User Manual

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Camerasandviews
The View menu contains all options and settings for controlling the current view, cameras and Heads‐Up‐Display
(HUD) elements. This menu also contains the toolbars sub‐menu, which lets you show/hide  the various toolbars
available.
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Camera
Thismenucontrolsthevirtualcamera,whichviewsyourmodelwhenflying.Thismenucanbeusedtochangehow
thecamerareactstoyourmodel’sposition,andevenchangewhichmodelthecameraislookingat.
Autozoom
Whenyourmodelmovesawayfromthepilot’sposition,the camerawillautomatically zoomintoittomakeseeing
andcontrollingyourmodeleasier.Youshouldstillattempttokeepyourmodelwithinareasonabledistanceofyour
position as you would in real‐life, as flying far away from yourself can be dangerous and difficult to ascertain your
model’sorientation.Enabling/disablingthismenuitemwillenableordisableauto‐zooming.
Zoomsmallmodels
Phoenixwillautomaticallyzoominanextraamountwhenyouareflyingparticularlysmallmodels.Disablethismenu
optiontopreventthisfromhap pening.
Resetzoomlevel
You can use your mouse wheel to manually zoom inandoutanextra amounton top  of the camera’s auto‐zoom.
Clickingthismenuoptionwillresettothedefaultamountofcamerazoom.
Cameramodes
The virtual camera can be set to act in different ways to the model’s position and speed depending on your
preference:
• Normal (Default) – This is the standard camera mode. The camera will attempt to keep the model in the
centre of the screen, and will move faster or slower depending on your camera speed setting under the
system>programsetup>physicsmenu.Inthismode,thecamerawillalsoshiftverticallyasmallamountto
makekeepingtrackofthegroundeasie r.
• Keepgroundinview–Thismodelwillautomaticallyzoominandoutandshiftverticallyinordertoattempt
tokeepthegrounddirectlyunderyour modelinsidetheviewatalltimes.Pleasenotethatmanualzoomis
notsupportedunderthiscameramode.
• Free‐look–Whenthismodeisselected,thecamerawillnottrackthemodel.Instead,right‐dragyourmouse
acrossthescreentopanthecameraaroundtheflyingsite.
• Shift‐look–Thisisaspecialcameramodewhichwillonlytrackthemodelwhenitisclosetotheedgesofthe
view.Thismodeisdesignedtomorecloselyresembleaperson’sheadtrackingthemodel.
Lookat
Thismenuletsyouchooseadifferentmodelforthecameratotrack.Thismenuwillcontainallofthevalidmodels
which can be viewed, and will update to include any buddies or online pilots that may be in the session. To track
anotherpilotor buddy, clicktheirnameinthelist. To returnback to viewing yourownmodel,clicktheMymodel
entryatthetopofthelist.