm 
No I don't think there is. How would you enter another ship using a camera angle that is meant for eye candy?
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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 4:43pm 
Originally posted by Gibbo:
No I don't think there is. How would you enter another ship using a camera angle that is meant for eye candy?
What? I mean the External View after you've taken command of a ship.

When you sit in the pilot/Commander seat of a ship, your camera stays in the cockpit but I prefer to use the External View via F2 to fly and having to reach out for the keyboard that is far from my HOTAS is getting old after 4 or 5 hours.
Last edited by xilacnog (Gundisalvus); Feb 1 @ 4:43pm
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Gibbo Feb 1 @ 4:46pm 
Move your keyboard closer.
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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 4:48pm 
Originally posted by Gibbo:
Move your keyboard closer.
well, thank you Captain Obvious, I would if I could.

Simple question: Can the Default View when piloting be changed.
Answer: Seems like no.
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Gibbo Feb 1 @ 4:52pm 
No one, until now has ever asked for the default view to be changed because their keyboard is a little to far out of reach.
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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 4:55pm 
Whether the keyboard is out of reach or not, it's not the point.

After I asked this here, I bound a key on the HOTAS to change to the external view.

All I wanted was for the camera to be always be external, without having to use a hotkey.
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Gibbo Feb 1 @ 5:00pm 
That won't work well if you're teleporting and if you're not teleporting then I don't know what you're doing?

Is it so hard to just press f2? I mean considering what you're asking compared to what is expected of you the player your argument falls a bit flat.
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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 5:04pm 
considering that the HOTAS is mounted to the chair and the keyboard is on the desk, literally half a meter away? Yes.

And what argument? All I asked was if there was a way to just set it as default. I also fail to see why teleporting would mess anything but I just got back into X4 since I barely played after Split Vendetta
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Urm the Mad Feb 1 @ 5:04pm 
I don't think the game's on-foot transitions would let you keep it as a default, and you are going to spend a healthy chunk of time on-foot
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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 5:06pm 
Originally posted by Urm the Mad:
I don't think the game's on-foot transitions would let you keep it as a default, and you are going to spend a healthy chunk of time on-foot
Yeah, that's why I was asking if there was a way to set external as default, I can live with it bound to a key at the base of my HOTAS. I was just asking a question, then get jumped by some passive-agressive dude.
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Gibbo Feb 1 @ 5:08pm 
Late game if you're not abusing teleportation then something is wrong. I have ships dotted everywhere and a cheap courier at every faction rep so I can tele in and get my rewards and buy those juicy blueprints. A sizeable amount of this game is spent on foot. As well as spacesuit.
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xilacnog (Gundisalvus) Feb 1 @ 5:09pm 
Originally posted by Gibbo:
Late game if you're not abusing teleportation then something is wrong. I have ships dotted everywhere and a cheap courier at every faction rep so I can tele in and get my rewards and buy those juicy blueprints. A sizeable amount of this game is spent on foot. As well as spacesuit.

Sure, but why does that invalidate a question about if it's possible to change the default camera for piloting?
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Delta-9 Feb 3 @ 4:47am 
Originally posted by xilacnog (Gundisalvus):
Originally posted by Gibbo:
Late game if you're not abusing teleportation then something is wrong. I have ships dotted everywhere and a cheap courier at every faction rep so I can tele in and get my rewards and buy those juicy blueprints. A sizeable amount of this game is spent on foot. As well as spacesuit.

Sure, but why does that invalidate a question about if it's possible to change the default camera for piloting?
These guys who have been playing X for years think they are the only ones who have the right to address the game at all. Its hard to make a post in here. Well, any steam game really. Simple questions that could easily be answered get flipped with jerky remarks because they know it all.
Try the official website forums, for less of this.
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