Commands 03 Observer camera

Descriptions for commands that are modifiable through the OPTIONS -> CLASSICS PATCH -> Observer camera & photo mode menu.

Camera properties

These commands are a part of the "CAM" system for detaching camera from the player for flying around the world.

• ocam_iShowInfo - Display current properties and default controls of the observer camera (2 by default).

  • 0 - Disabled
  • 1 - Only relevant properties for playback and free-fly camera
  • 2 - Relevant properties and default controls for free-fly camera

• ocam_bPlaybackSpeedControl - Allow camera to change demo playback speed during recording playback (OFF by default).

• ocam_bSmoothPlayback - Make camera during recording playback move smoothly along a curve instead of stiffly shifting from one position to another.

• ocam_fSmoothTension - Tension value for smooth movement during recording playback. Values up to 1.0 control how much the camera will ease-in and ease-out from positions (0.0 by default).

• ocam_fFOV - Current camera FOV during free-fly movement (90.0 by default).

• ocam_fSpeed - Free-fly camera speed multiplier.

• ocam_fTiltAngleMul - Tilt angle multiplier for instant rotation or speed factor for smooth rotation (1.0 by default).

• ocam_fFOVChangeMul - Multiply speed for changing the FOV using ocam_bZoomIn and ocam_bZoomOut buttons (1.0 by default).

• ocam_fSmoothMovement - Factor for smooth camera movement. 1.0 and above make the camera move instantly without any acceleration or deceleration (1.0 by default).

• ocam_fSmoothRotation - Factor for smooth camera rotation. 1.0 and above make the camera rotate instantly without any acceleration or deceleration (1.0 by default).

• ocam_fFollowDist - Values starting from 0.0 make the free-fly camera automatically close in on the currently selected player if they're further from the camera than the set distance (-1.0 by default).

Camera controls

Commands for controling free-fly camera. These are not the same as the key binds in the actual settings but rather additional commands that can be manually added to common/player controls or modified externally by a script.

Note

Old cam_ commands can also be used as aliases for some ocam_ commands but this feature is only supported by the custom mod from Classics Patch.

• ocam_bDefaultControls - Toggle usage of built-in controls for the free-fly camera. Should be disabled if control commands are being manually binded (ON by default).

• ocam_bActive - Dynamic toggling of free-fly camera during demo playback, while observing multiplayer games or while dead in Cooperative mode.

• ocam_bTurnBankingLeft - Tilt camera angle to the left. Snaps to 10 degrees if ocam_fSmoothRotation is set to 1.0.

• ocam_bTurnBankingRight - Tilt camera angle to the right. Snaps to 10 degrees if ocam_fSmoothRotation is set to 1.0.

• ocam_bZoomIn - Zoom in by 1 degree of FOV per second. Maximum zoom-in limit is 10 degrees.

• ocam_bZoomOut - Zoom out by 1 degree of FOV per second. Maximum zoom-out limit is 170 degrees.

• ocam_bResetToPlayer - Teleport to the viewpoint of a currently selected player (using gam_iObserverOffset).

• ocam_bFollowPlayer - Make camera automatically turn towards currently selected player. Useful for tracking player movement.

• ocam_bSnapshot - Records current camera position in the recording file during demo playback. Creates a new file or overwrites an old one upon taking the first snapshot.

• ocam_iScreenshotW - Resolution width for taking high quality screenshots (1920 by default).

• ocam_iScreenshotH - Resolution height for taking high quality screenshots (1080 by default).

Tip

When taking global/Steam screenshots while in "photo mode" (F12 key by default), it saves a high quality screenshot from the camera's point of view with custom resolution specified by these commands.

• ocam_bMoveForward - Make free-fly camera move forward.
• ocam_bMoveBackward - Make free-fly camera move backward.
• ocam_bMoveLeft - Make free-fly camera move to the left.
• ocam_bMoveRight - Make free-fly camera move to the right.
• ocam_bMoveUp - Make free-fly camera move upward.
• ocam_bMoveDown - Make free-fly camera move downward.

Warning

Binding mouse buttons or Space to any observer camera controls would not do anything in demos because pressing them interrupts demo playback.