Camera Pull-back Distance

Twoboxer2 · 05-17-2007, 04:21 AM

At a raid where max camera pullback was necessary, it became clear guildmates could park face-in in a corner and see much further back into the room than I could. This was confirmed when we posted screenshots.

At first I thought it was due to my resolution - running 1920x1200 on a 24" widescreen, but lower resolutions gave no more pull back. BTW, the "Max Camera Distance" was set to "Far".

Then I logged in a character on my second account/second PC to compare screens. That PC has a small 4x3 monitor at 1024x768. Sure enough the pull back was much greater.

I then opened the Options/Controls/ViewOptions panels on both machines to compare settings, hoping to fix my widescreen. I noticed the "Max Camera Distance" on the SMALL screen was actually set in the middle of the range, yet it had a much deeper pullback than the widescreen had at the "Far" setting.

Sooooo . . . I adjusted the slider to "Far" . . . and WHOMP, I lost pullback distance. The two screens now had identical pullback, and neither could be improved.

Can anyone help me out here?

Kir · 05-17-2007, 04:46 PM

wow no idea, I know character size had a lot to do with it also. Larger characters since I believe the camera pull back is static appear to have less pull back distance because the character takes up more screen space. But it sounds like you can acheive the same results using the slider not dependent on race size? Interesting ill have to play with it and see what my findings are.

thats been one major complaint I have had really, I like to zoom really far out on my character sometimes to see whats going on around me.

xOnaton1 · 05-18-2007, 07:54 PM

Here's your problem: http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...id=42771#349566 Othesus - Dirge - Lucan DLere Vaspar - Fury - Lucan DLere

05-17-2007, 04:21 AM	#1
Twoboxer2 Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 131	At a raid where max camera pullback was necessary, it became clear guildmates could park face-in in a corner and see much further back into the room than I could. This was confirmed when we posted screenshots. At first I thought it was due to my resolution - running 1920x1200 on a 24" widescreen, but lower resolutions gave no more pull back. BTW, the "Max Camera Distance" was set to "Far". Then I logged in a character on my second account/second PC to compare screens. That PC has a small 4x3 monitor at 1024x768. Sure enough the pull back was much greater. I then opened the Options/Controls/ViewOptions panels on both machines to compare settings, hoping to fix my widescreen. I noticed the "Max Camera Distance" on the SMALL screen was actually set in the middle of the range, yet it had a much deeper pullback than the widescreen had at the "Far" setting. Sooooo . . . I adjusted the slider to "Far" . . . and WHOMP, I lost pullback distance. The two screens now had identical pullback, and neither could be improved. Can anyone help me out here? __________________

05-17-2007, 04:46 PM	#2
Kir General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 212	wow no idea, I know character size had a lot to do with it also. Larger characters since I believe the camera pull back is static appear to have less pull back distance because the character takes up more screen space. But it sounds like you can acheive the same results using the slider not dependent on race size? Interesting ill have to play with it and see what my findings are. thats been one major complaint I have had really, I like to zoom really far out on my character sometimes to see whats going on around me.

05-18-2007, 07:54 PM	#3
xOnaton1 Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 829	Here's your problem: http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...id=42771#349566 Othesus - Dirge - Lucan DLere Vaspar - Fury - Lucan DLere