3rd person camera

[mamsa]

You know what would go along with those ship kits and paintjobs?
A 3rd person camera.
Personally I would only use it while traveling. Never in fights etc. Just admire the shipkits etc while getting to the action.
Maybe something similar for SRV.
Free camera doesn't work for me, too many buttons to bind and then remembering them all.
An added bonus would be a buttonpress in 3rd person to look at the ship from the front. To look back at the ship and whats behind it.

Camera should be a decent distance away from the ship, nothing like the current cameras which are way too close.

 

[Lestat]

You know what would go along with those ship kits and paintjobs?
A 3rd person camera.
Personally I would only use it while traveling. Never in fights etc. Just admire the shipkits etc while getting to the action.
Maybe something similar for SRV.
Free camera doesn't work for me, too many buttons to bind and then remembering them all.
An added bonus would be a buttonpress in 3rd person to look at the ship from the front. To look back at the ship and whats behind it.

Camera should be a decent distance away from the ship, nothing like the current cameras which are way too close.

If you watch ObsidanAnt you see a lot of his video are from a 3rd person camera. Go look into your controls and you see it close to the bottom. Camera Suite and Free Camera. I going by the PC version. Not sure on the game console versions.

 

[Daish]

The camera suite needs a buff, DEfo: needs presets plain and simple.

 

[Ronzer]

If they did make this a dedicated 3rd person camera, via telepresence, they should include a new HUD that has crosshairs, and if they could, all the info on the normal HUD displays. Energy management, target ships state, your own ships state, etc. Since it'd be from a vantage point, top right "shoulder", or maybe multiple options, the HUD would have to account for that, which a lot of FPS with 3rd person options already do.
If you looks at the camera in cockpit, you can see the HUD elements already, so hopefully it'd be a matter of tweaking to get that going.

 

[krautbernd]

If they did make this a dedicated 3rd person camera, via telepresence, they should include a new HUD that has crosshairs, and if they could, all the info on the normal HUD displays. Energy management, target ships state, your own ships state, etc.

No, if you want that go play Freelancer. I think the devs made a of point how this is supposed to be first person / pilot point of view experience, and i for one am quite happy with that. Please don't add combat abilities to third person cameras.

On the other hand i quite like the idea of an expanded camera suit (with the ability to save customized camera views for example) and/or a quickly accessible third-person camera to get an overview when you're in an SRV.