Static Cameras in IL2 Sturmovik
Static Cameras allow us to view the battlefield from its position, and give us the ability to zoom in and out.
For testing missions, taking screenshots, making movies or just enjoying the action, the humble, unmoving, static camera works wonders. The video shows how to set one up, in this case for mission testing.
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How to place a static camera: Summary from the vid
It's nice 'n easy:
- Select View | Object | Static Camera (scroll down).
- Place a camera with Cntrl-Click.
- Set its Height via the Static Camera tab that will now be showing.
Zoom in and out by Clicking & Dragging the mouse in and out.
Get creative: Realistic Recon Photos
Static Cameras can be used more than the standard mission testing, screenshots and movie making. Recon photos can be a huge immersion enhancer and are easy to make. That's the subject of a seperate tutorial, includng how to use some editing effects in Paint.NET, which is free.
That's it for this tutorial. Another skill in your bag of tricks. Mach's gut!
Feedback & Questions
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when i watch youtube vids ppl have made, they have sequences where the camera is right up close to a plane, like, on the wing of the plane and it is stationary, as if stuck on the planes wing, or whatever, who do you do this??????
Is there a way to specify the static camera's initial look angle? i.e., when I place a static camera it looks east when the user first selects it, and I want it to look north.
Sry for being AWOL. Maybe these replies can help someone else:
Platounet: As far as I'm aware there's no way to get to a camera with one view. We hace to live with cycling thru Cntrl-F2.
Torenico: If you're getting just sea and fog 1) You haven't selected a player aircraft (though not necessary in the initial mission building stage) 2) You need to use the External Enemy View, Cntrl-F2.
Good luck guys.
Hello!
I'd like to have a specific command to view the static camera in game for cycling through "next enemy view is boaring ! What to do to have directly the static camera(s) for a command like "toggle static camera" ???
Thanks
Well, when i place a Static Camera, all i see is Sea and Fog. I placed it to see a Tank Battle and Future Ju87 reinforcements. Nothing Happend. I also hear the Tirpitz Firing..
Captain Marvel (sorry, missed your comment earlier), SlipKnot and anyone else who can't view vids on this site: Apologies for that. I haven't sorted out the prob and haven't come up with a better video solution.
The one way around this is to view them on YouTube. The quality of some of them is pretty poor though. The ones on site here should be pretty crisp.
I'll probably make all the vids available for download in QuickTime format, as I've done with the Manipulating Objects video. Until then YouTube is the place to head. Just do a search for "IL2 FMB".
S! Guys.
i cant view the video tutorial on several of these pages help me!
I have noticed that on several of these pages the video tutorial is not there and cannot be viewed....help!
Hi MOJO,
You can access static camera views in-game by cycling through 'Next Enemy' view, Cntrl-F2 by default.
S!
If you place a static camera, can you use that view while the mission is actually being played? Or is it just used in the FMB. Thanks.
Great!i've always wondered what they were for!