camer- zooming out

[SouL-Laka]

the camera in my map is too close
well maybe thats juts how wc3 makes it
anyways how do you make a trigger for the camera to zoom out
cause i need it zoomed out

 

[Doomhammer]

zoom here means field of view.

the wider the angle of your fov the further you have zoomed out (an angle of 120.0 is max).
the smaller the angle, the closer you are zoomed in.

make the trigger look like that

Camera - Set Player 1 (Red)'s camera Field of view to 110.00 over 3.00 seconds

and play around with the values to find the suitable outcome.
best to test your values under camera properties in the camera palette. check preview values in main window. I recommend to use letterbox mode to test the camera settings.
you'd also want to adjust the angle changing with the camera distance to the target.

 

[SouL-Laka]

o ok
but how do i make it like that for the whole game?
like put a high number of seconds?

 

[Doomhammer]

nope. put in any number you want, as the camera will stay in that changed mode after the transition time. Better have it 0, so it is instantly changed.
Keep in mind though that with the use of the mouse wheel or the pressing of delete / insert key the camera in game will change back to normal. There is no real avoiding this unless you use a timer that constantly changes the camera back to your settings.

good luck

 

[SouL-Laka]

ah ic
ty

 

[SouL-Laka]

yay it worked
ya i'll just change it so every .01 seconds it fixes

 

[Doomhammer]

the more frequent the smoother, but also the more calculation-intensive.
A good compromise would be 0.04 seconds => 25fps (0.04 * 25 = 1)
Or even slower, maybe sth like 0.3, as it is not really about fps here.

 

[SouL-Laka]

o ok i'll change that then
btw
ya the angle is kinda blah now