Hey guys I was just sitting down with some time to do some EQ and my mouse wheel has stopped working and I seriously do not want to go all the way into town, so was wondering if there is, or if anyone knows of, a way to manually zoom out of 1st person with the default camera angle? I've found a manual zoom in the options that works for a certain camera angle in the f9 rotation, but I'm not a fan of the mouse interaction of that particular angle which seems to be locked into a vertical axis.
What I'm meaning is that, when the game starts you (or, at least I) begin in 1st person, then you might mouse-scroll out to 3rd person. Anyone know if-how to do this manually? Thanks in advance.
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Im kinda curious myself, I don't think it can be done without a mouse though
Yes if you first press F9 (toggle camera view) twice only. This would get you to the rear camera view with rotating camera (camera always stays behind you in this mode).
After having selected that mode then you can manually zoom in or out using the numpad1 for zoom out...and numpad 7 for zoom in. Actually it seems that I get to zoom out further using this method than with my mouse. Also, by pressing the F9 button 6 times (total) will bring you back to the default 1st person camera view from which the mouse wheel becomes standard zoom and the numpad 7 and numpad 1 will not work in that view. There no other way that I know of without using the F9 option.
Good luck and enjoy..
Edited, Sep 2nd 2013 5:19pm by hexeez
After having selected that mode then you can manually zoom in or out using the numpad1 for zoom out...and numpad 7 for zoom in. Actually it seems that I get to zoom out further using this method than with my mouse. Also, by pressing the F9 button 6 times (total) will bring you back to the default 1st person camera view from which the mouse wheel becomes standard zoom and the numpad 7 and numpad 1 will not work in that view. There no other way that I know of without using the F9 option.
Good luck and enjoy..
Edited, Sep 2nd 2013 5:19pm by hexeez
hexeez wrote:
Yes if you first press F9 (toggle camera view) twice only. This would get you to the rear camera view with rotating camera (camera always stays behind you in this mode).
After having selected that mode then you can manually zoom in or out using the numpad1 for zoom out...and numpad 7 for zoom in. Actually it seems that I get to zoom out further using this method than with my mouse. Also, by pressing the F9 button 6 times (total) will bring you back to the default 1st person camera view from which the mouse wheel becomes standard zoom and the numpad 7 and numpad 1 will not work in that view. There no other way that I know of without using the F9 option.
After having selected that mode then you can manually zoom in or out using the numpad1 for zoom out...and numpad 7 for zoom in. Actually it seems that I get to zoom out further using this method than with my mouse. Also, by pressing the F9 button 6 times (total) will bring you back to the default 1st person camera view from which the mouse wheel becomes standard zoom and the numpad 7 and numpad 1 will not work in that view. There no other way that I know of without using the F9 option.
Yeah this is the option I was talking about. The problem is that the camera is always facing forward and raises or lowers along a vertical axis like the camera is behind you on a pole; so when you use the mouse to look upward, it doesn't actually rotate the view upward, it instead raises the camera up but you're still always facing forward- so you can't look up or down with the mouse. It makes for possibly a good periscope of sorts; you can stand at the bottom of something, then "look upward" and it will raise the camera up to the hilltop where you can see what's up there, like a periscope.
But it really makes running along hills and such very difficult. I'm used to moving the camera along the planes, as when moving up a hill I will point the camera view upward parallel with the plane of the hillside- probably like everyone else does in the 1st person default.
Yes, its not great but just as a temporary measure until you get a new mouse. Ive grown accustomed (with a character in group, parked on his mount-scenario) but would rather not have to pull or kite without the mousewheel option. While the other views in the F9 options are .................horrible for standard usage imo.
Good luck.
Edited, Sep 2nd 2013 5:45pm by hexeez
Good luck.
Edited, Sep 2nd 2013 5:45pm by hexeez
hexeez wrote:
Yes if you first press F9 (toggle camera view) twice only. This would get you to the rear camera view with rotating camera (camera always stays behind you in this mode).
After having selected that mode then you can manually zoom in or out using the numpad1 for zoom out...and numpad 7 for zoom in. Actually it seems that I get to zoom out further using this method than with my mouse. Also, by pressing the F9 button 6 times (total) will bring you back to the default 1st person camera view from which the mouse wheel becomes standard zoom and the numpad 7 and numpad 1 will not work in that view. There no other way that I know of without using the F9 option.
Good luck and enjoy..
After having selected that mode then you can manually zoom in or out using the numpad1 for zoom out...and numpad 7 for zoom in. Actually it seems that I get to zoom out further using this method than with my mouse. Also, by pressing the F9 button 6 times (total) will bring you back to the default 1st person camera view from which the mouse wheel becomes standard zoom and the numpad 7 and numpad 1 will not work in that view. There no other way that I know of without using the F9 option.
Good luck and enjoy..
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