Submitted on Holodeck as ticket #3,388,996
This bug was reported on Tribble before Season 10.
Tribble ticket #49,744: Camera distance resets after being set with /camdist
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1431521
The camera distance resets after I set it using the command /camdist. Sometimes, the camera distance resets immediately. Sometimes, it may take up to 10 seconds or so. Sometimes, the camera distance does not reset until I log the character out and log back in. Watch the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPvdlWLo3Z8
Running commands
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Steps to reproduce
1. Log on to Sarine@frtoaster.
2. Go to the Sol System.
3. Use the mouse wheel or the "Page Up" key to zoom in as far possible.
4. Run "/camdist 100".
5. Wait approximately 10 seconds for the camera distance to reset.
6. Run "/camdist 100" again.
7. Move the ship around and look around with the mouse. The camera distance appears to stay.
8. Press Esc, click "Change Character", and then click "OK".
9. Click "Play" to log in again. The camera distance resets again.
10. Use the mouse wheel or the "Page Down" key to zoom out as far possible.
11. Run "/camdist 100".
12. Wait approximately 10 seconds for the camera distance to reset.
13. Run "/camdist 100" again.
14. Move the ship around and look around with the mouse. The camera distance appears to stay.
15. Press Esc, click "Change Character", and then click "OK".
16. Click "Play" to log in again. The camera distance resets again.
17. Warp out to sector space.
18. Use the mouse wheel or the "Page Up" key to zoom in as far possible.
19. Run "/camdist 20".
20. Wait approximately 10 seconds for the camera distance to reset.
21. Run "/camdist 20" again.
22. Move the ship around and look around with the mouse. The camera distance appears to stay.
23. Press Esc, click "Change Character", and then click "OK".
24. Click "Play" to log in again. The camera distance resets again.
25. Use the mouse wheel or the "Page Down" key to zoom out as far possible.
26. Run "/camdist 20".
27. Wait approximately 10 seconds for the camera distance to reset.
28. Run "/camdist 20" again.
29. Move the ship around and look around with the mouse. The camera distance appears to stay.
30. Press Esc, click "Change Character", and then click "OK".
31. Click "Play" to log in again. The camera distance resets again.
Waiting for a programmer ...
Comments
And with the new Dreadnoughts Ships the camera distance is a real Problem. How about Fixing the "camdist" command so the camera stays?
camdist 90 $$ AdjustCamDistance 0 $$ camdist 90
This is one of the zoom bugs that came with the sector space revamp of Season 10. There are older zoom bugs that date back to Season 6:
Holodeck ticket 3,271,917: Camera zoom bug from Season 6
Holodeck ticket 3,388,864: Saved mini-map zoom levels are not being loaded
Unfortunately, we've had to learn to live with annoying bugs like this over the years. By the way, if anyone knows a command to set the minimap zoom level, let me know. I would like to add that to my keybind too.