MK's Zoom out Camera settings

[modernknight1]

With the new mod just hours away from release I need to provide this topic. This information will also be provided in the new “read me” file. Because of so many complaints in the past on camera view and players wanting to return the game to vanilla settings, we have decided to leave this version’s camera settings in that stock “close view” mode.

I myself have never been able to play the game that way. The problem is that I play with a big screen monitor and the vanilla camera view is both overly restrictive and way too close to the ship for my taste. I myself like to be able to zoom out so that I can see the action around me and watch my ship sailing from better views. Now one problem is that a slight warping can occur in your view at certain angles when you get too close to you ship – so some people don’t like these settings. Its a sacrifice you have to make if you want to view the battle, and/or your ship zoomed out.

So if you would like to change the game to my settings (because I know there are some people who prefer them) please read the following (below) in order to make the changes. If there are enough requests, I will copy my own files as a separate mod to drop in your game if you wish.

1) Open AICameras.c in program/sea_ai in a text editor like notepad
2) Adjust the following values:
3) Find this code and change as shown:

SeaFreeCamera.Perspective = 1.285;

// Ship camera paramerets
SeaShipCamera.Perspective = 1.285;

Change to:

SeaFreeCamera.Perspective = 1.885;

// Ship camera paramerets
SeaShipCamera.Perspective = 1.885;

There are 2X instances, so you will need to change them both.
This controls the wide angle of the camera.

NOTE: Of course this is personal preference so please experiment based on how large your screen is. I will move back and forth between 2.085 and 1.885. I currently have mine set to 2.085 and that’s what you see in most of my youtube videos.

SeaShipCamera.Max Distance = 1500.0 (defaults at 90.0)
This controls the maximum zoom out of the camera.

3) Save your file.

Now you will have a much wider view of sea combat and ability to zoom further in and out.

My preferences are to actually have a median value of about 1.885 for the perspective in most cases (but not all), because it keeps the camera from going into “fish eye” mode.
When piloting large Man-O-Wars 2.085 is best in my opinion.
When piloting smaller ships such as frigates, brigs, and corvettes a value of 1.085-1.285 works best for close ship fighting, but you will have pan more often to see what is going on.
If you want to get really close up in the action keep the perspective value low around 1.085 or below, but be mindful of the size of the ship.
Do not use values above 2.5 or below 0.995 because distortion becomes EXCESSIVE.

I do not recommend changing other values because the camera can start to become distorted.

Good Journeys & Good Hunting to yee Me Hearties!!! YAAARRRRRR

MK

• This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by modernknight1.

[Stéphane]

MK, you say you play with a large screen monitor, i m interested in that as i have a curved 34′ (3440*1440), is it possible to play the game for 16/10 ? what is the max def you manage to have ?

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