changing the Camera to STW/MTW mode

**Aelwyn** · 08-25-2004, 01:30

You CAN change the camera view to TW style before the battle. It is in the options menu under control settings.

The thing that bothers me about the control style is you can't just look up and down anymore. Looking down actually brings you closer to the ground, it doesn't just change your viewing angle. I still have yet to be able to look up, unless i'm at the ground looking up a hill, then I can see up.

I would like the ORIGINAL camera settings back as an option. But after using the FPS style, I like it much better. So long as we can map the keys however we want, this will help me to focus on the battle with my mouse while I move with my left hand.

EDIT: Ok I figured out how to look up, and do some of the other things that you could do in the other two games. In the options menu under camera options make sure that option to see the battle in an RTS style is off. At least I think thats what it was called.

**Husar** · 08-25-2004, 02:05

1st: Yep, you can change it before the battle in the options-menu.

2nd: I´m lefthanded and like in MTW I can move the camera forward-backward with Uparrow and downarrow, up and down(altitude) with either my mousewheel or numpad / and * and I can look up and down with numpad - and +, so for me it´s still the same, don´t know if righthanded people used other controls before.
One plus for me then. ~:p

**afrit** · 08-25-2004, 06:24

I'm still playing with both RTS and TW cameras. They are both good. The main differences I found are:

RTS: allows a higher view of battlefield. Zooming in brings you at an angle to the ground. The fixed angle makes it easier to manage. To rotate camera sideways, left click and strafe right/left.

TW: allows changing angle of view (use + and - keys on num pad). Does not lift off the ground as much.

I'm pretty sure veteran MTW players will use TW mode, novices would likely go to RTS.

**slackker** · 08-25-2004, 10:15

Originally Posted by afrit

I'm still playing with both RTS and TW cameras. They are both good. The main differences I found are:

RTS: allows a higher view of battlefield. Zooming in brings you at an angle to the ground. The fixed angle makes it easier to manage. To rotate camera sideways, left click and strafe right/left.

TW: allows changing angle of view (use + and - keys on num pad). Does not lift off the ground as much.

I'm pretty sure veteran MTW players will use TW mode, novices would likely go to RTS.

but i rem the in mtw, u cld "lift" off the grd more...gives u a better view of the battlefield and lets u see the big picture. now when u enable total war camera, the camera seems to stick very closely to the units, not much option 4 u to lift off the grd and c everything. mayb temperin with the zoom lines in the perferences txt?

**Admin** · 08-25-2004, 10:30

You can also change it by editing Preferences.txt with Wordpad. Classic_camera or something like that. There's also Classic-gui, but that doesn't seem working yet.

It's great when games offer configuration also in plain text.