Death messes up camera angle

from Demigod Forums

Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's playing differently with the patch, but now everytime I die it does this 'rotate the camera' thing when it does the blur-out/desaturate death sequence.  It would be kind of nice if it didn't do that, or at least had the option not to, as it's really disorienting - especially after I've gone through some effort to get the camera angle just right.  It's not that big of a deal, but I thought I'd mention it since it seems like new behavior that does more harm than good.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Not a new feature...has done it since day 1 of release (I didn't have beta)...press insert or delete to rotate....backspace resets camera (defaults)

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Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

This issue also bothers me, would it be that hard to to complete 360 rotations?  I can see it being lower priority that some of the connection problems but it is very irritating.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Thanks - I'll try the backspace next time and see how that works. 

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

So that doesn't work at all.  Apparently 'reset camera angle' means that the game resets the angle to what *it* wants it to be.  It always changes my custom camera angle when I die and the reset changes the angle to the game's default.  So, every time I die, I have to painstakingly reset the camera angle. 

You can watch it do this by checking out the minimap.  When the game starts, it's at a 45 degree angle.  I change it to 90 degrees.  After I die, it's no longer 90 or 45 degrees.  If I reset it, it goes back to 45, but not my custom 90.

It's obviously not urgent, but it would be really nice if this were fixed.  Dying is painful enough, without my having to reconfigure the viewport.

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Simple solution - Don't Die.

 

Otherwise, surely it doesn't take much effort to reset your camera. I'm constantly moving the camera around in game to get the best viewing angle on the battle. Do you seriously play with the camera at 90 degrees? Top-down?

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Yeah, I thought about the 'don't die' tactic already :)  What I've noticed is that, even if I don't customize the angle, death always changes it.  This means that I'll play it at whatever angle the game gives me by default, and get used to it.  But if I die, then when I respawn the angle is now different. 

It's not that I necessarily like one over the other, it's the constant changing of the angle that's bothersome.  I've basically decided just to take what's given to me and get used to the difference, as I haven't found a way for the game to pick one angle and stick with it.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Not sure if you're aware of this, or using it already, but you can hold the space bar down and move the camera much easier with the mouse.

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

Simple solution - Don't Die.
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