Can the camera rotate, or is it fixed?

[handsy 0]

As title really, I can't see anyway of rotating the camera to a different angle.

Thanks

[Jayngo 255]

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.

[handsy 0]

Thanks for the quick reply - I thought I was missing something behind walls and other objects....obviously not

[Redglyph 0]

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.

[Boeroer 15,208]

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

[xzar_monty 631]

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.

[the_dog_days 1,548]

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.

[Theonlygarby 115]

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

[daven 823]

Neverwinter Nights tried to please to many people and ended up frustrating everbody.