Seeing through Video camera

[Fey Dragonette]

it'd be cool if we could see through the portable video camera while carrying it, just as an alternative method of finding the ghost room instead of everyone starting with therms

[mahashma]

If you're wearing head cams and someone is monitoring...

[Tyler Zeta]

What would be the point of seeing through the camera on your own head in a 1st person game?

[Fey Dragonette]

Originally posted by Tyler Zeta:

What would be the point of seeing through the camera on your own head in a 1st person game?

I'm talking about the video camera you're holding, not the head mounted camera.

[Fey Dragonette]

Originally posted by mahashma:

If you're wearing head cams and someone is monitoring...

Yeah but staying in the truck is boring. not to mention solo players.

[Tyler Zeta]

Originally posted by Radiant:

Originally posted by mahashma:

If you're wearing head cams and someone is monitoring...

Yeah but staying in the truck is boring. not to mention solo players.

But there's no point in seeing through it if you're wearing it.

[Fey Dragonette]

Originally posted by Tyler Zeta:

Originally posted by Radiant:

Yeah but staying in the truck is boring. not to mention solo players.

But there's no point in seeing through it if you're wearing it.

Again, I'm not talking about head mounted cameras my guy.

[reg1s7]

Originally posted by Tyler Zeta:

What would be the point of seeing through the camera on your own head in a 1st person game?

I think OP meant as a way to see ghost orb.

[Tyler Zeta]

Originally posted by EvanS_3826:

Originally posted by Tyler Zeta:

What would be the point of seeing through the camera on your own head in a 1st person game?

I think OP meant as a way to see ghost orb.

It would still be hard because half the players have them on tripods.

[RequiemsRose]

It would still point the same place you are facing. It'd be functionally the same as a head cam but a slightly lower angle, and just as subject to the difficulties of trying to spot a orb as your team swings wildly around and points flashlights over 1/3 of the screen. It's already bad enough that I can normally spot orbs in a lit room despite the brightness, the shaky flashlight hidden orbs are pure luck.

It would probably be better to have some poor guy crouch walking through the house with a tripod cam he can drop in a doorframe for you to tell him to move on each time you don't get orbs.
edit: my guess is that by 3 rooms cleared in this way, a teammate armed with thermometer or EMF has already found the room

[Fey Dragonette]

I'm just talking about one player, holding the video camera, no tripod, and having what the camera sees show up on the back of the video camera.

same in how on the photo camera you can see the image on the back of the camera

[snow]

Originally posted by Tyler Zeta:

It would still be hard because half the players have them on tripods.

I think you're trolling or what?

Actually it'd be cool thingy imo, but probably not to solo find ghost's room unless you have a teammate with a thermometer nearby as it can be non-orbs ghost and you just walk away.

[RequiemsRose]

Originally posted by Radiant:

I'm just talking about one player, holding the video camera, no tripod, and having what the camera sees show up on the back of the video camera.

same in how on the photo camera you can see the image on the back of the camera

Ah, that makes a bit more sense then. So the camera itself having the back screen display as you move? When it's in your control it's easier to manage for sure. The whole reason I can spot orbs in the light is because I play public a lot and a bunch of them completely ignore when I ask for lights off to check orbs. They'd rather mess around in the ghost room with the light on and wonder why the spirit box won't work and why it takes me forever to check orbs lol. For solo, it could definetly be helpful, but camera is usually a priority after the room is located since orbs is only an indicator of some ghosts so they may not happen at all. Temp and emf always happen, they just may not go to their extremes (EMF 5 and freezing respectively). It does seem easier but it's main function would basically be not having to reposition the camera every few minutes for a new angle, since you can just walk instead.

[Fey Dragonette]

Originally posted by snow:

Originally posted by Tyler Zeta:

It would still be hard because half the players have them on tripods.

I think you're trolling or what?

Actually it'd be cool thingy imo, but probably not to solo find ghost's room unless you have a teammate with a thermometer nearby as it can be non-orbs ghost and you just walk away.

yeah therm is still the best by far for finding ghost room

[TuChinz]

Originally posted by Radiant:

it'd be cool if we could see through the portable video camera while carrying it, just as an alternative method of finding the ghost room instead of everyone starting with therms

That'd pretty much ruin the point of having the monitor in the van and it would make the game way too easy. It's not that hard to find the ghost room and the camera doesn't even help find it half of the time.

[Fey Dragonette]

Originally posted by SuuperMatthew:

Originally posted by Radiant:

it'd be cool if we could see through the portable video camera while carrying it, just as an alternative method of finding the ghost room instead of everyone starting with therms

That'd pretty much ruin the point of having the monitor in the van and it would make the game way too easy. It's not that hard to find the ghost room and the camera doesn't even help find it half of the time.

Does anyone actually stay back in the van in group play anyway?

Its definitely not hard to find the ghost room since the thermometer makes it stupidly easy, just some variety would be nice ya know? also forcing the players to crawl back to the van to look at the monitor doesn't make for interesting gameplay.