External camera cannot follow aircraft?

crazypete · 04-25-09, 08:47 PM

Hey fellow captains....I've done a few searches and looked around but I cannot seem to figure out why I cannot select aircraft with my external camera using . and , . It works with ships and my sub just fine.

I miss this from SH3 as it was much more entertaining to watch planes on their attack runs.

Do I need to do something to enable this?

Sailor Steve · 04-27-09, 11:44 AM

Nope, they disabled it for SH4. If there's a mod that makes it work I'd love to know, but don't count on it.

crazypete · 04-27-09, 12:04 PM

Thanks, dude!

This is what I suspected and its kind of daft considering the much better aircraft models. Plus....I dont know about you guys, but I can never see the incoming aircraft unless I see them externally first.

Oh well....lets hope the modding community re-enables this in the next big "grey wovles" expansion.

SteamWake · 04-27-09, 12:11 PM

Not aware of any 'Grey Wolve' expansion for SH4.

Never spent too much time watching the aircraft honestly Im usually diving and running for my life :rotfl:

crazypete · 04-27-09, 12:21 PM

I love aircraft!

I buy the best AA weapons and load up a full crew of crack gunnery experts jingling with medals to improve their efficiency and watch the planes just rain down from the sky.

It's just not as fulfilling watching a distant plane hurtling torwards the water as watching them get shot down from a chase camera!

Akula4745 · 05-24-09, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Not aware of any 'Grey Wolve' expansion for SH4.

Never spent too much time watching the aircraft honestly Im usually diving and running for my life :rotfl:

I'm with you, SW!!! It would be nice to get closer to the planes tho... with the external camera only! LOL

Kipparikalle · 05-31-09, 11:30 AM

Yeah, it would be good to have that external view for aircrafts too.
As for the aircrafts, the brighter tracers are really helping me shooting the planes down. Already have destroyed ALL planes that have attacked me.

sergbuto · 06-05-09, 01:58 PM

My guess is that external camera has been enabled only for sea units in SH4 because of the camera bug for land units in SH3.

My other guess is that might be hidden in .ACT files. Provided the corresponding section is found, one can compare it with that of SH3 using hex-editor and maybe bring back the possiblity to fix the external camera on planes, etc.

RICH12ACE · 07-27-09, 08:46 AM

i miss this to! when you put out a plane to spy with a waypoint in 1.5 you can not see it.

04-25-09, 08:47 PM	#1
crazypete Bosun Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 62 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	External camera cannot follow aircraft? Hey fellow captains....I've done a few searches and looked around but I cannot seem to figure out why I cannot select aircraft with my external camera using . and , . It works with ships and my sub just fine. I miss this from SH3 as it was much more entertaining to watch planes on their attack runs. Do I need to do something to enable this?

04-27-09, 11:44 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Nope, they disabled it for SH4. If there's a mod that makes it work I'd love to know, but don't count on it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-27-09, 12:11 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Not aware of any 'Grey Wolve' expansion for SH4. Never spent too much time watching the aircraft honestly Im usually diving and running for my life :rotfl: __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

06-05-09, 01:58 PM	#8
sergbuto Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,331 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	My guess is that external camera has been enabled only for sea units in SH4 because of the camera bug for land units in SH3. My other guess is that might be hidden in .ACT files. Provided the corresponding section is found, one can compare it with that of SH3 using hex-editor and maybe bring back the possiblity to fix the external camera on planes, etc. __________________ Serg's SH4 and SH3 pages

04-27-09, 12:04 PM	#3
crazypete Bosun Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 62 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Thanks, dude! This is what I suspected and its kind of daft considering the much better aircraft models. Plus....I dont know about you guys, but I can never see the incoming aircraft unless I see them externally first. Oh well....lets hope the modding community re-enables this in the next big "grey wovles" expansion.

04-27-09, 12:21 PM	#5
crazypete Bosun Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 62 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I love aircraft! I buy the best AA weapons and load up a full crew of crack gunnery experts jingling with medals to improve their efficiency and watch the planes just rain down from the sky. It's just not as fulfilling watching a distant plane hurtling torwards the water as watching them get shot down from a chase camera!

05-31-09, 11:30 AM	#7
Kipparikalle Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 580 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Yeah, it would be good to have that external view for aircrafts too. As for the aircrafts, the brighter tracers are really helping me shooting the planes down. Already have destroyed ALL planes that have attacked me.

07-27-09, 08:46 AM	#9
RICH12ACE Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: england Posts: 241 Downloads: 117 Uploads: 0	i miss this to! when you put out a plane to spy with a waypoint in 1.5 you can not see it.