Flying Camera Mode in 1.52?

[DementedAvenger]

This worked fine for me pre-1.52, but after the patch I haven't been able to get it to work. You just hit Shift-F to enable mouse camera and then Ctrl-F to enable camera flying, right? And the only thing you need to change in the .ini file is the "allow camera flying =1"?

 

[DementedAvenger]

I just figured this one out, in case anybody is interested. It's now Alt+Ctrl+F instead of just Ctrl+F.

 

[player1 fanatic]

Wow!
Never knew about this one.
It's great!

 

[ozza000]

Ah I didn't realise it had changed either. Thanks.

 

[Nestorius]

It works way better, too! Holding both mouse buttons down gives additional control. Also, if you get messed up, hit alt-f once or twice to reorient things.

But, DON'T hit alt-o for options or call up any screens that require you moving the mouse and clicking on something to close. You'll get stuck!

 

[RSL]

What exactly is flying camera mode?

 

[thordk]

you're able to place the cam anywhere and pitch and yaw it as you like.

 

[player1 fanatic]

It also feels like driving an airplane if you use mouse buttons for direction and mouse wheel for moving.

 

[Gyathaar]

I think reason it was changed was because ctrl-f is also the shortcut for building a fortification.. so if you had a worker selected when you tried to use flying camera before it would start to build a fort.

 

[DementedAvenger]

I think reason it was changed was because ctrl-f is also the shortcut for building a fortification.. so if you had a worker selected when you tried to use flying camera before it would start to build a fort.

Ah, that makes sense. Was this change documented anywhere?

 

[Thunderfall]

People should upload some nice screenshots taken in the free camera mode to the gallery.

http://www.civfanatics.com/gallery/

 

[Thunderfall]

I just added a few to the gallery:

See them here: http://www.civfanatics.com/gallery/browseimages.php?c=2

 

[MSTK]

Is there any way to change the sky? I love those dark black nighttime skylines with no stars, moon, or atmosphere and all, but it could look a bit nicer with some added details.

But I guess it would add some unecessary system resources. Rendering would be a pain in the system, unless it's just a static backdrop.

 

[lost_civantares]

That's exactly what I was about to say, but no, there is no way to change the sky.

 

[TheArsenal]

Hmm. Just checked the .ini file. Nowhere does this line of code appear. I wonder why that is? In any case, since it seems to be missing, where exactly should I add it?

 

[Thunderfall]

Pretty much anywhere you want. Doesn't matter..

On mine it's placed under [CONFIG].

 

[TheArsenal]

Thanks, but for some reason it's a no-go. Opened the ini file pasted
"; Allow Camera Flying
AllowFlying = 1" directly under [CONFIG], but it doesn't seem to work in game. Even started a new game to check if that was the case.

Odd.

 

[Thunderfall]

Did you use notepad's Find feature to find it? You could have a duplicate entry with AllowFlying = 0

 

[TheArsenal]

Thanks. Got it. Changed it in a similar folder on the C drive. Very, very cool effect.

 

[GIR]

WOW, did you see all the details (and animations) on the ships?