Advice on UI

shatterblast2

Dalayan Beginner
I lost my e-mail address for the original "Shatterblast" ID. Anyhow, is there a UI modification of some sort that allows an easier third-person view of the character from behind? Or is there even an updated UI at all? I can stand the graphics, but the UI has bugged me for the last several years.

Thanks.
 
Um, you could just hotkey third-person view to any key you like. Use the End key or something. I have the "/" key on my number pad set up so it takes me back to first-person view, but I could just as easily set it to a third-person view.

I'm not sure how you mean a "UI modification ... that allows an easier third-person view"?
 
The camera always seems to bug out and lose focus on the character for some reason when scrolling out. It doesn't bother me so much, but it seems to refuse any returns to its original position unless I press some odd combination of buttons repeatedly. Still, I can sort of live with that even if the mouse cursor goes crazy in Linux. For that, I'm curious if a configuration file exists for controlling camera behavior besides the hot keys. It would be nice to have the camera view pre-set to a certain distance. Also, I think I recall the camera angle acting strangely when swiveling from side to side in one of the third-person views.

I really wanted some sort of click-to-move feature. I figured since the original version of the game has existed so long that maybe someone has found a modification of that sort. I think it had a tiny feature for it, but a single click would send the character way off into the horizon to fall off cliffs or wander into random monsters. I like keyboard controls, but I can only handle them for minutes at a time.

If it sounds like I'm asking for a lot, I don't think I am. I'm just checking if they already exist.
 
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I dunno, don't think there's any way to control the camera ... oh, wait, if you go to one of the third-person views, you can control it with the right-mouse click. Click and hold scroll around ... but, other than that, can't think of anything.

Two things: maybe try the XBox controller suggestion that someone just posted in a thread in the main SoD discussion? Second thing, are you using an Nvidia card? Maybe you have the problem with the 8800 cards discussed in this thread and others. Kinda sounds like it.
 
I am quite sure that bug would affect me then. I remember things like that years ago, but I thought the top-level conglomerate with ownership or a related affiliate would have updated the graphics engine of the software in some way. I'm decently sure the top-level conglomerate with ownership still profits in vast quantities from its presence.

Meh, oh well. Thank you for your responses. Have fun!
 
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