handsy Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 As title really, I can't see anyway of rotating the camera to a different angle. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayngo Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Traditional CRPG games like this never have a rotating camera. It wasn't until Divinity Original Sin came out that changed that. This game, PoE, and the pre-curser "Infinity Engine" games are 2D backgrounds, unable to have 3D camera rotation. At least, that's what I think I remember reading so many years back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsy Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Thanks for the quick reply - I thought I was missing something behind walls and other objects....obviously not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redglyph Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Neverwinter Nights and others had camera rotation. It's a shame, Unity allows that without any problem. They put the same limitation in Pathfinder, fortunately there's a mod to work around this artificial limitation for that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeroer Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) PoE and Deadfire are different. They are kind of "faux"3D: all the maps, backgrounds, buildings etc. are high-resolution, pre-rendered, handdrawn backgrounds that get enriched with 3D objects such as trees, enemies and the party. That leads to some funny things (try to cast a Rolling Flame up some stairs - that aren't really stairs but it's a flat picture) but imo it looks really beautiful and way better than a complete 3D environment. So there can't ever be a rotating camera whether Unity3D supports it or not. No idea about Pathfinder:Kingmaker. I also don't think it's a shame. Rotating cameras tend to confuse players' sense of direction. I absolutely prefer a fixed one. Being able to zoom in and out is great though. Edited October 28, 2020 by Boeroer 3 Deadfire Community Patch: Nexus Mods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I also don't think that a rotating camera adds anything significant to a game like this. The backgrounds are extremely well done the way they are, and as you say, a rotating camera couldn't really work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_dog_days Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 3:06 PM, Boeroer said: I also don't think it's a shame. Rotating cameras tend to confuse players' sense of direction. I absolutely prefer a fixed one. Being able to zoom in and out is great though. Also if the level design and art teams are working from one perspective then the images tend to be clearer on what are traversable planes versus non-traversable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theonlygarby Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 To each their own but I much prefer the static camera. In my experience the rotating camera is always a little janky. The environments look so much better in deadfire than crpgs with rotating camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daven Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Neverwinter Nights tried to please to many people and ended up frustrating everbody. nowt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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