Best Camera Settings, For Smart Cam

[johnny.nbk.]

Hello Everyone, Johnny here. A few months back I made the switch from Smart cam ( which I had been using for years) to custom camera. I've tried custom out for months.. and i think Id be better off switching back to smart..

I tried switching back on my own but some of the settings are different. Every time i double bind..the camera zooms out more and more . so the more i bind, the more it zooms out. I've tried loading defaults and reinstalling armagetron, no luck.

so i was wondering if anyone knew good smart cam settings, Preferably settings that allow the user to see most of the zone like custom, but not not turn like custom and follow every movement of the bike. so zoomed out (past 120 fov)

[XD|VIPer]

Try loading these settings and see if they help.:

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CAMERA_FOLLOW_START_X -30 # fixed external camera start position
CAMERA_FOLLOW_START_Y -30 # ( relative to cycle )
CAMERA_FOLLOW_START_Z  80
# smart camera settings. Don't ask for support, they are very obscure and not even
# z-man knows what everything does. Units are often arbitrary.
# The code that uses them is really messy.
# The more obscure settings are lower in the section.

CAMERA_SMART_DISTANCE 4.0               # typical distance the camera keeps from the cycle
CAMERA_SMART_HEIGHT 2.0                 # typical height in speed units
CAMERA_SMART_TURN_GRINDING 5.0          # Amount of turning from grinding walls

CAMERA_SMART_MIN_DISTANCE 10.0          # minimal distance of the camera to the cycle in .3 meters
CAMERA_SMART_HEIGHT_EXTRA .5            # extra factor for height. Either this or the previous setting is redundant :)
CAMERA_SMART_HEIGHT_TURNING .5          # influence of turning on camera height
CAMERA_SMART_HEIGHT_GRINDING 0.0        # influence of grinding on camera height. In 0.2.7.1, this was set to 2, causing the camera to tilt down too far.
CAMERA_SMART_HEIGHT_OBSTACLE 1.0        # influence of obstacles in front of the cycle

# these settings determine the focal point calculation
CAMERA_SMART_CENTER_POS_SMOOTH 6.0      # speed of cycle position smoothinga
CAMERA_SMART_CENTER_DIR_SMOOTH 3.0      # speed of cycle direction smoothinga
CAMERA_SMART_CENTER_LOOKAHEAD .5        # amount of lookahead on top of smoothing, relative to speed
CAMERA_SMART_CENTER_MAX_LOOKAHEAD 5     # maximal amount of lookahead on top of smoothing

# now come the really obscure settings
CAMERA_SMART_AVOID_FRONT 10.0           # factor moving the camera to the side if it is in front of the cycle
CAMERA_SMART_AVOID_FRONT2 0.1           # another factor moving the camera to the side if it is in front of the cycle

CAMERA_SMART_CYCLESPEED 20.0            # typical cycle speed

CAMERA_SMART_DISTANCESCALE .2           # distance scale measured relative to cycle speed
CAMERA_SMART_MIN_DISTANCESCALE 5.0      # minimal distance scale in meters