Free Camera Mode?

Talk about all things related to Railroads! here
Post Reply
Stratagerm
Posts: 4
Joined: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:30 am

Free Camera Mode?

Post by Stratagerm » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:43 am

Civ 4 has a free camera mode? Does Railroads! have it?

Also, control-F is supposed to toggle "Flying Camera", but nothing seems to happen when I've tried it. What's the Flying Camera all about?

Thanks!
Top
keotaman

Re: Free Camera Mode?

Post by keotaman » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:58 am

Stratagerm wrote:Civ 4 has a free camera mode? Does Railroads! have it?
Also, control-F is supposed to toggle "Flying Camera", but nothing seems to happen when I've tried it. What's the Flying Camera all about?
Thanks!
Yes, mostly.
Game must be paused for Cntl+F to work, then click & drag, and use the arrow keys. Hold Shft down for arrow keys to work faster.

Releasing from the free-mode is a bit tricky; best way I've found so far is Esc., then go to the Retirement Screen, then click Keep Playing, & then unPause.

Both pics were from same location, just different heights.
Top
choobacca
Posts: 190
Joined: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:46 pm

Re: Free Camera Mode?

Post by choobacca » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:55 am

keotaman wrote:...Releasing from the free-mode is a bit tricky; best way I've found so far is Esc., then go to the Retirement Screen, then click Keep Playing, & then unPause.
Or you can just hit Ctrl+F again to leave free-camera mode and return to your paused game.
Top
Stratagerm
Posts: 4
Joined: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:30 am

Post by Stratagerm » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:10 am

Nice! :D

Seems to work best on the stock maps. Flying mode on the Utah map quickly crashed to desktop.

While in flying mode you can move the camera outside the MiniMap boundary I described on the Wiki, and you can clearly see the terrain out there which is otherwise hard or impossible to view. You can even see out past the edge of the .tga tile! I didn't try moving the camera out that far, though, since it had been causing the CTDs.

Thanks!
Top
User avatar
Warll
Posts: 928
Joined: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:31 pm
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Contact:
Contact Warll

Post by Warll » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:10 am

Even thats not the easiest way. Unpauseing the game is so far the easiest way I have found to exit free-fly.
Image
Top
keotaman

Re: Free Camera Mode?

Post by keotaman » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:11 am

choobacca wrote: you can just hit Ctrl+F again to leave free-camera mode and return to your paused game.
Thanks, that is a lot easier. Don't know why it didn't work when I was first exploring, but it works now.
Top
choobacca
Posts: 190
Joined: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:46 pm

Post by choobacca » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:00 pm

Warll wrote:Even thats not the easiest way. Unpauseing the game is so far the easiest way I have found to exit free-fly.
Yeah you're right. This is how I always exit free-fly. Don't know why I didn't mention it. :)
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Chat”