Change the default camera rotation?

[melcher kürzer]

Hey guys.
I really need your help. My goal is to play the game in a true isometric view (45 degree left or right). I will rotate all buildungs, improvements, light, etc. to fit the new view.
Easy so far.
Problem is i need to rotate the camera view to show the isometric view by default (normally you get this perspective by hitting ctrl+arrow key), so you get this perspective automatically when you start a new game or load a savegame.

I can't figure out how to rotate the camera by default myself. But i'm pretty sure it should be possible via python or the dll. Any advice or help? Please.

 

[AbsintheRed]

Unfortanely I never messed up with these before
Will look into it, but I probably won't be able to solve this anytime soon...

 

[melcher kürzer]

Hurray, Absinthe my hero!
No need to rush or solve the problem entirely. Sometimes i just need a poke in the right direction. So a hint where i have to look at may be enough and highly appreciated.

 

[AbsintheRed]

Hurray, Absinthe my hero!
No need to rush or solve the problem entirely. Sometimes i just need a poke in the right direction. So a hint where i have to look at may be enough and highly appreciated.

Ehh, don't get your hopes too high :/
Right now I also don't have any idea where to look for it, so really, no promises
But maybe if we both look, we double the chances
Btw, I assume you need this for the Colonization mod

 

[melcher kürzer]

Ehh, don't get your hopes too high :/
Right now I also don't have any idea where to look for it, so really, no promises
But maybe if we both look, we double the chances
Btw, I assume you need this for the Colonization mod

Don't worry. I will find a solution. I needed almost 5 years to figure out what annoys me so much about the civ 4 graphic. It's just the perspective. This stupid topview is more like civ 1. Now nothing can hold me.

And i have an idea where i (or we) have to look at. I find out the Afterworld-mod for Bts uses a diffrent angle aswell. No .dll, so i must be possible via Python. Maybe they use an event, i have thought about that too (calender research in civ 4). But i'm not sure if it would work with load/save.

And yes, it's for Colonization. But not for the official TAC-Version, more for my own variant.

Here is an example on how i want the game to look like:

Spoiler :

 

[God-Emperor]

There are values in the GlobalDefeins.xml file relating to camera settings, almost all are prefixed with the word "camera". There is not, as far as I can tell, a setting for a default angle. There are settings for a min and max angle (CAMERA_MIN_YAW and *_MAX_YAW, I think). I'm thinking that if the min and max are both 45 then perhaps it will force a 45 degree angle. Or, if you are really lucky, it could use an angle hlaf way between the two in which case setting them to 0 and 90 would allow you to have a 45 default and still keep the ability to change the angle by 45 degrees in either direction to get a different look (or let you click on the city when it is blocked by a ship, for example). Note: I have not tried any of this.

 

[melcher kürzer]

There are values in the GlobalDefeins.xml file relating to camera settings, almost all are prefixed with the word "camera". There is not, as far as I can tell, a setting for a default angle. There are settings for a min and max angle (CAMERA_MIN_YAW and *_MAX_YAW, I think). I'm thinking that if the min and max are both 45 then perhaps it will force a 45 degree angle. Or, if you are really lucky, it could use an angle hlaf way between the two in which case setting them to 0 and 90 would allow you to have a 45 default and still keep the ability to change the angle by 45 degrees in either direction to get a different look (or let you click on the city when it is blocked by a ship, for example). Note: I have not tried any of this.

You are awesome!
Thanks a lot. These settings aren't in the colonization GlobalDefines, but it's no problem to add them. No wonder i didn't find it.
And you are right, 45/45 will fore a 45 degree angle. But when you scroll you will get instantly a blackscreen. And i get lucky, it seeems the game uses MIN_YAW and MAX_YAW for the leftarrow+ctrl command and the rightarrow+ctrl command. The default angle is indeed choosen automatically between them. So using 30/60 do the trick.

Thanks again, this is so awesome!

 

[AbsintheRed]

Glad to see you guys have solved this