Top-Down View Settings

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Hi,

When flying long distances I like to switch to top-down view (CTRL+S) to see
where I am. This is great during the day but at night the area I am flying
over is too dark to recognize. Is there anything I can do to change this
(other than the obvious answer of flying during the day)? I know the Map
view is an option but that pauses the flight.

Thanks in advance,
Luke.

 

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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:32:35 -0400, Luke G wrote:

> When flying long distances I like to switch to top-down view (CTRL+S) to see
> where I am. This is great during the day but at night the area I am flying
> over is too dark to recognize. Is there anything I can do to change this
> (other than the obvious answer of flying during the day)? I know the Map
> view is an option but that pauses the flight.

Why not download and instal FS Moving Map? Then you can either have a real
chart in your kneeboard (F10 key), or a full-screen chart view?

It is available for free at http://avsim.com The program and available
calibrated charts are separate downloads... (massive files!)

Bill

 

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Luke G wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When flying long distances I like to switch to top-down view (CTRL+S)
> to see where I am. This is great during the day but at night the
> area I am flying over is too dark to recognize. Is there anything I
> can do to change this (other than the obvious answer of flying during
> the day)? I know the Map view is an option but that pauses the
> flight.
> Thanks in advance,
> Luke.

Switch to full moon?


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"Luke G" <send@to.newsgroup> wrote in
news:Q%bQe.2414$Ld.580990@news20.bellglobal.com:

> Hi,
>
> When flying long distances I like to switch to top-down view (CTRL+S)
> to see where I am. This is great during the day but at night the area
> I am flying over is too dark to recognize. Is there anything I can do
> to change this (other than the obvious answer of flying during the
> day)? I know the Map view is an option but that pauses the flight.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Luke.
>
>

What about GPS? It's free and doesn't pause. You can resize the window
to almost full screen by clicking and dragging. Click on terrain for more
detail...

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Bill Leaming wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:32:35 -0400, Luke G wrote:
>
>
>>When flying long distances I like to switch to top-down view (CTRL+S) to see
>>where I am. This is great during the day but at night the area I am flying
>>over is too dark to recognize. Is there anything I can do to change this
>>(other than the obvious answer of flying during the day)? I know the Map
>>view is an option but that pauses the flight.
>
>
> Why not download and instal FS Moving Map? Then you can either have a real
> chart in your kneeboard (F10 key), or a full-screen chart view?
>
> It is available for free at http://avsim.com The program and available
> calibrated charts are separate downloads... (massive files!)
>
> Bill

Which suprize, suprize. now has its own website

http://www.ranainside.com/software_flightsim_movingmap.html

Well I never ;-)