Third person mode

nik_neznay

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Is there any way to play from a third person? I'm new to the game, I'm just not comfortable playing in first person. Maybe there are some mods? Can developers add something similar?
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nik_neznay

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Vedmo said:
There is a camera mode, but it wouldn't be practical to play that way. It's a first person game.
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Maybe modifications? I don't think it's difficult to implement something like that. Can you tell the community of people doing mods for elite?
 

Helvellyn

Helvellyn
Even being able to have an external camera was rather controversial at the time it was added. I think the odds of getting a third person mode are zero.
 

LeoBartlet

LeoBartlet
Helvellyn said:
Even being able to have an external camera was rather controversial at the time it was added. I think the odds of getting a third person mode are zero.
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Was it not the turret camera that had people spilling their cereal all over the boards about or did a few actually whine about a 3rd person camera for taking pictures?
 

Helvellyn

Helvellyn
LeoBartlet said:
Was it not the turret camera that had people spilling their cereal all over the boards about or did a few actually whine about a 3rd person camera for taking pictures?
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It's quite a while ago so I can't remember much of the details but I seem to remember some complaining about the 3rd person camera. I'm not unsympathetic to them to be honest although I prefer having it than not having it.
 

LeoBartlet

LeoBartlet
Helvellyn said:
It's quite a while ago so I can't remember much of the details but I seem to remember some complaining about the 3rd person camera. I'm not unsympathetic to them to be honest although I prefer having it than not having it.
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I know a lot of toys were thrown when they revealed the multi-player turret cam but luckily for those Frontier abandoned ship on multi-player so its not really an issue anymore.
 

Morbad

Morbad
Already have a third person mode, just not a third person HUD. Probably won't get one either.

LeoBartlet said:
Was it not the turret camera that had people spilling their cereal all over the boards about or did a few actually whine about a 3rd person camera for taking pictures?
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No one ever had a problem with taking pictures, but if you can use it to take pictures, you can use it for other things, including providing a tactical advantage (being able to observe while one's own vessel is concealed, for example).
 

Helvellyn

Helvellyn
LeoBartlet said:
I know a lot of toys were thrown when they revealed the multi-player turret cam but luckily for those Frontier abandoned ship on multi-player so its not really an issue anymore.
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I didn't know they'd done that or abandoned it - I've never really tried multicrew (other than an alt just to get an occupied seat). Don't see the issue with a turret cam for a manually controlled turret - it makes sense. Most realisitcally it would be displayed on a screen or projection in-cockpit but game-wise I can't imagine that working too well, so full screen cam, why not?
 

LeoBartlet

LeoBartlet
nik_neznay said:
Then tell me the frameworks with which I can write a modification myself? I have some basic programming experience, I think nothing complicated.
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Apply for a job at Frontier then they might let you tinker with the cobra engine code.

Short of that find another game because third person isn't a thing here and the game isn't moddable to the extent that others games might be. You can tinker around the edges to beautify the game but you won't be adding Thomas the tank engine mk4 ships or modding your commander to look like Scarlett Johansson.
 

LeoBartlet

LeoBartlet
Helvellyn said:
I didn't know they'd done that or abandoned it - I've never really tried multicrew (other than an alt just to get an occupied seat). Don't see the issue with a turret cam for a manually controlled turret - it makes sense. Most realisitcally it would be displayed on a screen or projection in-cockpit but game-wise I can't imagine that working too well, so full screen cam, why not?
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Frontier don't tell people they abandon ship on game features they just let people figure it out themselves over the long term.

Source

Multi-crew
Powerplay
CQC
 

Riverside

Riverside
There are circumstances where using the external camera (to look over walls or get a plan view of your surroundings) can be useful, and it is possible to fly/drive the SRV that way, the compromise is that you lose the scanner & other HUD elements. The HUD already provides most of the information that a 3rd person perspective would offer with the scanner giving a direction & rough distance to other local objects, and switches to a faux 3rd person view when landing.

So to initially solve a puzzle like raiding a base there are options, but fundamentally the game is designed to be played most effectively from the 1st person perspective.
 

Kelster87

Kelster87
nik_neznay said:
Is there any way to play from a third person? I'm new to the game, I'm just not comfortable playing in first person. Maybe there are some mods? Can developers add something similar?
The text may have errors, I used a translator.
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Sorry, but as others have mentioned, there is no 3rd person view except for the camera. I'm also not sure that writing a 'mod' will work quite the way you intend, it might also be against the Terms of Service.

Your choice here is you can either get used to playing the game as it is, or play something else. Sorry if that seems blunt, but it the simple facts.
 

nik_neznay

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LeoBartlet said:
Apply for a job at Frontier then they might let you tinker with the cobra engine code.

Short of that find another game because third person isn't a thing here and the game isn't moddable to the extent that others games might be. You can tinker around the edges to beautify the game but you won't be adding Thomas the tank engine mk4 ships or modding your commander to look like Scarlett Johansson.
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Can then set the viewing angle more than what is possible in the settings?
 
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