Camera Controls lets you jump between viewpoints quickly, plus save your own cockpit views per aircraft. Think of it as a little camera deck, built for muscle memory.
Top bar
When head tracking is running (or in preview), you get four quick actions:
- Pause / Resume: temporarily stops head tracking, so the view stays still while you tap things.
- Recenter: recenters your head tracking neutral point.
- Rebase: sets the current simulator view as the new tracking baseline.
- Glance: toggles Glance Mode on and off.
This bar is not available on iPad, since Camera Controls appear inline in the main screen, alongside the main tracker commands.
Tabs
There are two tabs:
- Custom: your saved camera slots.
- Default: built in camera modes provided by the sim.
On iPad the whole panel is shown with rounded corners, because iPad deserves nice things.
Custom Cameras tab
What you see
A grid of camera slots such as Pilot, Co Pilot, Passenger Seat 1 to Seat 4, plus User 1 and User 2.
Each slot is a button. Slots that are not saved yet look faded.
Tap behavior
- Tap an empty slot: saves the current X Plane viewpoint into that slot.
- Tap a saved slot: recalls that viewpoint.
Custom cameras are stored per aircraft, which means the same slot can hold different positions depending on the aircraft you are flying.
Long press menu
Long press any saved slot to show a menu:
- Overwrite: replaces the saved view with your current viewpoint.
- Remove: deletes that saved view from the slot.
Default Cameras tab
These are pre defined camera modes. Tapping one switches the simulator camera to that mode.
Typical options include:
- Default
- Free Camera
- Circle
- Ride Along
- Runway
- Tower
- Linear Spot
- Still Spot
Interaction with Head Tracking
Camera selection intentionally plays nice with head tracking:
- Selecting a camera pauses tracking first, so the view does not fight your head movement during the transition.
- When tracking is running, some camera choices also rebase the tracker to the chosen viewpoint so tracking continues from the new reference.
Quick recipes
- Set up your cockpit: move in X Plane to the perfect pilot view, then tap Pilot in Custom to save.
- Update a view: go to the new position, long press the slot, tap Overwrite.
- Remove clutter: long press a slot, tap Remove.
- Want a stable view while tapping controls: hit Pause in the top bar, do your thing, then Resume.