AngelOmnipotent
14-03-2006, 08:37 PM
As it stands the current and ONLY camera option is a Drive Camera that always stays behind the character...
Why? lol
It's extremely clumsy to control with, especially when you're in one of the more "physical" dungeons that require you to jump, fall and walk across very very narrow pathways. Granted you can move the camera when you're still, but as soon as you start to move again it shoots back behind you at such a blinding speed if you're trying to make a hard jump then 90% of the time the camera screws it up.
Also it makes it hard for a Rogue to sneak effectively. To have a free-moving camera, or even a basic top-down camera with the option to vary height will make it a lot easier as then the Rogue can actually see if anything is sneaking up behind them as they go through a quest such as Stealthy Reposession for instance.
The argument against this is that you can only see where you're going and the camera is meant to represent that, but a person doesn't have to stop on the spot to move the camera (turn their head), they can look over their shoulder whilst walking at the same time.
Just make it a toggle-able camera setting with a delay on it resetting to back behind the character, it would make life a lot easier to move around.
Why? lol
It's extremely clumsy to control with, especially when you're in one of the more "physical" dungeons that require you to jump, fall and walk across very very narrow pathways. Granted you can move the camera when you're still, but as soon as you start to move again it shoots back behind you at such a blinding speed if you're trying to make a hard jump then 90% of the time the camera screws it up.
Also it makes it hard for a Rogue to sneak effectively. To have a free-moving camera, or even a basic top-down camera with the option to vary height will make it a lot easier as then the Rogue can actually see if anything is sneaking up behind them as they go through a quest such as Stealthy Reposession for instance.
The argument against this is that you can only see where you're going and the camera is meant to represent that, but a person doesn't have to stop on the spot to move the camera (turn their head), they can look over their shoulder whilst walking at the same time.
Just make it a toggle-able camera setting with a delay on it resetting to back behind the character, it would make life a lot easier to move around.