Camera Zoom out?

[SlikeyTre]

Just wondering if this is fixed yet? Been avoiding this title like some others til it was fixed. I know i could use one of the widely avail 3rd party programs, but i heard they ban people or at least did at one time.

[CWNE]

I know your pain, fortunately i dont struggle with PoE but with some games (notable dota2) i get really bad motion sickness from the super extremely zoomed in camera angle.

[SlikeyTre]

Just wondering if this has been fixed yet?

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by SlikeyTre:

Just wondering if this has been fixed yet?

Nothing to fix, as nothing is broken. This design decision may not be catered towards you.

Although for some selected scenes in the game, the camera is raised a bit. And even then you can sometimes see enemies idling in those, as they're far enough out to be culled from calculations due to optimization. (e.g. in beacon, for anyone playing)

[Mashtooth]

Words like fair are stupid and don't exist unless perfectly manufatured but even then there is provably a microscopic flaw in one or the other. Fair is an ideology nothing more, nothing less. Besides, I don't care if some mondo-geek-neckbeard wants to be #1 on the leaderboards. I won't remeber his screen name, nobody will really care at least people who have actual priorities.

I'd much rather have a larger FOV and be able to see the mobs.

[Brtzlmo]

I played this game for 250 hours and just came back. for some reason I can`t adjust to the angle/zoom level anymore^^
I would also like to get a fov slider or zoom just a little bit more.

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by Brtzlmo:

I played this game for 250 hours and just came back. for some reason I can`t adjust to the angle/zoom level anymore^^
I would also like to get a fov slider or zoom just a little bit more.

afaik you never could adjust the angle of the cam. you zoom in and out.

[Phobos]

The camera angle is rendered on the server...

[Detergent]

Nothing to be fixed about the camera. Its working as intended.
Saying you're going to wait till they "fix" it is like saying you are going to wait till CoD or Battlefield "fix" the camera so you can zoom out into 3rd person perspective.
No... Just no. Thats not how the games were designed to be played, PoE included.

Personally, I have played so much PoE that its camera feels like normal and other top view games feel strange to me. So naturally I would have to say leave the camera alone, its fine.

I would also like to point out that if you're playing on a old school 4:3 monitor then the game is going to feel extra zoomed in. Aspect ratio n stuff.
Try upgrading to ultrawide. It will probably feel better.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M3rvEnZYOZk/maxresdefault.jpg

Originally posted by Prophet:

The camera angle is rendered on the server...

No... Its client based. Using programs to unlock the camera proves this.

[SlikeyTre]

yea i forgot they give advantages to hardware upgrades instead of letting people zoom change the camera to their liking...

[Detergent]

Originally posted by SlikeyTre:

yea i forgot they give advantages to hardware upgrades instead of letting people zoom change the camera to their liking...

I think youre looking at it backwards. 21:9 is kinda the standard these days. Anything less is a self-imposed disadvantage.

I think its safe to say most games are designed around 21:9 nowadays. If not then you see that black bar across the top and bottom (Or worse, stretching). Kinda like movies on a 16:9 screen gives you the black bars.

4:3 <--Ancient -Diablo 2 and Warcraft 3 days
16:9 <--Old
21:9 <--Modern

[SlikeyTre]

u'll stop at nothing to defend forced design choice? I would be sympathetic if the view was rendered the same reguardless of monitor aspect ratio.

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by RandomHero:

Originally posted by SlikeyTre:

yea i forgot they give advantages to hardware upgrades instead of letting people zoom change the camera to their liking...

I think youre looking at it backwards. 21:9 is kinda the standard these days. Anything less is a self-imposed disadvantage.

Standard for me means that almost everyone has and use it. I doubt it, even when 21:9 gets more and more popular.

Locking a change in software behind hardware upgrades is always tricky. Only exception is the PC itself here. But someone should not aspect that I, as costumer, change my native display just to play the game in a sense which I used to.

But back to topic, like already said, its properly a design desicion to not let player more zoom out or rotate the cam. Reason could be that they modelled the world in this way how she is now. If you would rotate you'll end up viewieng behind the models. Zooming too much out can end up in a similar fashion. That the only 2 option which comes to my mind, when devs locking the cam in a scenario like these.

[Detergent]

Originally posted by SlikeyTre:

u'll stop at nothing to defend forced design choice? I would be sympathetic if the view was rendered the same reguardless of monitor aspect ratio.

Can you even think of a game that forces less then 21:9 ratio? I can't.
http://i.imgur.com/na36ep8.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wc030RnK5lY/maxresdefault.jpg
http://www.wsgf.org/f/u/imagecache/node-gallery-display/contrib/dr/21546/extras/Torchlight%20II%202012.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KTmfD2ZXtlY/maxresdefault.jpg Even League of Legends (pvp focused)

Technology is growing at a exciting pace. Asking it to slow down for YOU is just selfish.

-EDIT: "forced design choice" this part made me laugh. I dare you to find a game without a forced design choice camera.
-Spoiler, even if you mention Skyrim with some bizarre camera mod, thats a design the game forces you to choose. =P

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by RandomHero:

Originally posted by SlikeyTre:

u'll stop at nothing to defend forced design choice? I would be sympathetic if the view was rendered the same reguardless of monitor aspect ratio.

Can you even think of a game that forces less then 21:9 ratio? I can't.

between support and forcing is a difference.

support = the software allow you to you use this thing
force = the software want you to use this thing without allowing the user to change

[Detergent]

Hey guys, look at my zoomed out camera. Fun stuff.
https://i.gyazo.com/7ed0b5a1695e0fa39c542a0d2d239f47.jpg

Now if you excuse me, I got to lay down. Got whiplash trying to look at my mana and health globe at the same time.