Ahoy!
You have to look at the LODranges in shiparch.ini for ships and solararch.ini for planets, bases, other objects.

here's a typical entry:
LODranges = 0, 60, 120, 250, 500, 1000

modify the last value - for ships there seems to be a limit of ~5000 in Multiplayer, donno about singleplayer.
- if anyone knows how to bypass/change this pls let me know -

solararch objects work on longer distances - i havent tested a limit, but 10000-20000 works fine for bases - planets are usually visible up to 50k-100k.

hope this helped, Fjord

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If that wasn't what your after, shiparch.ini again, look for your ship (nickname - like li_fighter is patroit)
camera_offset = 8, 34
cockpit = cockpits\liberty\l_elite.ini

The camera offset - the 8 is up above ship, the 34 is distance back from it.
The cockpit is for turret cam. go to the file its talking about in cokpits\liberty folders.


[TurretCamera
tether = 0.000000, 8.000000, 32.500000
yaw_rotate_speed = 2.000000
pitch_rotate_speed = 1.500000
accel_speed = 5

Tether is 0 (off center left or right dist), 8 ( above the ship), 32.5(dist from ship), so if you pump the value up to around 200 (the one from ship) then that will give you a further off view from ship to enjoy the scenery.