External (Random) view no. 4

avster · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:11 pm

Does anyone know how to, or if it is possible to modify the properties of the no. 4 external (Random) view? I want to 'push' the camera out further away from the train to get a better view of all of a long train.

MikeS · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:10 pm

Find the file camcfg.dat in your Train Simulator\Global folder and open it in a Unicode capable text editor (Wordpad etc).

Search for the section beginning
Camera ( camtypespotter

This is the camera used for View No. 4

Change the FOV setting from its default setting of FOV ( 50 ) to something narrower, e.g. FOV ( 30 ) gives a telephoto type of view. The figure is the Field of View angle in degrees.

As long as you keep a backup of the camcfg.dat file, you can fiddle with all the settings to see what results you get. There are a lot of changes you can make.

Mike.

avster · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:15 pm

Cool, thanks Mike. That should do the trick.