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External View Distance

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PeteHam

Charter Member
I've got a wee problem.

I picked up the Carenado S330 while it was on sale.

Very pleased with the aircraft , but in the ' Select Aircraft' the view distance is extreme as is the external view once the aircraft is installed.

The pics show what I mean.

How can I reduce the external view distance for the S330 ?










 
Usually caused by some part component in the model (a stray vertex or poly) many feet from the main aircraft. That causes a crash box to be generated that is larger (and sometimes smaller) than the aircraft, and FS uses that to position the aircraft in the view.

The application mentioned above allows you to correct the crash box size.

I used to have to adjust the box each time I exported HMS Victory model because the high sails distorted the crash box, left the view uncentered and distant.
 
Here's the details in the original S330 MDL




I'm thinking of reducing the radius to about 15m.

How critical are the dimensions in the Bounding box, and what values should I change them to?

Thanks for your help.

Pete
 
Success :jump: :jump:

I reduced the radius, initially down to 20m ( from 58+m ) , then 15m. Now it's 10m and much better.









I've also reduced the figures in the Bounding box, but I have no idea whether they are as important.

Thanks Milton & Gérard for your help. :applause:

Pete.
 
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