Is it possible to make the battle camera go up higher?

**mrtwisties** · 12-02-2007, 10:44

I've noticed that when I'm in a battle where there's a huge temple, I can move the camera up the temple's spire, then fly back out over the battlefield at a great height.

I really like this perspective. I can see everything. Is there any way of modding the game so I can achieve it without having a temple in every battle?

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 12-02-2007, 11:51

I know what you mean, and I wish you could too, but I don't think there is any way.

**Pharnakes** · 12-02-2007, 12:23

Yes, you can edit something in the prefrences.txt, something like max zoom and min zoom, IIRC. I'm not sure cause I've never done it, but give it a try.

**mrtwisties** · 12-02-2007, 13:06

I was so excited.

But I had a poke through the preferences.txt, and then through the forum postings about preferences.txt. I haven't found anything like max or min zoom settings.

I'm wondering whether I could script some sort of camera bookmarks...

**Pharnakes** · 12-02-2007, 13:08

Hmm, IDK. Sorry for giving you false hope.

**TiFlo** · 12-04-2007, 04:08

Hi mrtwisties,
Maybe this is what you're looking for : into preferences.txt, find the line CAMERA_FOV:75.000000 (or whathever the number here is). This controls the battle camera zoom out. Mine is set to 85.000000, so further than vanilla. I don't even remember what it originaly looked like...

**Mouzafphaerre** · 12-04-2007, 04:28

Originally Posted by TiFlo

Hi mrtwisties,
Maybe this is what you're looking for : into preferences.txt, find the line CAMERA_FOV:75.000000 (or whathever the number here is). This controls the battle camera zoom out. Mine is set to 85.000000, so further than vanilla. I don't even remember what it originaly looked like...

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Thanks for the tip mate!

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**mrtwisties** · 12-04-2007, 05:36

TiFlo, I could kiss you. Looks like the camera_fov setting changes the field of view, or the angle at which you look at things. Putting it over 180, for example, puts your field of vision upside down.

**TiFlo** · 12-04-2007, 23:16

You're welcome !

**Maeran** · 12-05-2007, 01:06

Is there any way of making this go below head hight? It's not a major issue, but when I'm brave enough to use general cam, it irks me that I'm actually seeing things like he would if he stood on the horse's back like a circus act.

**Maksimus** · 12-05-2007, 16:11

Originally Posted by TiFlo

Hi mrtwisties,
Maybe this is what you're looking for : into preferences.txt, find the line CAMERA_FOV:75.000000 (or whathever the number here is). This controls the battle camera zoom out. Mine is set to 85.000000, so further than vanilla. I don't even remember what it originaly looked like...

oh... very nice .)