Create Custom Camera Views in MSFS

[@mobias7]

Thanks for making this. I love mucking about with custom camera views and your trick solves the issue I've been having. No idea why Asobo didn't make this easier for us. Its one of those simple things that adds a lot to your enjoyment of the sim. I think the only problem is that by fooling the camera into thinking its still in the interior cockpit mode is that pilots don't appear in the exterior views.

[@gabrieldillon11]

From the makers of "You Dont Matter!" comes another excellent tutorial vid, very good Gibbo

[@DudeOnADualMotor]

I watched a couple of videos for this and it looked way more complicated, your's is no BS, straight to the point and easy to follow! Thankyou, sir!

[@captpugwash3510]

Hi Mr Murphy - I struggled with this for a while and I know you made this video a while ago. Came across it a few days ago and is the only video that expalins it well enough for this old lag to understand. Works like a treat, and a bit thank you . . Pugwash

[@AndrewDean777]

Thank goodness for your videos. This one is very very helpful to this simple soul who could just not figure out the camera views at all. My intelligence was not up to the task!! Cheers from Australia

[@musefan12345]

Thanks Gibbo. I actually knew about the trick of editing the config file to get the camera outside the aircraft, but what I didn’t know was that all I had to do was reload the aircraft. I’ve been reloading the entire sim all this time 🤦‍♂️

[@timelordflight851]

And the Oscar goes to... super job great tutorial many thanks :)

[@B3burner]

Nice job, but what about fixed views to the side of the runway, to watch your plane land, and the camera follows it as it rolls down the runway?

[@captainwealthy]

I'm desperately trying to get a view underneath the fuselage, from behind the undercarriage, looking forward. This so I can see all my landing gear down, etc. But I'm struggling to do this.

[@MeatyKillerz]

I’m having problems saving my camera

[@garywiley7886]

I have a question. When you're outside the aircraft how can you rotate smoothly and move in and out to get a good shot? Thank you.

[@ski35off34]

New subscriber - enjoy your topics ! I was unable to even do the basic camera setup - using the "numpad" as you show in your video - until I read (FS Forum) that "numpad" doesn't work for custom camera views, you have to use the numeric keys at top keyboard. Tried - yes, that works. Just wondering how you managed to get the numpad keys to work solo - as that would be so much easier when flying ! Thanks for an update, if possible. Cheers.

[@roanoke24019]

How do I get a camera view from side of runway at takeoff spot where camera follows aircraft also end of runway views.

[@B3burner]

Yes! Exactly what I want to know too!

[@donridgeway2267]

Very helpful vid, thanks. One question, how do you pan around to get the views you want, can't work that out. Do you use the drone?

[@kingdomrecordingstudio9436]

how do you move when you are outside to navigate on the inside?

[@zzswifty360]

Genius! Thank you ;)

[@michaelkuepper66]

It works !!! Thank you for your great tipp!

[@ldee247]

Amazing tutorial thanks for sharing ... Is it possible to add more camera views or it only limits to NUM pad? My keyboard its a K50 with G macro keys and was wondering if I can trick to go beyond NUM pad lets say NUM 0 to Shift+NUM 0?

[@twotonemurphy]

I think it’s limited to the sim allowing 9 custom views

[@SleepingFiber]

Thanks Gibbo for this video. What addon did you use to select your aircraft?

[@carroux4050]

How easy, I wonder why the heck they didn't let you do that without modifying configs in some folders ;-)

[@jfsnyder15]

How do you get the aircraft to move forward and backward when your setting up your outside views?

[@jfsnyder15]

Does this also work in the TBM. I've tried it, change 0 to -5, went in developer mode, change to the TBM but I can't get outside the cockpit. Thanks

[@kzugaming4287]

I am using the saitek farming side panel and used your tuto to put some views. I did 10 views for Internal and 6 views for external. Thank you. PS : Do we have to change the number in the config file afterwards to put back 0 instead of 5 ? PS2 : it seems , after closing the game, that the additional views (external) are not working anymore. Is it because I did more than 9 views ?

[@ricardograde5134]

And on XBOX?

[@saren6538]

brilliant

[@TheEvilCookie01]

Thank you for the video. I set up a few custom cockpit views, however, when I try to setup the external views and change the value to -5 in the camera.cfg file, I get a CTD everytime. Do you have any advice? I have the steam version of MSFS and I'm looking for the camera.cfg file inside Microsoft Flight Simulator\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aerosoft_CRJ_900

[@TheEvilCookie01]

Nevermind, I figured it out. You haver to setup atleast one inside cockpit view and set that value to the -5 before you set up any other outside views.

[@xINTENSORx]

How do you delete a saved custom view?

[@738-ngx8]

Did you find the way?

[@xINTENSORx]

@@738-ngx8 I did.

[@738-ngx8]

@@xINTENSORx how did you do it?

[@xINTENSORx]

@@738-ngx8 The only way really is to delete the camera config file.

[@wildgoobsid5]

Great video but this is typical of MSFS. Stupidly complex for what should be a simple procedure. And I do mean stupidly complex!

[@B3burner]

I couldn’t agree with you more.

[@Daimo83]

Two years later Asobo couldn't be bothered to add this. I'm happy with it, but lacking features like this are what keep MSFS in the game category.

[@PeterNGloor]

sounds easy. But - I will definitely have to put a list of which number is which view besides my keyboard, my old brain can't memorize all of it. BTW how do you pan around the cockpit to get to the views that you want to save?

[@alanbeasy1775]

Thanks for that. You may be able to solve another problem for me. I am finding that after making a custom view.... say Crl Alt 1 (or Ctrl Alt 2)...... when I want to select that view using Alt 1 or Alt 2 respectively, the view goes to some other location on the first click and takes a second click to go to the saved view. On some planes saved view 1 & 2 just goes to some random view from the back of the plane and I cannot overwrite it no matter how many times I do a reset. I have deleted the camera CFC file and saved just one view but that does not solve the problem either. Is there some other file that sets the initial view before a custom view is created - and can that be changed so that the default view is always the one I want for normal flying anyway? For some reason the problem does not occur if I use custom camera number 9, so for now I have my yoke button assigned to that in order to return to my pilot position. I have tried copying the “Initial xyz and Initial Pbh” numbers from the “Title 9” segment of the CFG file to the “Title 1” position but with no success. It is so frustrating. I just really just want to select ONE custom cockpit view for my pilot position in each plane so that I can jump back to that from anywhere after plannings around. Help.....???

[@Jose-we5cj]

Hi, Great video, thanks for the tips. Do these steps apply to any plane? I have tried them on the Cessna 152 in MSFS, but no luck.

[@ronloveflying]

Hi twotonemurphy. I'm doing exactly as you showed us and it doesn't want to save when I select a view and then press right ctrl + number

[@xwing788]

Thank you for this ...new subscriber here....do I need to be in 'freelook' to get best angle

[@Harryislost]

This is a really good tutorial as you make it look more simple

[@skylerwilliams8423]

Thanks! simple yet easy

[@oneshadeoff9440]

I don’t see camera config pls help!

[@eeshanyt9429]

I dont have the camera file i only got state

[@blackfalco33]

Ty very much for this!

[@Noob503sv]

C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Flight.Simulator_XYZ\LocalCache\SimObjects\Airplanes i cant find this in my local C drive,where else could it be? my game is saved in another ssd, any help?

[@gaborgregus7615]

search for "state.cfg" on your drives. Where the system finds it, that will be the right path

[@kennethmanning1472]

There are conflicting assignments that appear in the 'Save Custom Camera and 'Load Custom Camera!' In your video in the Save Custom Camera, yours says Right+Ctrl+Num. In my sim, mine says Ctrl+Alt+Num. Why is your 'Save Custom Camera' assignment different from mines and other users? Apparently, either you yourself have made these changes without mentioning this, or microsoft has assigned or added the additional key. I get angry at how the developers make this more complicated than it needs to be. Your fix is much more effective but I have to press Alt+Num keys to load these custom camera views when all I need to do is just press the number key. Why do THEY find it necessary that they have to add the Alt key to the Save Custom Camera when THEY know very well that it's much better to just use the Right+Ctrl+Num key? Apparently, either they don't care or they don't use their brain. I'm also very angry that they have not provide us with a well written detailed manual that we are all entitled to when we purchased MSFS2020.

[@MRB2674]

Exactly what I'm looking for! However, after editing the camera CFG and updating to the latest SDK (for the first time entering Dev Mode), the Aircraft Selector mode is greyed out. In fact, all under Windows greyed out save for Console. Is there something else for initial setup in dev mode needed?

[@robertnorman8184]

I just started using x-camera with x-plane. So much better. I hope MSFS gets that kind of support.

[@AirspeedisLife]

awesome content how do you move the camera with the arrows ? and how do you go back to the cockpit really quick at 7:55 ? what did you press ?

[@daviddanser8011]

Thank you, so weird that MSFS limits it to cockpit view and we have to this. But very helpful tutorial!

[@drnelsonok]

Great tutorial!... thank you mate!!!

[@chaineadiverscontenus2263]

merci pour ce tutoriel de qualité.

[@HASallehinHMA]

nice great video & thanks i love you man cheers!

[@sqk4477]

Well done! Quick and easy. TY!