Question about civ leader models not facing you

[Mahi]

I'm not a graphic designer myself but I had my hands on some 3D drawing tools so here goes.
Since alot of traditional civ players (including myself) don't like the idea of civ leaders not interacting with you (looking at you) but rather facing another civ avatar isn't it a fairly easy fix to reoriantate the camera so the civ leaders look at you without needing to remodel anything? We see it in the gameplay that the models are facing the player when choosing the civ.
If they are smart they'll let people select which option they prefer. Otherwise I could imagine someone would mod this really quickly, if not hardcoded or if they drop the huge dealbraker for me: no to very limited mod capabilities.

 

[Cywil]

Since alot of traditional civ players (including myself) don't like the idea of civ leaders not interacting with you (looking at you) but rather facing another civ avatar isn't it a fairly easy fix to reoriantate the camera so the civ leaders look at you without needing to remodel anything? We see it in the gameplay that the models are facing the player when choosing the civ.
If they are smart they'll let people select which option they prefer.

That would be great.

 

[GeneralZIft]

I don't mind them facing each other if they are other people. But if it's me Vs someone else, they should face me. I am the player. At the risk of sounding narcissistic haha

 

[Mahi]

I don't mind them facing each other if they are other people. But if it's me Vs someone else, they should face me. I am the player. At the risk of sounding narcissistic haha

Totally with you. When I saw it the first time I actually thought: "Cool! We can see/interfere with other civs diplomatic actions".. and then I discovered it was the players own avatar and I puked a little in my mouth

 

[Deer]

Yeah, Civ5 really did leader screens right. Voice acting, graphics, background and the music! It was really something else.

 

[The_J]

I'm not a graphic designer myself but I had my hands on some 3D drawing tools so here goes.
Since alot of traditional civ players (including myself) don't like the idea of civ leaders not interacting with you (looking at you) but rather facing another civ avatar isn't it a fairly easy fix to reoriantate the camera so the civ leaders look at you without needing to remodel anything? We see it in the gameplay that the models are facing the player when choosing the civ.
If they are smart they'll let people select which option they prefer. Otherwise I could imagine someone would mod this really quickly, if not hardcoded or if they drop the huge dealbraker for me: no to very limited mod capabilities.

I'm not much of a 3D artist myself, but I know 1-2 things, and I am guessing if they do not have this option, someone will mod it.
There will be issues with the voiceover though, as the leaders are talking to each other. Either your leaders voice will be deleted, then causing a lag in the conversation, or it will stay, also breaking the "immersion".
Some of the camera movements might also be rather off.
EDIT: It might also be that the models will look as if they were of lower quality, as they will take up more space on the screen. That could prevent that such a thing is officially added.

I think there is a minor chance they decide to include it, or add it in a later patch, depending on how the opinions are after release.