GU 31 Camera Change

Use the /rest emote, rotate the camera so you are looking at your character's face, then zoom in.

Trade secret!

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Thank you for your kind words. Your now making us give away trade secrets!
As Tess said that is one method we use. That method gives a "fixed position camera" in which we can pan the camera almost anywhere within 180 degrees. Thats the basic principle of it. We then use similar methods to get moving shots but though they can be a bit more tricky.

Your understanding with this matter, which probably only applied to a small percentage of players is much appreciated.

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thank you. it's always annoyed me that zooming puts me inside my characters' skull.

not a fan of the way the camera is acting in Dox during the tyrant fight.
Celestial, and everytime I start doing a combo, it zooms in and out during each tap or hold sequence. And blocking ends up forcing the zoom as well.

Well i made a little Video about this issue:

(well its not only this, but also the tyrant problem)
you see the camera zooming in and out
Edit: I play with mouse and keyboard

Well, yssandra, all I know is that, to me, you look like you're having fun! Maybe the camera would like to move in just a little bit closer, though.

Yeah i always need to watch out when it comes

Glad there's a thread about it.

This is just me going in and out of superspeed.

All's I know is this new camera system was messing us up in paradox tonight it was zooming in and getting stuck it needs to be fixed asap.

Here is a online version of the manual i found... Looks like it was back in the pay to play days but most seems relevant still...

http://www.dcuniverseonline.com/manuals/DCUO_Manual_PS3.pdf

I only have 1 issue, When tanking the camera zooms to first person and gets stuck when objects or adds are around the character. Makes it hard to tank trying to fix the cam to zoom out again every few seconds.

The quicker camera is extremely useful for Can't Stop. Sadly doesn't make it seem any less random, but at least I can keep an eye on the speeding loons. Three or four presses rather than about ten is a great improvement.

I'm still working on the fix for this issue, and it is taking longer than I had hoped. I do have a workaround though. If you turn off movement mode, the camera will stop zooming in and out when fighting large enemies. I realize that this is inconvenient, but it is at least an option until I can get a permanent fix pushed to live. I appreciate your patience.

Did you check your PMs?

Yes. You were on the right track, but it's not just being grounded, and not just in Paradox. When you are in movement mode targeting any large enemy and get temporarily knocked out of movement mode because of grounding, stuns, knock back, etc. the camera is resetting certain parameters in a way that is causing the unnecessary zoom. When movement mode comes back on automatically, those parameters get reset again, and you get more zoom. That's why turning off movement mode in these kinds of fights will work around this problem for now. Your camera won't change, so it will be stable. Once I get my fix out to live, you won't need to worry about the work around.

Thanks for the tip. I'm well past reproducing the bug now. My fix is almost complete.

Whenever you get grounded that camera goes all crazy.


I liked the old camera system better.

Check the post right above you.

Here's an alternative to consider. Instead of making the current distance save, which you mentioned is problematic, consider giving us a slider option for defining what the default zoom is. If it resets every time we zone, we would have control of what it resets to. That might be faster to implement and would probably take care of the lion's share of what people are wanting.

Lol good catch.