Free Camera
Phoenix Point’s tactical camera is locked to a fixed top down view. Free Camera turns it into a real free orbit camera, the way an isometric RPG lets you look around. Hold the middle mouse button and move the view however you want.
This mod only changes how the camera moves. It does not touch units, balance, missions or any game content, so it is safe to add or remove at any time, and it works together with TFTV.
- Free orbit on the middle mouse button. Hold MMB and drag to rotate left and right and tilt up and down. Look at the battlefield from any angle instead of the locked default view.
- Closer, smoother zoom. The mouse wheel zooms toward the center of the screen with a natural feel, fast when you are far out and gentle when you are close, and it reaches much closer than the vanilla camera allowed.
- Floor switching on Alt plus wheel. Slice through building floors without giving up wheel zoom. The modifier key and the directions are configurable.
- Reset the camera. Double-click the selected soldier’s portrait, or press Home, to snap the camera back to a default angle and zoom and re-centre on that soldier. The key and the reset angle and zoom are configurable, and it works even with free orbit off.
- Keyboard rotation still works. Q and E keep rotating the camera exactly like before.
By default the middle mouse button only snapped the camera to a far zoom out, which was almost useless in combat. Free Camera replaces that with full manual control, so you can actually read cover, line of sight and elevation before you commit a move.
Everything is adjustable from the in game Mods menu, now grouped into Orbit, Zoom and floors, and Camera reset sections: turn the orbit on or off, invert the vertical axis (now on by default), sensitivity, pitch limits, zoom range, the floor modifier key, and the reset key with its default angle and zoom. The mod is fully translated, so the menu and this page show up in your own language.
Tactical missions only for now. The geoscape camera is left untouched.
Runs on the base game and is fully compatible with TFTV. No new content, no save changes, and it is easy to remove.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
