Photo Mode request - let's demand it -

hi


when i see other game like Project cars and infamous SS having a photo mode with a free roaming camera and hud toggle it makes me wonder why FFXiV didn't get a photo mode ?! so many things can be captured in the game than those racing simulators ( forza/GT too )



whats funny is that the devs asked us many times to take screenshots for a certain competition but with so little tools to use it's hard to do something unique that is wallpaper worthy


i ( and whoever wants to join me ) would like to ask the devs to add a photo mode for FFXiV that allows players to show the world how beautiful FFXiV world is , Skyrim isn't anywhere near FFXiV but it's got mods that enhanced it a lot , we don't need mods we just need a photo mode to erase Skyrim from the minds of people out there as the most next-gen looking RPG

By your game list, I'm assuming your on PS4. Hold L1 and press the right side of the touchpad.
This toggles the HUD elements. to where you can take clear Screen captures. It won't freeze the game like in I:SS because it's a online game but This is how you take screens in a HUD-less "photo mode."

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Originally Posted by TalonJH

By your game list, I'm assuming your on PS4. Hold L1 and press the right side of the touchpad.
This toggles the HUD elements. to where you can take clear Screen captures. It won't freeze the game like in I:SS because it's a online game but This is how you take screens in a HUD-less "photo mode."

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not really i'm on PC and i enjoy taking screenshots @ very high res so this is why i want a photo-mode in FFXIV

here's my flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/100603905@N03/

Toggling the HUD on/off:

PS3: L1 + Select
PS4: L1 + left side of touchpad
PC (or console with a keyboard): scroll lock

(Yeah, scroll lock isn't intuitively obvious, but it is next to the Print Screen button on most keyboards.)


p.s. I found out about the scroll lock when the cat walked across my keyboard while I was in the midst of a dungeon battle, turning off my HUD, and leaving me scrambling to figure out how to turn it back on again.

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

Toggling the HUD on/off:

PS3: L1 + Select
PS4: L1 + left side of touchpad
PC (or console with a keyboard): scroll lock

(Yeah, scroll lock isn't intuitively obvious, but it is next to the Print Screen button on most keyboards.)


p.s. I found out about the scroll lock when the cat walked across my keyboard while I was in the midst of a dungeon battle, turning off my HUD, and leaving me scrambling to figure out how to turn it back on again.

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i know all that , what i want is a free-roaming camera and i'll be a happy player

It's not the best but you can fudge the angle a bit in third person. Target someone near what you want to screenshot and lock on. You can then move the camera around your character with the target being your focal point. Another is to just use first person. You can adjust your height by sitting or try and find a good angle from above or wherever.

What I do think they can do and keep it unique, lore friendly, and simple, is to have a minion (Moogle for example) that holds a camera device. You can right click to open a sub-command menu option and then click "Picture Time" (or something) and you essentially take control of your minion. It is on a leash around you (say 6-7 yalm max) and it'll have zoom/focus/brightness/whatever. You can click on the subject you want in crisp sharpness while foreground/background becomes blurred. They can implement different lenses (fish eye, macro, telephoto) and blur styles too perhaps.

I think that's probably the most fun & simple way to do it.

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Originally Posted by Victus

It's not the best but you can fudge the angle a bit in third person. Target someone near what you want to screenshot and lock on. You can then move the camera around your character with the target being your focal point. Another is to just use first person. You can adjust your height by sitting or try and find a good angle from above or wherever.

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I don't know if you'd be able to target the sun minion this way, put you can set it to different heights using /poke, it stays where you spawn it, and (most important) it disappears when you turn off the HUD. It's one of the few things given to use specifically for screenshots. Oh, and you can use it for a light source, but it drops off pretty quickly.

You can also change the axis of the camera using ctrl+up/down on the arrow keys. It's not much, but it helps.

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Originally Posted by Niamh_Rillemaugh

I don't know if you'd be able to target the sun minion this way, put you can set it to different heights using /poke, it stays where you spawn it, and (most important) it disappears when you turn off the HUD. It's one of the few things given to use specifically for screenshots. Oh, and you can use it for a light source, but it drops off pretty quickly.

You can also change the axis of the camera using ctrl+up/down on the arrow keys. It's not much, but it helps.

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I forgot all about that minion! Thanks for the share! +1'd

And what about some 3D pictures? You take a screenshoot and you are able to rotate the pic in a Matrix's style. You can use this function to review a party position strategy for example. I don´t know if this could be possible but it would be great.

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Originally Posted by La_Dava

And what about some 3D pictures? You take a screenshoot and you are able to rotate the pic in a Matrix's style. You can use this function to review a party position strategy for example. I don´t know if this could be possible but it would be great.

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Man, if this ever gets implemented, that would simply blow my mind. Not sure how it could be, but one can cross their fingers!

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Originally Posted by Jthreau

Man, if this ever gets implemented, that would simply blow my mind. Not sure how it could be, but one can cross their fingers!

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We should talk to someone at Google for doing a street level view of Eorzea. Haha!

http://kotaku.com/infamous-second-so...ast-1564469007

Something like this would be amazing

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Originally Posted by Izcroft

http://kotaku.com/infamous-second-so...ast-1564469007

Something like this would be amazing

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i hope we can get something close to that

Taking screenshots in game is really bad, I can say as photographer in real life.
Free camera will be nice, because with character still in the middle of the screen is not good for perfect composition (except few pictures which can brakes rules).

With 1st person view it is better.
Need improve 3rd person view screesnhots :)

While a feature much like this already exists for the development environment, it’s currently not in a form that can be utilized by the general populous and it would require a heavy amount of adjustments so that it can be easily operated. Due to the fact that this would take quite a bit of time to test, we do not have any plans at the moment to add a feature such as this.

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

While a feature much like this already exists for the development environment, it’s currently not in a form that can be utilized by the general populous and it would require a heavy amount of adjustments so that it can be easily operated. Due to the fact that this would take quite a bit of time to test, we do not have any plans at the moment to add a feature such as this.

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Disappointing :( I would like to +1 this request.

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Originally Posted by TalonJH

By your game list, I'm assuming your on PS4. Hold L1 and press the right side of the touchpad.
This toggles the HUD elements. to where you can take clear Screen captures. It won't freeze the game like in I:SS because it's a online game but This is how you take screens in a HUD-less "photo mode."

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You can press any where on the touch pad actually.

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

While a feature much like this already exists for the development environment, it’s currently not in a form that can be utilized by the general populous and it would require a heavy amount of adjustments so that it can be easily operated. Due to the fact that this would take quite a bit of time to test, we do not have any plans at the moment to add a feature such as this.

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I'm curious about what exactly is making it ok for devs but "not easily utilizable" for the players. I would really like it looked into because yes, it's something that's missing from the game. Heck, even an out-of-game (like actual character creation), stripped down version would be awesome at this point, with emotes and different sceneries for backgrounds.

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Originally Posted by Jthreau

Not sure how it could be, but one can cross their fingers!

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The game would just need to be able to recall data that is allready loaded and being read by your computer, it would probably require a bit more work than SE would want to do so. But hell it would be nice to be able to take a freezframe

As for the "Development" style of camera control it is probably a totally unlocked and controlable camera something the developers might be afraid to give to people for fear that we couldn't figure it out...or something like that.

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Originally Posted by BreathlessTao

I'm curious about what exactly is making it ok for devs but "not easily utilizable" for the players.

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Every feature added to the game must be designed and tested to make sure it can't be exploited in a way that upsets the balance of the game. Would you want an RMT botter to have the power of a GM?

I just want to show my support for the feature in hopes it gets the attention to get developed.

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Originally Posted by Alion

I just want to show my support for the feature in hopes it gets the attention to get developed.

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Same here!

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

p.s. I found out about the scroll lock when the cat walked across my keyboard while I was in the midst of a dungeon battle, turning off my HUD, and leaving me scrambling to figure out how to turn it back on again.

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Thankyou for sharing this made me laugh so hard! Haha

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

While a feature much like this already exists for the development environment, it’s currently not in a form that can be utilized by the general populous and it would require a heavy amount of adjustments so that it can be easily operated. Due to the fact that this would take quite a bit of time to test, we do not have any plans at the moment to add a feature such as this.

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thank you for responding


i hope you could pass the idea to the management team to look into the possibilities of making it available for screenshot fans like me

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

While a feature much like this already exists for the development environment, it’s currently not in a form that can be utilized by the general populous and it would require a heavy amount of adjustments so that it can be easily operated. Due to the fact that this would take quite a bit of time to test, we do not have any plans at the moment to add a feature such as this.

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See Perfect World International's Camera/photo Mode for a good way to implement it for the players. You can already change the camera direction away from the original target position if you focus target with controller emulation or a controller.

good idea sir