Camera Distance Forced When in Front of Boss Walls

Hi,

I thought I was state this as an annoyance with the camera control. Normally if you're traversing the 3D environment the camera zooms in when needing to avoid blocking an object in between you and the camera.

For the most part, this works really well. However, in some situations like in boss fights where having your camera at max distance becomes very useful, it can be inconvenient to say the least when you move in front of the temporary wall that's put up to lock you into the fight. The wall I'm referring to is the purple/violet translucent one that's put up after starting a boss encounter.

Here's a demonstration of the camera zooming in (6m 42s) :
http://youtu.be/cQ4M1FE2Mew?t=6m36s

The result is that some areas of the battle field give a good view point whilst others make it a lot tougher to observe the arena. The wall would not be in the way of the character at max distance.

yeah, it would totally help if they fixed this so you could still zoom out. What I do as a SMN is just rotate my camera around so it is facing me and the boss is in the "background" you can still see everything and dodge when you need too.

I find quite annoying as well, specially that I'm a BRD and I keep running around the boss, so camera shifts zoom in and out a lot depending on the position

Yeah, I hate when that happen with thats invisible walls I see more often in garuda ex running through the rocks with the zoom out at max and suddenly have the zoom nearest and you can see the rock dust or your clothes pixels... I'll be happy if thats walls will be removed on the future

Please don't forget about this issue community reps. It's not urgent, I just don't want it to be forgotten.

Happens to me in T7 quite often when getting Renauds in position. Makes it incredibly difficult to see when to start casting Miasma 1 on them

what they could probably do(which can prove difficult) is to probably make the object or wall behind your character transparent. worked for some games so it could probably work here as well

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Originally Posted by NintenPyjak64

Happens to me in T7 quite often when getting Renauds in position. Makes it incredibly difficult to see when to start casting Miasma 1 on them

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Yes this is pretty much my incentive on bringing up the issue as well.

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Originally Posted by ChriZirhC

what they could probably do(which can prove difficult) is to probably make the object or wall behind your character transparent. worked for some games so it could probably work here as well

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It's not so much about the transparency of the wall that gets in the way, it's that the camera itself is forced to zoom in close to your character eliminating the large view of the battlefield.

This needs more likes. I support this, as well. It's pretty annoying >_<

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Originally Posted by NovaUltimatum

It's not so much about the transparency of the wall that gets in the way, it's that the camera itself is forced to zoom in close to your character eliminating the large view of the battlefield.

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I think she's suggesting a fix. It wouldn't be a good view if you're not autozoomed and the wall is blocking your view and you can't see yourself.


I went to U'ghamaro Mines last night and in a rare thing happened. A glitch caused me not to autozoom. It's a good thing that the walls became invisible as I can still see my character. This actually made it easier for me to fight the mobs in the area. Unfortunately, it went back to normal mode afterwards.

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Originally Posted by Sounders

I think she's suggesting a fix. It wouldn't be a good view if you're not autozoomed and the wall is blocking your view and you can't see yourself.


I went to U'ghamaro Mines last night and in a rare thing happened. A glitch caused me not to autozoom. It's a good thing that the walls became invisible as I can still see my character. This actually made it easier for me to fight the mobs in the area. Unfortunately, it went back to normal mode afterwards.

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I see what you mean now. Yes having 1-sided transparency objects would be useful for small areas. Perhaps there could be an option to disable the auto-zooming as well.

I've been seeing this come up again, this time tanking adds to the walls of an arena. I suspect there will be many future encounters where tanks will need to bring things to the arena edge to protect the party from conal attacks too.

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Originally Posted by Sounders

U'ghamaro Mines

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I really hate this place because of this camera problem.
And in T7 too.

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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this will be very helpful in some fights, thank you!

Off tanking coil 1 will be so much more fun now.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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This will be really nice.

Thanks to all the good people who post the complaints I always feel in game! By the time I get to the forums I'm usually looking through rose coloured glasses, but this was a major gripe of mine! I'm glad it will be fixed. :D

Thank the Twelve!

Is it weird that I am more excited for this change than anything else? But seriously, as the BRD kiter in turn 7, nothing is more annoying than dealing with that barrier.

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Originally Posted by Billzey

Is it weird that I am more excited for this change than anything else? But seriously, as the BRD kiter in turn 7, nothing is more annoying than dealing with that barrier.

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Haha, that was exactly my thought too. As a fellow BRD kiter, I know exactly what you mean.

How about a wider zoom also?

How about the camera being so high up when target locking? Can't even see my character anymore when i do this.

I'd love it if the lalafell camera angle wasn't so low. Or maybe I am imagining that. xD

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn...review-620.jpg

Woo thanks, it was annoying having a forced close up camera view when kiting Renauds in T7.
Would be nice if you could also allow us to look directly up as well, instead of restricting the view :cool:

I'm crying of happines *_*

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Originally Posted by Hestern_Nestern

I'd love it if the lalafell camera angle wasn't so low. Or maybe I am imagining that. xD

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You can adjust camera height. I set mine to 25 so I can see AoE circles easier when I am focused on the hotbar. Not sure if that's what you're looking for.

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Originally Posted by Billzey

You can adjust camera height. I set mine to 25 so I can see AoE circles easier when I am focused on the hotbar. Not sure if that's what you're looking for.

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I remember them mentioning that option, but I must have missed the part where they actually implemented it. Thank you!

How do you adjust it, though? Shift and mouse scroll or something? *tilts head*

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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lol. when i read that part the voice in my head instinctively did it in Professor Farnsworth's voice

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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Raises one question, only state, to quote "the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield" Will it only affect the entrance or the whole edges of the arena. AKA turn 6 where in phase 3 where Raff is tanked at the edge. Also for kiting in turn 7.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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Best news I've heard in awhile. Thanks Camate and devs!

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...361.1404374524

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Originally Posted by 2.3 Patch Notes

After entering a boss area, the camera will no longer be obstructed by the barrier sealing the area.

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http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/297...48adb5a_44.png

Excellent news, thank you to everyone who gave support to the idea.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Good news, everyone!

In patch 2.3 we’ll be making adjustments to the camera so that when entering boss battle areas in dungeons and such, the barrier that is erected to seal the battlefield will not affect it. :)

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Thank you for listening and relaying to the devs Camate!

Just wanted to check back in and say this fix is working just as requested. Thank you for the implementation!