Can the camera be locked to the character?

SoulScream · March 2015

With the patch my character is missing a lot because my spells go where the character is facing now and not where the camera is pointing. If I could lock the camera rotation to the character facing it could still work okay. Is this possible?

ItsGlaive · March 2015

Shouldn't it be wherever the reticle is pointing?

Observant · March 2015

Xabien wrote: »

Shouldn't it be wherever the reticle is pointing?

RAmen.

SoulScream · March 2015

Xabien wrote: »

Shouldn't it be wherever the reticle is pointing?

It was but not anymore. I can point the reticule behind my character and the spell is still cast to the front the way he is standing. On my templar character this is the worst with puncturing strikes but for all classes it makes dawn breaker work poorly.

Merlin13KAGL · March 2015

Tab targeting should help...and there is always the 1st person option.

I suspect the issue you are having isn't so much character direction as it is difficulty telling when the reticle is actually targeting something. If there is not a direct target in front of the reticle, the system seems to default to last attempted aimed location.

This is a prime reason I think they should add the ability to sight in your character, as the perceived hit zone is different for different players and default center screen is not always optimal.

SantieClaws · March 2015

So is there no ability to rotate and lock the camera relative to the position of your character then? Like always have it to the left side of the character or something or slightly to the front.

I say this with no intention at all of fighting or questing properly like this - just I like to take footage, make films etc and I find it annoying I cannot do things like this. They seem to be able to do it in their promotional videos but I think that might be just them using one character to film another. - like I have seen footage of a character on horseback riding towards the camera and stuff.

Forgive me if this is an obvious question but I am a total pudding when it comes to things like this. My ESO filmaking 'career' basically started at Xmas.

Merlin13KAGL · March 2015

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

So is there no ability to rotate and lock the camera relative to the position of your character then? Like always have it to the left side of the character or something or slightly to the front.

@wenxue2222b16_ESO , there are some adjustments you can make with 1.6, but you cannot lock the camera view in place at this time.

It's pretty much an all or nothing proposition.

You should absolutely be able to adjust your camera view and your reticle sweet spot independent of one another.

newtinmpls · March 2015

I have a sort of related issue; the targeting works fine in that the critter I mean to hit gets hit, but the animations are all over the place. I strike north, critter's bar takes damage, but the animation looks like I"m casting a spell to the east.