FS2020: Instrument Views Tutorial & How to assign Buttons for them on your Flight Controller!

This is a Subscriber requested video - helpful tips for setting up default & User-defined Instrument button assignments!
Link to Flightsimtoday's Custom Wing views video:
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⌚Timestamps⌚
Introduction: (0:00)
Default Instrument Views assignments: (1:07)
Drone Camera assignments incompatibilities: (6:40)
More Instrument Views assignments: (7:53)
User-Defined Instrument Views assignments: (12:10)
Caveat with User-Defined Views: (19:23)
#FS2020 #MSFS2020instrumentviews #MSFS2020tutorials

[@NGC008]

Excellent, thanks for sharing. Just what i was looing for.

[@Huddison]

That's great to hear.

[@alwatt9367]

Perfect, well explained

[@Huddison]

Thanks Al ;)

[@rtocarp]

Thanks for this. One thing that I didn't know was the use of the arrow keys to move the 'position' the camera to get the desired view and then creating the Custom Camera view.

[@Huddison]

I don't think I mentioned that in this video - good you mentioned it here!

[@DEFkon001]

What I really want is to setup 10 or so custom views and move around them using just a 4 (or 5 ) way hat.
Imagine having custom views layed out like a numpad.
Using just a d-pad or hat you could move easily with minimal inputs by assigning them a grid or "relative map"
7 - 8 - 9
| | |
4 - 5 - 6
| | |
1 - 2 - 3
To get from view 3 to view 9 you could just tap "up" twice on the hat / d-pad.
Now that you don't have to worry about running out of buttons you can setup more complex mappings and again just use a dpad / hat to get around.
For example you could even combine interior and exterior views on the same hat with a grid like this.
[ 01 ]
[ 02 ]-[ 03 ]-[ 04 ]
[ 05 ]-[ 06 ]-[ 07 ]-[ 08 ]-[ 09 ]-[ 10 ]-{11}
[ 11 ]-[ 12 ]-[ 13 ]
[ 14 ]
[ 15 ]
[ 16 ]
Over head 02
^
Pilot HUD Over head 01 Copilot HUD
^ ^ ^
Exterior Spot Left Pilot Tablet [ Default Pilot ] Center Console CoPilot View Right Wing Exterior Spot Right
v v v
Pilot Gauges FMC / FMS CoPilot Gauges
v
Throttle Quad
v
Lower Misc Controls
v
Exterior Spot Rear

[@Huddison]

wow that was very detailed 👍

[@DarkGT]

Your "work around" for the cycling is probably automating the manual clicks you have to do with single press. Software like AutoHotKey maybe able to do such things.

[@Huddison]

I really have to look into that! You know your stuff, so I'm keen to do so ;)

[@bomaananto7364]

keren banget kawan😁👍👍👍😀

[@Huddison]

Thanks👍😊

[@peterprow6093]

I know this video is for the views, so apologies - but have you ever been able to assign the fuel pumps/selectors to a button on the flight controllers? I've never got it working, not sure if it's a msfs bug or I and doing something wrong!
Another great video btw, I always steer people towards your tutorials when they ask questions on the Facebook group :)

[@Huddison]

I'll try to remember to look into that for you.

[@peterprow6093]

@@Huddison thank you :)

[@yannisspyrakis6098]

Is there a way to toggle different instruments views in the cockpit so every click to switch a view?
I’m limited in buttons on my Thrustmaster on buttons so I can assign one button to one view and so on.
Thanks in advance

[@Huddison]

Yes you can do that with custom camera views (search through my catalogue ).

[@TWOKDOK1]

Thanks H. On the default keyboard controls CTRL 1, 2 etc for instrument views 1,2 etc, they do not toggle (as they seem to in your video) for me but spring back to the cockpit view whenever I release the keys. An y ideas why that is not happening ? On PC. Clearly those keys are taking me in and out of instrument view. I am in the Caravan, - setting up for Sunday.

[@Huddison]

Check your General Options/Camera settings & change the relevant settings to 'Toggle' instead of 'Hold'.

[@TWOKDOK1]

@@Huddison thank you. Isn’t it wonderful when the scales fall from your eyes and all is revealed? That is a particularly frequent serendipity for me these days in the ‘Great Mystery’ that is MSFS2020.

[@Huddison]

@@TWOKDOK1 I'm always discovering new wonders with the Sim too.

[@TWOKDOK1]

@@Huddison So, does that make us aviation pioneers…”to boldly go….” Etc.?

[@Simjack2021]

I fly fighters with a rear seat pilot that have a working cockpit but I cannot get there. Any help would be great.

[@Huddison]

This video may help: czcams.com/video/DsxPHWZ1OEg/video.html

[@Simjack2021]

I actually found an easy way to view the rear seat pilot; just go into cameras and find the "View copilot" setting.