How to control FOV/Zoom while using CameraSetRelative6DOF (State 7)?

[Indus]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been messing around with SimConnect trying to build a simple camera tool for MSFS 2024 and I’ve hit a wall that’s driving me nuts.

I’m using SimConnect_CameraSetRelative6DOF to move the camera around, which works great for position and rotation. Problem is, as soon as I call it the camera goes into State 7 (Six DoF) and every zoom method I’ve tried stops working. I’ve tried AXIS_ZOOM_SET, writing COCKPIT CAMERA ZOOM via SetDataOnSimObject, even tried from an external app instead of WASM — nothing. State 7 just blocks it all.

I know ChasePlane manages to do FOV zoom on SU4 somehow, and I’ve seen a couple other addons handle it too. Does anyone know how zoom/FOV can be controlled while CameraSetRelative6DOF is active? Is there some method I’m missing?

Any pointers would be hugely appreciated, I’ve been banging my head against this for days.

[Voss1917]

@Indus

CameraSetRelative6DOF

SimConnect_CameraSetRelative6DOF camera is fixed and cannot be panned/zoomed

Version: 1.4.14.0 Frequency: Consistently Severity: Blocker Marketplace package name: N/A Context: SimConnect API Similar MSFS 2020 issue: N/A, but occurs in 2020 too. Bug description: Using SimConnect_CameraSetRelative6DOF switches the camera state to “7” (6DOF), which is fine. However, the camera is completely fixed. I can neither zoom or pan using keyboard shortcuts, nor do any of the PAN_* or ZOOM_* sim events do anything at all. Repro steps: Call SimConnect_CameraSetRelative6DOF w…

[Indus]

I’m aware of this yes, but I was wondering more how Chaseplane did it? Since they managed to get zoom / FOV working in SU4

[runshotgun]

We did not use SimConnect_CameraSetRelative6DOF, we made our own…