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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: vonhertell999 on May 08, 2011, 11:52:41 am

Title: moving the viewpoint of a ship
Post by: vonhertell999 on May 08, 2011, 11:52:41 am
hello again, i would like to ask if its possible to move the view point of a ship, for example im making a mission where you pilot an orion, and i would like to make "show ship" work, but of course, it gives an awful view from inside the nose. i would like to move the view point to the actual bridge near the back of the ship so it over looks the front part, how could i do this?
Title: Re: moving the viewpoint of a ship
Post by: The E on May 08, 2011, 11:54:38 am
Use PCS2. Move (or create) the eyepoint for the model.
Title: Re: moving the viewpoint of a ship
Post by: Angelus on May 08, 2011, 11:56:51 am
hello again, i would like to ask if its possible to move the view point of a ship, for example im making a mission where you pilot an orion, and i would like to make "show ship" work, but of course, it gives an awful view from inside the nose. i would like to move the view point to the actual bridge near the back of the ship so it over looks the front part, how could i do this?

yes it is.
Extract the modelfile with a vp editor, and open it in PCS2.
Go to eyepoint, and move the eyepoint to the desired point.

after that, add an folder named mymod ( or whatever you want to call it) to your fso root directory. in that folder place another folder named data, and in that one another folder named models. place the ship into that folder and add this line to the commandline of the launcher:

-mod mymod ( or whatever you call it), voila.

EDIT: Ninja'd by The_E