Remove the zoom text overlay and revert the max zoom functionality in /camera

[808Masterus]

@Strobe

[Strobe]

Overlay should be fixed on the next deploy. As for the zoom level it might be bumped up from x2 to x4.

However, paired with how emotes can be read now through cameras, phones will be heavily abused and you won't be able to prove Icly that someone was spying on others just by catching them with a phone inside their inventory. It has become the norm for people to just /camera and then scan crowds with a phone and that was the case even before they could read emotes or see nametags by using cameras. Now, paired with the actual surveillance information that the camera delivers I'd just advise people to just buy an actual camera item and to roleplay taking photos from a very far distance. 

 

Yes people might just resort to buying cameras now just like the other comment mentioned but at least they then have something in their inventory to prove that they had intentions to take a look at people from afar if they are suspected of it.

 

4x Zoom after the adjustment should be more than enough regular zoom compared to what you have in real-life and taking into account how the game-rendering is.

[Humour]

On 1/5/2023 at 6:25 PM, Strobe said:

Overlay should be fixed on the next deploy. As for the zoom level it might be bumped up from x2 to x4.

However, paired with how emotes can be read now through cameras, phones will be heavily abused and you won't be able to prove Icly that someone was spying on others just by catching them with a phone inside their inventory. It has become the norm for people to just /camera and then scan crowds with a phone and that was the case even before they could read emotes or see nametags by using cameras. Now, paired with the actual surveillance information that the camera delivers I'd just advise people to just buy an actual camera item and to roleplay taking photos from a very far distance. 

 

Yes people might just resort to buying cameras now just like the other comment mentioned but at least they then have something in their inventory to prove that they had intentions to take a look at people from afar if they are suspected of it.

 

4x Zoom after the adjustment should be more than enough regular zoom compared to what you have in real-life and taking into account how the game-rendering is.

Could you at least make the 1x 2x 4x text fade out so it doesn't actually obstruct screenshots when you take them like with the HUD pop up with the button explanations.

Edited January 6, 2023 by Humour

[Strobe]

2 hours ago, Humour said:

Could you at least make the 1x 2x 4x text fade out so it doesn't actually obstruct screenshots when you take them like with the HUD pop up with the button explanations.

Good idea, added in.

[sevo]

I also noticed when using the camera now the position changes, which is a bit frustrating when trying to line up the camera for a screenshot. Any chance that can be reverted, or was it intentional? @Strobe

[Strobe]

6 hours ago, josef said:

I also noticed when using the camera now the position changes, which is a bit frustrating when trying to line up the camera for a screenshot. Any chance that can be reverted, or was it intentional? @Strobe

 

That's likely the case because the camera's viewpoint now is at the actual position where the object (camera, phone) is instead of coming out directly from the character's head. That way the animation you have when using them doesn't interfere with what you see in front of you.

[Centauri]

On 1/6/2023 at 11:16 PM, josef said:

I also noticed when using the camera now the position changes, which is a bit frustrating when trying to line up the camera for a screenshot. Any chance that can be reverted, or was it intentional? @Strobe

 

This is extremely annoying

[Tiddy]

18 minutes ago, Centauri said:

 

This is extremely annoying

Agreed, it positions it way ahead of the object, so stuff appears way closer than what they actually are. Revert the repositioning of the camera please, it's just annoying taking pictures now.

[FatCatTuxedo]

On 1/12/2023 at 11:46 AM, Tiddy said:

Agreed, it positions it way ahead of the object, so stuff appears way closer than what they actually are. Revert the repositioning of the camera please, it's just annoying taking pictures now.

 

if he does then the animation will need to be removed.

[Jura]

animation isn't really needed tbh.