Will the game have any form of cinematic camera?

[Decado]

First up I have to say, I love the game. I love the models, I love the 40k fluff and detail. I honestly can’t wait to sink my teeth into the campaign.

One thing I’ve wondered though from both playing and re-watching a lot of the trailers, will there be a cinematic camera? It’s particularly troublesome getting in close to the ships as they currently are, and you can never sort of free camera look at them to watch the battles from perfect angles.

I notice in the trailers there’s certain footage which doesn’t have the background grid, but does have the green ui icon around the ship and the line beneath it – so I wonder if there’s a way to not only disable the grid, but also make the battles appear more cinematic via a different camera option? I realise a lot of the footage in the trailers is made up from existing cutscenes and what not, but some are super cinematic (check the imperial ship overview trailer) with those ingame green icons as mentioned, which makes me wonder if more is possible.

Also special shout out to the brief introductory video of your fleet rocking up to a battle, and the final explosion (even though its currently very buggy). The more cinematic stuff the better! Would love a switch of camera to 3rd person on the ship or what not to highlight big hits! That plus heavier bass in the weapon sounds would be just swell :)

Good work and good luck with the release, hoping this one kicks some tail.

*edit - by the way check the footage in this trailer at the 1:01 mark - approximiately 2 scenes showing the ingame ui - appearing more cinematic than my own games so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOW-NCdKgj4

[Warlord]

I hope so. Is there a replay battle options so you can just watch previous battles and zoom around gawking?

If not there should be.

[Vanders]

I loved activating cinema mode and sitting back to watch my Star Destroyers tear apart rebel scum in Empire at War, so I really hope they include a cinematic camera to toggle on and off at the players leisure.

[Darth Alpharius]

F10

[Decado]

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

F10

Yeah? What does that do exactly? Hard to trust someone whose crossing Star Wars Evil and the Alpha Legion :)

[Darth Alpharius]

It removes the Ui so you can have a cinimatic mode

[Decado]

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

It removes the Ui so you can have a cinimatic mode

I'll check that out, but it's more I think than just removing the UI - the zoom for example, you cant get right up close to the ships, well not with them selected. I'll check out F10 however, sounds like a step in the right direction.

[Decado]

bam! You're right - F10 is perfect!