Proper 3rd person camera

[Arbadacarba]

Would be really nice, am i the only one that likes to look at my ship while a zip around space.

[Hardie]

i would assume the 3rd person view with f2 isnt to your liking? Pressing f2 a second time lets you move the camera around with the number pad but that wont stay locked to the position you selected.

[XIII]

"Real" 3rd person flying would need dynamic UI elements, eg for aiming and stuff, as well as some physical camera movement.

Wouldnt mind 3rd person, tho I prefer the nice cockpits we got.

[Knottypine]

Originally posted by Hardie:

i would assume the 3rd person view with f2 isnt to your liking?

Actually, no. The position of the camera typically has the player staring at the engines. Myself, I use a mod and then adjust the camera to my liking.

I am in cockpit view 99% of the time though.

[zpc]

Even "only" knowing the current weapon/hull/shield status would be a huge improvement. (I'm playing mostly in third person, especially when flying capital ships)

For now I'm guessing when it's time to retreat and / or switch back to first person view to check the ship status.

[XIII]

With capitals I do find it pretty difficult to keep any situational awareness from the cockpit.

Well, I guess the map helps^^

[zpc]

Originally posted by XIII:

With capitals I do find it pretty difficult to keep any situational awareness from the cockpit.

Well, I guess the map helps^^

You can switch radar mode (IIRC you have to define the hotkey yourself). It helps a bit - the dogfight gravidar isn't really helpful on the bridge of the bug guys :)

[XIII]

Originally posted by zpc:

Originally posted by XIII:

With capitals I do find it pretty difficult to keep any situational awareness from the cockpit.

Well, I guess the map helps^^

You can switch radar mode (IIRC you have to define the hotkey yourself). It helps a bit - the dogfight gravidar isn't really helpful on the bridge of the bug guys :)

Yeah I think I always run the bigger mode? I usually just set the optoin and forget what it does xD

[Arbadacarba]

Also there’s an Auto camera mod on Nexus that does some cool stuff, like switches to the second 3rd person mode when auto docking for a nice cinematic effect, details like that are nice imo.
But yeah as stated above both 3rd person cameras aren’t very useful for more then screenshots, and would need camera tethering with more movement and adjustments, I know not everyone would like it so just an option would be nice.

[Erei]

You also have the livestream option since 6.0. Right click -> livestream. But it's only for beauty shots. And very random, sometimes the view just like to zoom on that paranid co-pilot. That was my fault, I shouldn't hire paranid.

[Arbadacarba]

Originally posted by Erei:

You also have the livestream option since 6.0. Right click -> livestream. But it's only for beauty shots. And very random, sometimes the view just like to zoom on that paranid co-pilot. That was my fault, I shouldn't hire paranid.

Yeah the livestream is cool for when your waiting around.