Camera Mod

[エズィデニアサ]

This camera is bugging me. The ony camera angle allows me to emotional dive into the city but it doesn't allow me to built properly the other own is the other way around. Why oh wy there is no free camera where I can pick the angle I would love to built I have no idea. Not to mention that the camera is so senstiv that it just flys over the place, expecially if you rotate.

So what about a mod? Well even for the older Games, for the XL Games I found allot of talking about camera mods. But the mods itself don't seem to exist at all. So maybe you know where a mod could be? Or if someone is planning one. And if I should look all over the place or if they will be here in steam? It really takes me any feel of gameplay. I just don't get to know my city. It is like SimCity 1. The game may still be good gameplaywise from this perspective but that is all, it doesn't influences you emotional if you can't see the hight of the places and the little bushes and everything.

[r 0 z i j n]

There was a camera mod in XL that let you use the camera as in simcity13, dont remember it's name....ask on xlnation.

[Linotype]

There's s free camera ingame, don't know if it's new in CXXL. Use the postcard view (C), go to ground (zooming in), then push the middle button of your mouse, move with directional keys.

Et volià, yo can freely fly around.

[Birdynator 🐦]

Right! The game itself is absolutely ok but it is the poor camera killing it!
The fly cam in postcard-mode (press c, zoom all in, hold wheel) is more like it should be but it is not made to build the city with.

Isn't there any skilled modder who can make a proper camera mod?
Like the camera in tropico 3 /4 for example?

I think the game needs:
- better angle
- less sensible rotation
- wsad to move the camera

[r 0 z i j n]

Found it on XL nation, and it works as is on XXL

http://xlnation.city/resources/camera-tilt-mod-adjusted.1178/

Slows sensitivity
gives tilt

tilt is a little shaky, but better then no tilt

[Birdynator 🐦]

Originally posted by r 0 z i j n:

Found it on XL nation, and it works as is on XXL

http://xlnation.city/resources/camera-tilt-mod-adjusted.1178/

Slows sensitivity
gives tilt

tilt is a little shaky, but better then no tilt

Thanks for sharing. It works but it makes my shadows fuzzy :(

[r 0 z i j n]

There is a version with shadowfix i think....search the site.

[Birdynator 🐦]

Originally posted by r 0 z i j n:

There is a version with shadowfix i think....search the site.

The file is even named "AdjustedCameraModShadowFix.patch" but it still makes the shadows fuzzy. Maybe the fix just doesn't work with XXL.

Or is it just me?

[Bad Whippet]

Originally posted by LB Birdynator:

Originally posted by r 0 z i j n:

There is a version with shadowfix i think....search the site.

The file is even named "AdjustedCameraModShadowFix.patch" but it still makes the shadows fuzzy. Maybe the fix just doesn't work with XXL.

Or is it just me?

The camera mod works but the shadow fix causes a crash. :( I still prefer the game with the mod and funky shadows though.

[Birdynator 🐦]

I am currently using the mod and it does not crash my game. The shadows are annoying but i can live with it.

[エズィデニアサ]

I have no problems with the shadows for some reason. I only have the problem that bushes and trees take a very long time to load. First you just see tha grass. Well it is better but it is still sensetive like crazy!

[Bad Whippet]

I've found that around 75% mods seem to work (I've added around 30 buildings from XLNation). Some favourites crash the game however, so it came down to trying a couple of mods at a time and eliminating the rogue mods. I suspect it's because the existing UI mod currently in Workshop for XXL doesn't contain everything that was in the previous XL version so I'm keeping the crash files to one side in case the UI mod is updated with more content.

[rovaira2]

Yeah the camera is still funky in XXL. I hope a better camera mod comes out.. I was just going to the forums to post the same thing. :)

[Chanlin]

Can confirm that camera mod does work, shadows flicker like mad though, except on max shadow settings, now we just need WASD mod so I don't have to have the keyboard hanging off the left side of my desk:P

[エズィデニアサ]

Originally posted by Peteyhome123:

Can confirm that camera mod does work, shadows flicker like mad though, except on max shadow settings, now we just need WASD mod so I don't have to have the keyboard hanging off the left side of my desk:P

Well first I thought WASD would be a terible idea because original those games had allot of shortcuts but it doesn't, like nothing at all. Back at SimCity 4 when you pressed P you ad the police station and so on. Not that I ever used that stuff but seriously good question why not WASD if you don't make allot of shortcuts?