[REL] Extended Free Camera Height

Beery · 04-12-07, 06:02 PM

Here it is (this is the latest version):

http://www.beerymod.com/SH4/BeeryCamera3.7z

I have no idea what the maximum height it is (I'm terrible at figuring out hex code) - but it looks like at least a couple of thousand feet. It won't let you get beyond the outer limit of the 3D environment so that's good - I spent a long time making sure it didn't. Basically I got to this through trial and error. Maybe someone who understands hex stuff can tell me exactly how high the camera goes.

Here's an image taken from a bit below the maximum height (before the ground starts doing that weird flashing thing it does when the view gets high):

Sturm · 04-12-07, 06:11 PM

Original value was 70, yours is 1120. I guess they are using meters.

Boris · 04-12-07, 06:11 PM

Much better Beery, thanks

Mush Martin · 04-12-07, 06:52 PM

Beautiful thanks Beery

MM

Beery · 04-12-07, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sturm

Original value was 70, yours is 1120. I guess they are using meters.

How can you tell that stuff? I'm using Hex Workshop and even when I use the converter thingy none of the numbers is anywhere near 1120.

Hehe, I reckon if I knew what I was doing, what took me hours today might have taken only a few minutes.

Jungman · 04-12-07, 10:02 PM

Online convertors, remember to make it backwards. |00 00 38 42| would be 42380000 = 46 (the speed of our fast Mark 14 torpedo!)

http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/IEEE-754/32bit.html Hex single point IEEE format to decimal

http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/IEEE-754/Decimal.html decimal to Hex single point IEEE format.

It is a goofy format, I barely remember why from Computer Science class. Its format uses a coded mantissa and exponent to make more effecient calculations. Not a true hex number per sey. You can also represent those odd numbers like -9, or stuff like 0.00345 or 3.141526 E^6 power using this format.

Probex · 04-13-07, 02:10 AM

Thanks for your mod Beery!

I was wondering whether you could just as easily increase the zoom-in distance as well. I find that I can't zoom in close enought to look at the ships.

S!

CaptainCox · 04-13-07, 02:19 AM

Brilliant just what I needed to follow those "AM6's" around

W_clear · 04-13-07, 04:00 AM

I need it.Thanks.

L3TUC3 · 04-13-07, 04:10 AM

Great stuff.

Does this also increase the external camera speed? That's something I'd like very much. Zooming around to get close to anything from the sub is rather slow and using the "next target" button only resets your camera back to the sub once you leave it.

CaptainCox · 04-13-07, 04:31 AM

You think its slow even holding down "shift" while in cam mode ?

Sturm · 04-13-07, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beery

How can you tell that stuff? I'm using Hex Workshop and even when I use the converter thingy none of the numbers is anywhere near 1120.

Do it like I have done in image below. Value you should look is 32bit float. There is usually one space after each variable and the value is next four characters (if the value is 32bit float).
I use Base Converter to convert from decimal to hex value.

Beery · 04-13-07, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sturm

Do it like I have done in image below. Value you should look is 32bit float...

Ah thanks so much! I'll take another look at it now that I know a bit more about what I'm doing.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-13-07, 07:32 AM

Nice work

tater · 04-13-07, 08:21 AM

They did a better job with PH than Pacific Fighters did, but why did they add those docks to Ford Island?

It's interesting that many of the physical errors in places come from adding too much.

04-12-07, 06:02 PM	#1
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	[REL] Extended Free Camera Height Mod Here it is (this is the latest version): http://www.beerymod.com/SH4/BeeryCamera3.7z I have no idea what the maximum height it is (I'm terrible at figuring out hex code) - but it looks like at least a couple of thousand feet. It won't let you get beyond the outer limit of the 3D environment so that's good - I spent a long time making sure it didn't. Basically I got to this through trial and error. Maybe someone who understands hex stuff can tell me exactly how high the camera goes. Here's an image taken from a bit below the maximum height (before the ground starts doing that weird flashing thing it does when the view gets high): __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen. Last edited by Beery; 04-15-07 at 09:17 AM.

04-12-07, 06:11 PM	#2
Sturm Helmsman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 107 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Original value was 70, yours is 1120. I guess they are using meters. __________________

04-12-07, 06:52 PM	#4
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Beautiful thanks Beery MM __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

04-13-07, 02:10 AM	#7
Probex Soundman Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 148 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your mod Beery! I was wondering whether you could just as easily increase the zoom-in distance as well. I find that I can't zoom in close enought to look at the ships. S! __________________ http://www.oacsquad.com

04-13-07, 02:19 AM	#8
CaptainCox Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A Swede in Frankfurt am Main Posts: 1,897 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Brilliant just what I needed to follow those "AM6's" around __________________ DOWNLOAD MY MODS HERE

04-12-07, 06:11 PM	#3
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Much better Beery, thanks

04-12-07, 10:02 PM	#6
Jungman Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 596 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Online convertors, remember to make it backwards. \|00 00 38 42\| would be 42380000 = 46 (the speed of our fast Mark 14 torpedo!) http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/IEEE-754/32bit.html Hex single point IEEE format to decimal http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/IEEE-754/Decimal.html decimal to Hex single point IEEE format. It is a goofy format, I barely remember why from Computer Science class. Its format uses a coded mantissa and exponent to make more effecient calculations. Not a true hex number per sey. You can also represent those odd numbers like -9, or stuff like 0.00345 or 3.141526 E^6 power using this format.

04-13-07, 04:00 AM	#9
W_clear Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 111 Uploads: 0	I need it.Thanks.

04-13-07, 04:10 AM	#10
L3TUC3 Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 54 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 1	Great stuff. Does this also increase the external camera speed? That's something I'd like very much. Zooming around to get close to anything from the sub is rather slow and using the "next target" button only resets your camera back to the sub once you leave it.

04-13-07, 04:31 AM	#11
CaptainCox Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A Swede in Frankfurt am Main Posts: 1,897 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	You think its slow even holding down "shift" while in cam mode ? __________________ DOWNLOAD MY MODS HERE

04-13-07, 07:32 AM	#14
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice work __________________ Back in the Day

04-13-07, 08:21 AM	#15
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	They did a better job with PH than Pacific Fighters did, but why did they add those docks to Ford Island? It's interesting that many of the physical errors in places come from adding too much.