Camera Zoom in Turret View

Legion

This is something I really really wanna do especially on capships… Does anyone know if it’s even possible or better yet how to do it?

What I mean by zomming is that you can define scroll up/scoll down on the mouse to zoom in and out or define keys to do it!

Sushi

It’s not possible to do what you’re asking, as far as my knowledge goes.

StarTrader

Hahahahahaha!!

Don’t be so silly.

Legion

Was that aimed at Sushi or the topic!?

If it’s aimed at the topic I don’t see the silly thing in wanting to add this feature

OutCast

The only way i see to implement that - Direct3D hooking in client. And maybe that’s even possible ;D

Ezekiel

it’s possible !!!
I saw it in the FW TOW demo video ^^
don’t know if the author will releaser this function before the mod was released…

Bobthemanofsteel

Does Sushikinz have to eat his own hat now, or…?

Ezekiel

i think it’s done with DX hook, so i think there will be no release before the mod^^

FriendlyFire

Nah, Cannon’s done it for Discovery after seeing w0d’s implementation, and it doesn’t require DirectX hooking or anything of the sort.

Look at dates people, these posts were made two years ago…

Kazinsal

FriendlyFire wrote:
Nah, Cannon’s done it for Discovery after seeing w0d’s implementation, and it doesn’t require DirectX hooking or anything of the sort.

Something which I am really hoping for a public release of!

stops contributing to the necromancy in this thread

Ezekiel

i know i dig the post out, but i need a stuff like this, cause drive a BS without moving out the CAMERA is bad, and control the zoom with the mouse wheel can be good, so when i /drive my BS i can see it entirely, not only a small parts^^

And if it can be done without DX hook, its great Any idea of how implement it ?

Kazinsal

I know absolutely no client hooking whatsoever, so I wouldn’t be able to help. Though there has to be a variable somewhere that contains a zoom factor for the turret view camera that can be changed. Or maybe it’s a position thing, I don’t know.

Good luck getting it to work. I’m going to wait for Cannon’s or whomever’s version to be released publicly.

Ezekiel

i’m waiting too
(but i make some research and some test while waiting^^)

Sushi

Yep, as I said on other posts, FW:ToW will be releasing all the new features to the community once it’s out in final release.

Gisteron

if you want to see your entire ship, why don’t you write a custom cockpit ini file where the turret cam tether is just somewhat farer from the centre?

Ezekiel

Cause i want a far view for use the turret correctly and a near view to make some precise moves in astéroid fields and on manual docking on some special stations……

Lord of the Hell[X]

You have to make from constant a dynamic parameter… If you want dynamic zoom in turret view.

[Cockpit]
mesh = cockpits\liberty\models\li_freighter_cockpit.cmp 
int_brightness = 0.500000 
head_turn = 30, 120 

[CockpitCamera]

[TurretCamera]
tether = 0.000000, 20, ->230 <---- this constant
yaw_rotate_speed = 2.000000 
pitch_rotate_speed = 1.500000 
accel_speed = 5

[RearViewCamera]
view_position = 0.000000, 20.000000, 360.000000

adoxa

Attached is a plugin to use the wheel (in Turret View only) to change the tether value mentioned above. It multiplies/divides by 1.5 each turn. (See TurretZoom.c for installation.)

cata123

Works very good thanks .
Can the zoom-in be increased ?

adoxa

The value I’m changing is really only the camera position, so no, once it’s near zero, there’s nowhere else for it to go.