camera settings for CTF

[premaDpG]

hey all! [this is for CTF mainly as i play CTF a lot]
ok i have a question. I want to get an "overhead" camera angle so when i def i could "zoom out" and get an aerial shot... it's really hard to describe it, but i guess it something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ds_ApEicqM
@1:28 with snak3 defing...and @2:35

how do i do that?

thank you!!
Prema

[sinewav]

You adapt your custom camera by adding new settings to your autoexec.cfg (or a specially named.cfg of your choice for INCLUDING). On the wiki there are many custom cameras to choose from. Find one that's close and adapt it for your own.

http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php? ... tom_Camera

Take your time, read, read again, experiment, ...win.


EDIT: Also, you can zoom in and out. There are keys you can bind to that (I think default is mouse btn .1 & 2). Get your hands dirty and you'll find something right for you.

[vov]

If you want to quickly change between cameras, put the configs for each in a separate cfg-file.
Then bind keys to switch to them by including that file, like
instant chat 1: /console sinclude camera1.cfg
instant chat 2: /console sinclude camera2.cfg
...
best solution i can think of, camera change with one keypress

[Phytotron]

The first example you reference (1:28) looks like a custom cam, but the second one (2:35) looks like it may be smart cam, which has a tendency to move overhead when doing a lot of turns in a short space like that. (It also will zoom in as you slow down, which appears to be happening there.)

If you literally want an overhead custom cam, the key commands would be...

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camera_custom_pitch -90
camera_custom_back 0

...and adjust the rest to preference (including whether you want it to rotate or not with _TURN_SPEED)