Controlling Camera View

[DeftlyPlayed]

New to Kenshi and can clearly see the potential here for it to be a great game to play. However....I find controlling the camera view to be very frustrating. To the point of being a true kill joy. I walk my character into a building in the city and try to do a view sweep of the room and find my view tossed way outside the city and off into the wilderness. Then waste a bunch of time trying to figure out how get my view back to the city and then into the room where my character is. The view function of this game is just horrible.

Any tips on how to control this thing? Any mods address this issue?

[Zee_]

Double click one of your characters to have the camera zoom to thier position and lock to them. The camera can be a little finicky at times and takes a little getting used to, but after a little while it'll become second nature..

However I've never had my camera shoot off into the distance, so I can't help ya there, sorry.

[Regyptian]

Yea it just takes some time to get used to, It's actually not that bad once you know how to control it.

You can learn all the camera controls under the option menu I think.

[Nyu]

just click on ur char. and press middlemouse button to rotate the view freely. and mousewheel to zoom in and out. move with wasd to the different directions if u are not locked on a char. not really hard. is like most games.

[oi__io]

You can also choose the character on the squad by pressing the number on your keyboard. If you want to select the first crew on a selected squad, press 1. Press 2 for the next person and so on. Press ~ to select all in the squad.

Double tap the number will move the camera to the person selected I think.

[paulbrittgarcia]

The camera will shoot off into the distance ONLY if your cursor is shoving against the screen edge!

[DeftlyPlayed]

What I mean about the camera moving oddly and tossing me out of the city is that I don't seem to rotate from one point. Pretend you are standing on a spot and just turn 360 degrees. Your view rotates but you do not move from the spot you are standing on. That affect is what I am used to seeing in games. In Kenshi the camera moves when I try to rotate my view. It doesn't just stand in place and simply rotate. Not sure how to stop this.

[yippeekiay]

If you are focused on a person in your squad (right click their picture) you can then rotate on the spot, I turn using the edge of the screen with the mouse (same for up & down) or you can use Q & E buttons. If you are not focused on a person just use Q & E buttons. Using the mouse & screen edges will straife or go forward/backwards like WASD.

[oi__io]

Originally posted by DeftlyPlayed:

What I mean about the camera moving oddly and tossing me out of the city is that I don't seem to rotate from one point.

This problem up here can be solve by this solution down here:

Originally posted by yippeekiay:

If you are focused on a person in your squad (right click their picture) you can then rotate on the spot.

In other words, if you want the camera to revolve around a character, you will need the camera focused on that character. Like I said previously, you can double tap the corresponding number on your keyboard to select the specific character from selected squad.

Or, you can double click on the character or their picture to focus the camera on that character. You can then pan and zoom and rotate your camera with that character in the center.

If you move the camera away from the character by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen for example, the camera will move freely and you will need to select that character again if you want it to be in the center.

Does this makes sense to you?

[Nyu]

someone make a tutorialvideo with buttoninput for helping with camera view pls.
i dont have a buttoninput software, sorry.
pls help op.

[bspawn]

Alternative to double click or double key tap to focus on a char: single right click on the char's portrait.

If you find edge-scrolling to get in the way, disable it in options > general

[DeftlyPlayed]

Originally posted by oi__io:

Originally posted by DeftlyPlayed:

What I mean about the camera moving oddly and tossing me out of the city is that I don't seem to rotate from one point.

This problem up here can be solve by this solution down here:

Originally posted by yippeekiay:

If you are focused on a person in your squad (right click their picture) you can then rotate on the spot.

In other words, if you want the camera to revolve around a character, you will need the camera focused on that character. Like I said previously, you can double tap the corresponding number on your keyboard to select the specific character from selected squad.

Or, you can double click on the character or their picture to focus the camera on that character. You can then pan and zoom and rotate your camera with that character in the center.

If you move the camera away from the character by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen for example, the camera will move freely and you will need to select that character again if you want it to be in the center.

Does this makes sense to you?

Does this make sense to me? Can't really picture it in my head but I appreciate very much the helpful comments and I will go and give what you suggest a try. Then, I am sure, I will understand; it will make sense. : )

Thanks to all of you for your helpful responses.

[DeftlyPlayed]

One thing I still don't get though is these suggestions involve rotating the view around a specific person. OK. Fine. That is good to know...

but...

how do you successfully rotate your view if there is nobody else present to rotate around?

For example: I once decided try on a bit of theivery. I went in a room and wanted to look around to see what was in the room so I could decide if there was anything worth stealing. I tried to rotate my view and as described above the position of the camera moved rather than simply rotating in place and while I was busy messing with that, trying to get my point of view back in the room, a guard came along without me noticing and caught me.

[Nyu]

just hold middlemousebutton. and u see the center of the rotation.... green arrows....

[yippeekiay]

I already said earlier, Q & E buttons on keyboard also spin view. I don't use middle mouse button as it's too sensitive for me.

[SnugSnug]

There are 3 settings in game for reducing camera sensitivity and one can also reduce mouse sensitivity externally for improved player preference.

The camera does spin around a fixed point whether the character is selected or not, roughly the centre of the screen, no matter where one has there cursor or character at the time of spinning.

Disableing edge scrolls as mentioned above can make life easier.