Internal Free Camera??

Herr Russ · 11-15-06, 10:19 AM

Running Patched Vanilla...

I can use the external camera just fine, but when I hit 'Shift & F2', it just jumps me to another spot in the control room.. Is that a GW mod??

Thanks!!

AVGWarhawk · 11-15-06, 10:26 AM

I don't think so. Mine always puts me in the control room. I can move around and hit F2 and I'll be back in the control room again.

Sailor Steve · 11-15-06, 11:26 AM

Yes, Shift + F2 starts you at the back of the control room. From there you use the mouse and arrow keys to move around inside. Just be careful, if you go through the wrong bulkheads you can get stuck.

Herr Russ · 11-15-06, 12:57 PM

I must not understand what shift/F2 does then. I don't go through any bulkheads. (Maybe I don't know how?) All it does is move me in the control room. What other compartments can you go to?? Engine room, torpedo room, etc?? I've been up in the conning tower, to the bridge, in my bunk and to the hydrophone.. But don't know how to go through hatches or which ones I can go through..

Thanks!!

Ultraboy · 11-15-06, 01:13 PM

Shift-F2 starts you in the back of the control room, from there you can navigate using the arrow keys and mouse much like you can navigate with the external camera. There are no new compartments, but if you "fly" through the door to the radio room, you go to the radio room, and if you "fly" through the hatch to the conning tower, you go to the conning tower.

The reason people say be careful, is because flying beyond these points, or out through a random wall can cause you to become "stuck" or worse yet, it can cause the game to crash.

Basically, the Shift-F2 free-cam is a novelty that wears off quickly IMO, but it's worth at least once in each boat.

-UB

Herr Russ · 11-15-06, 02:36 PM

ok... Thanks for explaining it!! I thought I'd be able to see the diesels and such..

Russ

AVGWarhawk · 11-15-06, 02:54 PM

I think SH4 is going to have the entire submarine to walk through. This function should be great for that game.

John Channing · 11-15-06, 03:44 PM

Not sure where you goth this from. If you could point me in the direction of that information I would be grateful.

Otherwise I can see in about 6 months...

"TEH DEVS PROMISED WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE WHOLE SUB AND THEY LIED!!!111!!! UBI SUX"

JCC
Rumour Patrol

AVGWarhawk · 11-15-06, 04:42 PM

I do not remember where I had read this tidbit of information.

Sailor Steve · 11-15-06, 05:14 PM

The only reference I've seen in writing so far has been fans begging for it, or demanding it. Nothing from UBI, though.

11-15-06, 10:19 AM	#1
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Internal Free Camera?? Running Patched Vanilla... I can use the external camera just fine, but when I hit 'Shift & F2', it just jumps me to another spot in the control room.. Is that a GW mod?? Thanks!!

11-15-06, 10:26 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I don't think so. Mine always puts me in the control room. I can move around and hit F2 and I'll be back in the control room again. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-15-06, 11:26 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yes, Shift + F2 starts you at the back of the control room. From there you use the mouse and arrow keys to move around inside. Just be careful, if you go through the wrong bulkheads you can get stuck. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-15-06, 02:54 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think SH4 is going to have the entire submarine to walk through. This function should be great for that game. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-15-06, 04:42 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I do not remember where I had read this tidbit of information. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-15-06, 12:57 PM	#4
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I must not understand what shift/F2 does then. I don't go through any bulkheads. (Maybe I don't know how?) All it does is move me in the control room. What other compartments can you go to?? Engine room, torpedo room, etc?? I've been up in the conning tower, to the bridge, in my bunk and to the hydrophone.. But don't know how to go through hatches or which ones I can go through.. Thanks!!

11-15-06, 01:13 PM	#5
Ultraboy Gunner Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Mysterious Canadas Posts: 99 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Shift-F2 starts you in the back of the control room, from there you can navigate using the arrow keys and mouse much like you can navigate with the external camera. There are no new compartments, but if you "fly" through the door to the radio room, you go to the radio room, and if you "fly" through the hatch to the conning tower, you go to the conning tower. The reason people say be careful, is because flying beyond these points, or out through a random wall can cause you to become "stuck" or worse yet, it can cause the game to crash. Basically, the Shift-F2 free-cam is a novelty that wears off quickly IMO, but it's worth at least once in each boat. -UB

11-15-06, 02:36 PM	#6
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ok... Thanks for explaining it!! I thought I'd be able to see the diesels and such.. Russ

11-15-06, 03:44 PM	#8
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Not sure where you goth this from. If you could point me in the direction of that information I would be grateful. Otherwise I can see in about 6 months... *"TEH DEVS PROMISED WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE WHOLE SUB AND THEY LIED!!!111!!! UBI SUX"* JCC Rumour Patrol

11-15-06, 05:14 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The only reference I've seen in writing so far has been fans begging for it, or demanding it. Nothing from UBI, though. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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