Tutorial #3 - Camera Setup - Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@aliceus3315]

Finding proper guidance in the game can be quite challenging, and it's rare to come across a KZbinr who explains things as effectively as this individual. Thanks to their guidance, I've mastered flying the Cessna 152 with ease. Their insights into key controls and camera settings were incredibly helpful.

[@georgeweir3242]

I just tried MSFS for the first time, the graphics blew me away and I uninstalled XPLANE 11 and FSX10 and will never go back. I am so glad to have stumbled on this series. Episodes 1, 2, and now 3 are just what I needed to start to get off to a good start. Thank you Squirrel.

[@jaydorjames9074]

A good teacher is worth their weight in gold. Thank you for being a good teacher..

[@Joaquin8911]

I'm new to Flight sims, so these videos have been just amazing to start things up. great content!

[@zero_burrito]

This is perhaps the best tutorial yet... Coming from Xplane this is completely different...

[@AlexieChinea]

Next Tuesday is going to feel like Christmas morning, can't wait.. Amazing Job Squirrel, like always. Thank You!

[@lorenohvh]

I totally agree sir, i’ve waited for this game for a pretty long time. And I probaly can’t sleep the night bedoel the launch😂

[@lorenohvh]

Before*

[@TrueBlade-1889]

Unless you wake up at 3am and start downloading it... And can't get back to sleep ! Can't be bothered now 😃😃😃

[@timgwilliams]

Thanks Squirrel - great job. I've been looking for this kind of tutorial that starts pretty much at the beginning. I'm close to getting things set up and watching this gives me more confidence I can succeed in this "hobby"and makes me more comfortable with the investment I'm making. You have a good pace and if I miss something I just rewind and listen again. You are a fast talker but I'm good with that because it's all description.

[@Chris73619]

And that is why playing this in VR makes a lot more sense! :)

[@JimNortonsAlcoholism]

or TrackIR

[@joetroyner]

Yeah, TrackIR seems like a better way to interface with the instruments.

[@colderwar]

VR makes sense if you like to see terrible resolution at lousy frame rates. Everyone I know spends more time tweaking their VR than flying with it.

[@yeetyboe7099]

I have been waiting for this. No one has done tutorials yet. So I don't need to struggle when playing thr game for the first time. Thanks!

[@noob.168]

frooglesim has done flight planning tutorials...

[@yeetyboe7099]

@@noob.168 Interesting, haven't found any though. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@leboromeo]

Ah, Squirell. God bless you, my friend. Love from Aus.

[@tenskippern1394]

Good, none yelling, and focused instructions, nice job, thank you.

[@karlschultz4138]

Thanks for the awesome camera tutorial. Makes a tonne more sense now. The dragging the box bigger isn’t very obvious.

[@MaxRank]

By far the most over complex camera system ever. Totally not needed, X-Plane nailed the camera .

[@DarthChrisDK]

Thanks for lot for these videos. They are incredibly useful. I have zero experience in a flight sim, but I have everything set up and ready to go for Tuesday, and being able to get a head-start by watching these tutorials is so satisfying and useful. Thanks!

[@einfussganger]

13:14 OMG, you're a lifesaver - those headings without anything under them drove me crazy in this UI. Who knew they were expandable windows? You, I guess - and now me. Thanks you!!!

[@ParallaxRS]

Not watched it yet but this series is great already. As a seasoned simmer it's what we need to seamlessly make the jump from P3d to new FS

[@oswaldohazbon739]

My dear Squirrel, thanks you for your fantastic idea of prepare us and to give to all us who we want to learn every day day a little bit more about your knowledge in this beautiful art of fly! Please you keeping teaching these amazing tutorials, that some day we will meet in the air fliying. Have a fantastic day. 🙏👊😜

[@menas136]

Thank you! coming in from X-Plane11, i was really finding it difficult to grasp, your video made it easy; thanks for putting it in a nutshell!

[@freelancer2011]

Excellent shout on the Xbox controller for controlling the drone camera at 19:30!!! Simply genius / inspired!!!!! Thank you!!! :D

[@WX4GPS]

is the xbox controller bluetooth or USB? what models do I need for a PC? I strictly want for camera angles

[@andrewjamez]

I loved fed where you could pan around the cockpit with a hat switch and when you switch to external you used the same hat switch to pan around outside. In fact with the EZdok addon all of my int and ext cameras and panning where controlled by joystick buttons and hat switches. I didn’t have to fumble around in the dark for a keyboard or game pad at all and that’s how it should be.

[@Eric-gg6zp]

Exactly!

[@theoldar]

Having tried this myself this morning, I am here to be enlightened. It is not intuitive to say the least!!

[@isitwitha]

This is absolutely top notch tutorial-making, SQL ! Many thanks for catching us MSFS2020 newbies up! Salute to you, Mr. Squirrel!

[@peterdebruin9451]

Thank you for the tutorial, ver very usefull. One tip as I got stuk with the custom view - the numeric keys are not he same as those on top of the qwerty keyboard. This means that storing a custom view is done with the keyboard digital numbers and not with numeric keypath. But thanks again - I would nevr have found is all out is such a quick manner.

[@johnkhan18]

Just found these after finally installing MSFS. All I can say at this time is I hope Chaseplane gets a version for this. Great videos, thank you.

[@rogerthornhill2435]

Thank you , because of your teaching I have moved from xplane to this. I find your teaching very is helping me to come to grips with flying

[@matejeeya]

You just did what took me half day to figure out even tho I come from FSX. Thanks for doing this!

[@Loked420]

been watching these videos while waiting for my flight stick to arrive. I've had the game since last week, but can't bring myself to play it without it.

[@newqlar]

For instant Cockpit to External Landing Gear view - I would suggest using a keyboard (or other peripherals) that allow macro programming and run down said button press in order. Voilà!

[@MIHAO]

these tutorials are a great way to get started with the sim nice and quick. thanks Squirrel!

[@davidhenry3225]

Fantastic tutorial - thank you so much for taking the time to create is - so very well explained and I followed along step by step! It's already opened up a whole new insight into the programme's possibilities - a MSFS2020 hero!

[@scribe0714]

This series by this British expert is excellent!

[@burntbybrighteyes]

I find the new flight simulator fascinating. From the thumbnail alone I immediatly recognized that it's in Innsbruck. I live close by and it's crazy how accurate everything is.

[@ryangi5]

Your tutorials are VERY helpful! Thank you!

[@TheFEARSKSNV]

Rare YT channel with normal MFS content. good job.

[@Ericrollers]

The game comes out tonight for me 12 in the morning so excited!

[@ItsTioli]

This has been super helpful to get ahead of the game for release day. Thanks for taking the time for making these videos.

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

Appreciate the tutorial. Just starting out with this.

[@TopgunB]

Superb thank you! The default drone camera reset is Num 5!

[@fggfyygg]

Thanks Squirral old chap. Was about to damage my PC getting frustrated with the camera views!

[@criticalthinker7822]

Thank you so much. Was starting to get irritated but your tutorial helped a lot.

[@lbergan2]

Nice job! This is one of the best video tutorial series I've ever watched. Thanks!

[@Bransor]

Yup. Xbox controller for drone cam rocks! No going back now.. great video squirrel. Thx

[@Breto151]

How did you get the xbox controller to show up in MSFS. Win10 sees it but the sim does not.

[@chrismacdonald.6295]

Thanks for this Squirrel. I’ve just bought the game and doing the tutorials and could not for the life of me work out how to get the external view with controls. I’m still playing the sim with keyboard, almost impossible. I can’t wait for a joystick to get in my hand. Many thanks again.

[@Aleksandar6ix]

It takes what xplane did right, and improves it 10-fold! Outside of content production perhaps, we don't need anything like chaseplane at all.

[@rms59]

I don't think so. To me, If X-Plane 12 adds scenary I would throw out FS2020. Better user interface, flight model, cockpit and external views

[@John-by6jw]

I just wish you could access the custom views with one button push (like in x-plane). Having to use CTRL+# means you need to take your hands off the controls! Being able to use the numpad numbers is much easier.

[@whoswasian]

This is getting me even more hyped for the release! Also, good works on the tutorials. It will be great for beginners at flight sims. 👍

[@thematthewyoung]

this is my first one I'm pumped! squirrels videos are getting me by until Tuesday!!

[@whoswasian]

Matthew Young I hope you will enjoy the flight sim! 😁

[@NIKFLICK707]

I'm worried about their servers on launch day 🤣🤣🤣

[@whoswasian]

electronics_ is_love Welp. I guess we just going to see 😂😂

[@whoswasian]

Just got the game. It is amazing!

[@dobbybobby9122]

no wing view?

[@ironmatrixs748]

Thank you! That’s literally what I’ve been trying to find out since they started releasing content.

[@ironmatrixs748]

Flinty94 how do you navigate to them because I haven’t seen anyone do them

[@dobbybobby9122]

@Flinty94 can you map the wing views to a keyboard or joystick

[@inigovanaman1655]

Flinty94 Where are they? I thought Squirrel showed almost every camera option

[@GaryWayuk]

I've seen a few people using a wing/passenger view (mainly on the 787). Any idea how to do that?

[@mburgsey14]

Thanks for good information for someone who has dabbled but still effectively a newbie!

[@Sacredl1es]

Got my Thurstmaster + track Ir! makes flying this soooo! good :D but thanks for this videos really helps a novice like me on my first flight! :)

[@phillipbeharall6271]

Brilliant you have saved a lot of people a lot of work thank you 👏👏👏👏👏😀

[@virtualtraveller8676]

Squirel I love your videos man. I am subscribed for a long time. Keep up the good work.

[@flyinshu123]

Good news: There are all kinds of neat camera tricks to make awsome visuals. Bad news: It will take more hours than actually getting an ATP rating in order to memorize all the controls to use them comfortably.

[@rickochet6569]

Wow - a lot has changed since FSX so Thanks Squirrel for giving me the rundown - would have taken ages to find this out. Less than 24HRS to go till I can try this out! (I'm assuming it releases at midnight,,.??! haha)

[@iamthejustin7420]

This guy is more detailed than my fucking teachers at school.

[@SamSamShine]

but can you go to a passager seat?

[@MrSoundwave]

Nope

[@jjohnson1667]

@@MrSoundwave I saw a video of a passenger wing view, so yes you can. Either it's a preset he didn't show or it's a custom camera view you have to create.

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

It's in the Camera menu in flying mode (top of screen, second from left, between ATC and Checklist) SHOWCASE, EXTERNAL 12 and EXTERNAL 13.

[@amiteshkumarsinha6428]

I do not own a pc that could even open FS , THANK YOU SO MUCH , I enjoy every one video of yours

[@driftmaster206]

Goateecountryboy it does tho

[@amiteshkumarsinha6428]

@Goateecountryboy I HAVE A POTATO PC , and no i am not that kind of person that will say 1660ti and 16 gb ram as a potato pc

[@sobolanul82]

Hello mister. First I love your channel and watch trains and now flight sim videos. Very professional done. I just invested 160Euro in the game and a HOTAS joystick which will arrive in 1-2 days. I have a request: can you make a tutorial about the checklist and what needs to be configured? For me that's the more complex part. Thank you and keep up the videos!

[@simonottewell7475]

This was an invaluable tutorial. Thank you.

[@F2Aviation]

Thanks for this tutorial. I am used to the x-plane 11 camera controls and UI. This seems like Asobo did as much as they possibly could to make the sim nothing like x-plane, consequently making the camera controls pointlessly complex and with a handful of important missing features too which is rather disappointing and makes finding the perfect viewpoint very difficult. However, this video has at least made it somewhat easier, it's definitely a learning curve, but thank you very much.

[@goblinboner]

Best tutorial series of ANY game tutorial series I've ever seen

[@rafaelperucchi]

This video is just I have been looking for, amazing tips!!! Thank you!!!! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@Fred-le5pe]

Excellent series.

[@JamesSmith-km8xu]

Nice one Squirrel! great series

[@brad346326]

Awesome didn’t ‘now about the drone mode thanks

[@yayoikomori2534]

説明が分かりやすい😃

[@EnergyzerTV]

What I wonder is if the drone camera can be controlled with the mouse to look around too? Similar to sorta like Chaseplane, that and being able to remap the hotkeys for the default instrument views and I'd never need chase plane again honestly :'D Love the videos and work so far Paul! Hope you can get some deserved rest after this hectic week!

[@birreboi]

Of course there is alternatives than using your keyboard for views, for a more 'realistic' look around. Firstly, TrackIR, but that is bloody expensive (around AU$440 !!). Something cheaper which I got is SmoothTrack - available for Apple and Android phones. It's around AU$15, so far cheaper than the TrackIR. Now I cannot compare the 2 as I have never used TrackIR, but I can say SmoothTrack works fine for me. The developer has a couple of videos on here, so just search for SmoothTrack.

[@G4ZZYP]

Great Video and really helpful. Thanks!!

[@crunchieRL]

Really enjoying the series :)

[@ebenezermc]

This tutorial helped me immensely and makes my flying much more enjoyable. Thank you so much. Don’t know who the thumbs down people are... probably your jealous friends lol

[@emmanuelperez9490]

Thank you this was super helpful.

[@Contacto_Radar]

Please try to unlock the cockpit camera so we can set some static wings views and save it

[@sebainfanta]

Great Vid! Anyone knows if there's a way to keep HOTAS control of the plane while using the gamepad to move the drone? When I switch to the drone camera I lose control of the plane.

[@PeterNGloor]

I have Coolie Hat - I take it you do not have one if you are using a flightstick. That gadget used to work to move my camera around in FSx

[@Robert-sl7sq]

Hi, useful video. One question: I have a yoke connected to my PC to control the aircraft and a Xbox controller to control the drone cam. The problem I have is that as soon as I switch to the drone, the plane no longer responds to the yoke control. Any idea how to fix that ?

[@michealryan23]

I played FSX quite a lot when it was first released and got back into simming with the release of FS2020. I find it frustrating how all the key bindings are changed from FSX. Seems quite counterintuitive considering most will be coming across from FSX. Thanks for this video.

[@VRFlightSimGuy]

Super useful thankyou

[@heysiri24]

Can't wait for ChasePlane for MSFS 2020

[@dibbley1448]

Loving these tutorials

[@etravix]

Thanks for sharing and yes very useful.

[@ThunderspearNZ]

Is it possible to get a wing view?

[@viyath1374]

LHB GAMING yes default

[@PipBoomer]

bro even the thumbnail is a wing view

[@kamoinar1905]

yes I was wondering the same but no answer so far :/(

[@Forgetthehorrorhere1]

If you mean a passenger wing view. No you can't. You can move the camera to get a temporary view, but you can't set up a view you can switch to on climb out or landing for example.

[@jamesylad94]

@@Forgetthehorrorhere1 in the trailer, there is a clip of the 747 landing in the cabin?

[@slapshot2k]

Another great video. Can’t wait for the 18th :) What settings are you using for your Trackir in this sim?

[@gamingmsfsflightsimulator2427]

Thanks Squirrel 👍

[@Brimmlinn]

I sincerely hope that Chaseplane gets into MSFS2020 quickly. The default camera system is way too convoluted.

[@Mrv1960]

Absolutely no need for any other camera addons.

[@chriscrocvlogs]

Well there is a need; it doesn’t seem possible to just normally pan around the cockpit without the view snapping back to the default view

[@billmohn]

Could you sound time talking specifically about how you set up your Streamdeck? Making good use of those 15 buttons sounds worthwhile. I have only used my Streamdeck for OBS scenes so far, not any sim.

[@Jim-tq4gf]

I just mapped my hotas 8 pov hat switch to view left up left left down ect all 360 way around. So simply have a cockpit view and external chase view that has 360 view easy as.

[@constantinenikitin5397]

This was very informative. Thank you!

[@snowpiercer1001]

Next quiestion is, does microsoft flight simulator render ski resorts and ski lifts

[@snowpiercer1001]

Goateecountryboy awww

[@baguette7535]

I don't know about lifts. But I can guarantee you that you will see the slopes cuting through the trees

[@snowpiercer1001]

BeJets just image like cars driving along there will also be lifts

[@snowpiercer1001]

Goateecountryboy didn’t understand a word you said but ok

[@1960imp]

@Goateecountryboy you can use FSEconomy for that.

[@vin340600]

What about the passenger views from inside the cabin looking aft of the wing? Pretty essential if you are flying airlines. All sims provide that view even fsx.

[@andrevdw747]

Thanks! Very useful 👍🏻

[@AplusMUTE]

Amazing tutorial, I love it. Quick questions, are the custom views universally for all air crafts? Or I can set unique custom views for each air craft? And where all the config bindings and custom views are located in the hard drive? In case of using multiple PCs.

[@qatsi4897]

If you can save the position of the drone cam, you could basically make a fly-by cam I presume?

[@RSU214]

Hi Squirrel. I watched your previous tutorials and I think they are just fantastic! I know you made them a while back and perhaps things changed since. I do follow your instructions step by step. In this case I placed by A320 at LOWI rwny 26 and expected to sit and learn what you show here, however, my A320 starts to take off as if it was in a demo mode. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

[@tacnav4465]

Squirrel: The Version 6 update has incorporated your Translate Cockpit View keyboard amendments as a new default!

[@CarlosQuesadaR]

Great voice and speed for making tutorials indeed. Thanks for this one. Is there a way to set a key command to show external front view of the plane, please?

[@Juan-wj3vk]

This just makes me think...man I can't wait for VR

[@decimal237]

Anyone figured out how to map the hat-switch to the cameras?

[@RealLodoss]

Will do until VR for Cockpit

[@jakew9887]

Great Video. Thanks