[AgmLauncher]

I know that the camera height settings are found in in GameData.ini

I adjusted them, saved the big file with all the proper paths, put it in the right place, set up the shortcut icon properly, but the changes DO NOT WORK. I searched through these forums, found someone having similar trouble, and their question was not answered.

Has anyone managed to successfully mod the camera height? If so, exactly what did you do to mod it such that it works properly?

Thanks.

[Pestilence]

Don't bother resaving tweaks back into the original .big file.
Instead extract the whole Gamedata.in file to the
C:\program file\ea games\CnC generals(or Zero Hour)\Data\Ini\ folder and save your changes there.
The game will automatically take the game setting from that location instead of the .big file.

[ziggy78]

Yup Pestilence is right. Your better off not messing with the original .big files do as he says i have modified the Camera settings and they work just fine using the method he said to use.

[Mishkin]

mmm...this is what you get with maxcameraheight of 1000 (and sneakattacktunnel timer set to 0.5 seconds )

[Thinimus]

Try setting "DrawEntireTerrain" to yes and then pitch the camera up some for some really cool battlefield footage. It's fun and very helpful being able to see the entire battlefield at once. (slow though. :tard: )


Is there any way to make it so that the game draws a larger portion of land beside the entire terrain? I like having the camera higher, but the limited terrain drawing is a pain. (Though I guess I could just lower the terrain detail down.)

[AgmLauncher]

I know how to extract the ini files and set them up in a new modded .big with -mod extension in the new shortcut icon, but it will not work at all. In fact the game doesnt even recognize the GameData.ini file being modded. All the replays are white and not grayed out. Why wont it work?

Here's proof that the game isnt recoginzing the modded file:

  CameraPitch = 37.5
  CameraYaw = 0.0
  CameraHeight = 232.0
  MaxCameraHeight = 1000.0
  WhyWontThisWork = ??????????????
  MinCameraHeight = 120.0
  CameraAdjustSpeed = .3      ; between 0 and 1 - this is how fast the camera snaps to the desired height

The "WhyWontThisWork = ????????????" line I added in SHOULD cause a serious error before the game starts up, but it doesnt. Why? If you can answer that, you'll answer why the camera adjustments wont work.

[ziggy78]

if your just doing a private mod putting the ini's in a .big file isnt necessary. and the -mod shortcut sometimes just doesnt work, why this is i cant say.

[CodeCat]

-mod doesn't read GameData.ini. Simple as that.

[Pestilence]

Originally Posted by ImmoMan";p=&quot

-mod doesn't read GameData.ini. Simple as that.

Sorry we didn't mention this before AgmLauncher. But this is prolly why everyone agreed with my first post.

[AgmLauncher]

Ohhh ok, thanks guys.