But I still can't get it activated straight away (= ctrl-f6 won't do anything). Instead I first have to switch to edit mode, exit edit mode and only then it'll activate...(?)
Yes, this is possible. If you are in the same network, it is no problem. If not then maybe you need to configure your router (if you have one) for port forwarding.
I take your request very serious because in my opinion sponsering will become a more and more important part in the future of racing sims and especially in broadcasting sim racing events.
I was talking to Mika Radmer (commentator and head admin of the GameStar League) last weekend. He has found a way how to use my tool to get exactly what you are requesting. I think it is worth that I tell it here, because his idea is brilliant:
Define additional cameras in your cam file and define end node to a value of start node plus one (e.g. start node = 255, so set end node to 256). TV Director will unlikey select this camera to show a car during racing action. This is because the range of this camera is too short and TV Director tries to avoid every unnecessary camera switch. So TV director will select the camera with the larger range from start to end node.
Between two races, or between qualification and race (or even during the race just when it becomes boring if nothing happens) switch into edit mode. Then you can select your "advertising cams" by a simple mouse click in the GUI Additionally in edit mode you have complete mouse control over the camera (indeed you are just in usual shift-U mode) so maybe you can make a slow camera pan to show an overview of the track or something else.
After selection in edit mode all cams have a default FOV of 30°. Start node is the piece of track where the camera points to.
I do not have planned this feature, but this is what is currently possible with my tool
Has anyone created new cameras for the tracks that don't have support already in the program? For instance, FE Green or any of the Rallycross tracks?
If anyone has created cameras, could they please post the files here. Not only would it give everyone else access to them, but perhaps they could be included in the next release as well.
@Soeren: Is there any chance of adding these to the download in the first post? I re-downloaded the newest version yesterday and it would be helpful if it came with these cam files right out of the box so that users didn't have to hunt them down separately.
Nice program! I tried it a few times and I love it.
But it still has a few problems, imo. As stated before, when you place the cam too high or in a distance parts of the track disappear. But wouldn't it be an option to make a shortcut, so it automaticly goes to shift+u, moves the cam a bit, and goes back to the TV director? This would be faster and less work then doing it manually.
Also, when I don't select manual directing in the GUI, it sometimes switches to the onboard cams. As a function, that's really nice. But, when I exit the TV director, it appears that it has overwritten all my personal views (I'm using FlipCam for that already). Is there a way to restore my own views automaticly, after I close TV director? Now I have to restore them manually (thank god I back-upped them).
Well, nice program.
Oh one more small thing, not that important, but I noticed the track-side cams don't zoom very much. Not as much as on television. Would it be possible to make the cams zoom in a bit more?
Here's my Aston Club cam file. I tried to get it as close as possible to most cams like you see on TV. So it only uses 5 cams.