I changed my camera view somehow...

Trapper439

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As I was playing the game (BTS with latest patch) I somehow suddenly changed the camera view. It may have had something to do with the right mouse button, but I'm not sure.

I've tried resetting the graphics options with "Restore Defaults" but that didn't work. Restarting the game doesn't work either, and the problem persists even if I start a new game.

Basically the camera is set lower to the horizon than it should be. ie On a standard size map (at the right level of zoom) I can see both tundra in the south and the northernmost cities on the map. When I press C to centre a unit, that unit is much further North than it used to be, if that makes sense.

You know how when you attack a unit the screen kind of turns 45 degrees as the fight happens? Now when that happens I can see far distant continents at the top of of the screen as the units are in combat.

Also, the grid squares on the map are no longer square unless I zoom out to planet view. They're rectangular. I can toggle between them being too long on the X-axis or Y-axis by pressing Alt-O, but either way the map looks really weird.

Any help getting the normal camera view back would be much appreciated.
 
I would also like to know how to fix this as I have encountered a similar bug. Sometimes upon loading from save file, the camera is rotated by like 5 degrees and I can't fix it. I know about shift and ctrl + arrow keys, but ctrl rotate goes to far and when i come back it's still off, and using shift to correct it won't lock it back in place so is goes back to being slightly rotated as soon as I stop.
 
Any help getting the normal camera view back would be much appreciated.

Bit of a long shot .....

..... but have you got "Camera Mode" set to on? You might have changed the ini file in the past and forgotten about it.

Camera Mode is switched on and off by pressing "ALT + Ctrl + F" - its a "Toggle" switch, and goes on and off by repeating same key strokes. If nothing happens .... its not switched on in config file (which is the default). If the screen view seems to go crazy when moving the mouse after toggling it - check the ini file as below...

It will only work (or the facility removed) if the config file is changed:

; Allow Camera Flying
AllowFlying = 1

(1 allow, 0 to disable)
 
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