Screen shaking when hit

[hosser]

Hi all

I never played this back in the day (I had an N64 and later a GameCube rather than a PS2) but I loved the Rogue Squadron series and always wanted to give this a go.

I've played 6 missions or so but I'm finding the game very hard to play - not because it's difficult, but because every time I get hit, the camera jerks around like crazy - a bit like when you are shot in Call of Duty. Is this intentional or some glitch with my control scheme? (I use the Xbox One controller). The game can become rather unplayable when I am hit by laser fire multiple times in quick succession, as the camera jerks around wildly. If this is part of the game, is there any way to disable this behaviour?

Thanks

[hosser]

I should mention the controls are excellent at all other times - it's only when my craft is damaged that the weird jerking around happens!

[Infra_gammer]

You would need to find the code, and change the multiplyer of the shake. I do not know where this is however...

[hosser]

So it is an intentional part of the game?

[Infra_gammer]

yea, it sucks.

[Infra_gammer]

Even in the PS2 game, it was very shaky.

[hosser]

Thanks guys. Can't believe they designed it like that! Borderline unplayable when it's shaking around like that.

[Infra_gammer]

No problem, good luck bro!

[KilledJoy]

Originally posted by hosser UK:

Thanks guys. Can't believe they designed it like that! Borderline unplayable when it's shaking around like that.

Just imagine playing it with cheats like invincibility on ... the shaking gets intense as ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[SM Sith Lord]

I watched videos of people playing on console, and the screen does *not* shake as bad as it does on PC.

I think the screen shake is multiplied by your FPS, and I think it expects an FPS of like 30 or 60, because on my 144hz monitor, its insane screen shake. No sane dev would ever code it so strong.

[hosser]

Originally posted by SM Sith Lord:

I watched videos of people playing on console, and the screen does *not* shake as bad as it does on PC.

I think the screen shake is multiplied by your FPS, and I think it expects an FPS of like 30 or 60, because on my 144hz monitor, its insane screen shake. No sane dev would ever code it so strong.

Ah, yes that'll be it. I also have a 144Hz monitor. Recently had a similar problem with Vanquish before they patched it - damage was tied to framerate (normally locked to 30) so I was getting absolutely demolished in 1-2 hits from anything. :D

[Sarsben]

Sorry to revive the old post, but just in case it helps somebody-- I was having the same problem, and after watching some gameplay videos of a mission that was giving me trouble due to the excessive screen shaking and noticing that the shaking was nowhere near as bad in the videos, I came across this topic and saw the framerate speculation. So I used RivaTuner Statistics Server to limit the fps for the game to 30 and that seems to have done the trick-- I was able to beat the troublesome mission on my first try (after throwing myself at it repeatedly for almost two hours straight yesterday) because the shaking was greatly reduced.

If anyone else tries this, make sure you limit the fps for Europa.exe, not the Starfighter.exe. I tried the Starfighter one first, and nothing happened, until I figured out that the game's executable is (apparently) the Europa one.

Note: I have the game on GOG but I imagine the Steam version is the same, save for a different file path?

[KilledJoy]

Originally posted by Sarsben:

Sorry to revive the old post, but just in case it helps somebody-- I was having the same problem, and after watching some gameplay videos of a mission that was giving me trouble due to the excessive screen shaking and noticing that the shaking was nowhere near as bad in the videos, I came across this topic and saw the framerate speculation. So I used RivaTuner Statistics Server to limit the fps for the game to 30 and that seems to have done the trick-- I was able to beat the troublesome mission on my first try (after throwing myself at it repeatedly for almost two hours straight yesterday) because the shaking was greatly reduced.

If anyone else tries this, make sure you limit the fps for Europa.exe, not the Starfighter.exe. I tried the Starfighter one first, and nothing happened, until I figured out that the game's executable is (apparently) the Europa one.

Note: I have the game on GOG but I imagine the Steam version is the same, save for a different file path?

Congrats you necro'd a over one year post. please. stfu

[Some Random Avali]

This thread's the first result on Google, and the "Limit FPS" solution did not work for me. Instead, you can actually just disable the screen shake entirely by editing the game's AutoExec.con file to comment out the lines referencing CShakeCtrl.

In case any other travelers come across this thread from Google, the fix is here - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2928646233