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forjoatinxan
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Did you really think we wouldn't notice? The camera zoom is back to far away!
My Odyssey is once again farther away than it was before.
Why did you guys reset the camera distance? On that ship, at least, it was fine. Are the other ships farther away too?
I just don't understand why you guys have to fix things that aren't broken.
-Forjo
My Odyssey is once again farther away than it was before.
Why did you guys reset the camera distance? On that ship, at least, it was fine. Are the other ships farther away too?
I just don't understand why you guys have to fix things that aren't broken.
-Forjo
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Stop the easily abused and unfair auto-silence "feature"!
My oldest post (that I can find)
Location: Houston, TX
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Stop the easily abused and unfair auto-silence "feature"!
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Vice-Admiral Methos Corinthian
methos71
I just posted about how I was getting annoyed with all the whiners, and then hours later I found out about certain fleet ships costing 4 fleet modules instead of 1. Now I'm not just whining, I'm raging. I love season 6; but to throw this Asian-F2P-ripoff junk into a good game not only angers me greatly, it makes me fear for the continuation of the game for the first time thus far.
Former/Cryptic Name: Captain_Hans_Langsdorff
Founding member, Special Service Squadron
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Former/Cryptic Name: Captain_Hans_Langsdorff
Founding member, Special Service Squadron
"Fear God and Dread Nought." First Sea Lord, Adm. Jacky Fisher
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STO Forum Member since December 2010
I have, though not in the same issue as this thread. When I warped out of DS9, instead of instantly warping out, my ship turned 90 degrees to the left and then warped out.
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Yes, I've been noticing this as well. Not a crippling bug or anything, just annoying.
What really sucks is that the camera in the ship store is PERFECT. If we could zoom in to our actual ships the way we could zoom in here it would be awesome.
Take a look. Maximize the store window and look at the amazing detail on the ships. Then beam to your ship and try the same thing.
Sad.
-Forjo
My oldest post (that I can find)
Location: Houston, TX
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Stop the easily abused and unfair auto-silence "feature"!
Sincerely, with my Armitage, I had absolutely no problems zooming in for screenshots at all.
That said, I read something else, around here, about target cams and such not working right?
I've yet to test all that. Yet. Will do soon.:)
Vice-Admiral Methos Corinthian
methos71
Scroll wheel on one's mouse works that all out, methinks.:) Just scroll back on that mouse wheel and all ought be well, yeah?
Vice-Admiral Methos Corinthian
methos71
Actually, it's a completely different issue. The OP said the camera zoom was further out now.
And, coincidentally, using the mouse wheel to scroll either in or out (depending on which issue it is) lets you get the ship to just the point you want! Amazing!
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What he means is that the furthest zoom into your ship isn't as close as it used to be prior to Season Six. This was a point of contention for several users a few months back after the camera was adjusted the first time.
Agreed. I was one of those users a few months back who was bothered quite a bit by this. They fixed the "problem" back then fairly quickly. It's funny...many users will never notice anything was different or won't care but the few who do really notice will be bothered to no end by it! Like the last time, it seems not all ships are affected, but more than one is.
Former/Cryptic Name: Captain_Hans_Langsdorff
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if i scroll up or down my ship goes back or forward
ps yes its anoying the camera setting not being saved when u change maps
equal parts cynical and helpful
There used to be a guy on these forums that had a signature line which was something along the lines of "if it's not broke, for god's sake, don't smash it with a hammer until it is." This latest fiasco seems to be an example of that.
Also on the ground my scroll wheel zooms me in and out when before it would not. I cannot see any option to disable the mouse zoom? I find that annoying as I prefer to have the + & - keys set to zoom...
Does anyone else notice you no longer have the option to turn off the stupid ship winner messages now?
An off-topic aside: The option still exists, it's just been moved without notice. (And the setting apparently reset to 'on' for everyone.) Go to the mini-map dropdown (arrow) and there's a new menu item -- "Notification Settings," I think it is. You'll see a number of things you can turn on/off there. The one for the lockboxes is something like "Gameplay announcements." Something like that. (Hover the mouse -- the tooltips identify it clearly.)
As far as zoom goes, there are a number of actual issues here, it seems. One being that the maximum "zoom-in" keeps getting changed every other patch. In general, I'd like to see it simply set to let us zoom in as close as possible without clipping the camera into the ship.
Another issue is simply that it would be nice to retain the players' chosen zoom levels through some sort of variable for ground and space. Yes, we can always adjust this with the mouse-wheel (or keyboard) zoom. It's just an annoyance, but it would be a nice "quality of life" enhancement.
Then there's a third, possibly "less related" issue I've seen mentioned in this topic -- that of the zoom-level in the warp-out/in cutscenes. It seems some new angles have been added that are extremely zoomed -- one actually places the camera so far forward that my ship is almost entirely out-of-view, focusing entirely on the 'warp path' where the FX are about to occur. If you've got an Intrepid/Discovery class ship, this renders the nifty nacelle animations off-screen and makes the whole 'dramatic pause' they put in to allow for these animations completely useless.
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The camera zoom is still not working right for maybe half of the ships. Off the top of my head, you can no longer zoom in as close to the Recon Science Vessel, the Deep Space Science Vessel, the Varanus Support Vessel, and others I'm sure. At least it still works right for my beloved Indefatigable (a T5 Defiant)! Last time something like this happened the devs responded and fixed the issue pretty quickly. I am sure they have lots of other things to do right now but I'm hoping this doesn't get forgotten, hence the bump.
Most players it seems don't notice or don't care, but those who do REALLY want this fixed!!! Thankee.
Former/Cryptic Name: Captain_Hans_Langsdorff
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The min/max zoom levels seem much better now though, than they were when they first changed it some time ago. Or.. maybe I just got used to it. Dunno, I don't have anything to relate to how it was anymore to remind myself.
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