Can someone mod an external camera?

[jpinard]

I hate that I can't see a damn thing around my ship. I have no idea how far my rear end sticks out, I have no idea how fat my spacecraft is, it's like driving down the highway with no rear-view or side-view mirrors. It should be illegal!

Is this something moddable or must we leave it up to Egosoft?

Honestly, just once I'd like to see what my ship looks like as I careen through space.

[Demongornot]

I don't know if we can or not, but you have to know that the Skunk have not a real collision box, which mean that only a small area of the ship will do collide with objects, the rest of the time you will see the ship clipping with everything...

[jpinard]

I don't know if we can or not, but you have to know that the Skunk have not a real collision box, which mean that only a small area of the ship will do collide with objects, the rest of the time you will see the ship clipping with everything...

No real collision box? Dang

[Sandalpocalypse]

Use a drone to see your ship. Collision box seems fine.

[Demongornot]

Use a drone to see your ship. Collision box seems fine.

Haha yeah that exactly why i can fly through the ENTIRE ship with my drone...
It have been prove that their is no collision box other than the camera size, even Yisha is out of the collision Box area.

[Dungeoncrawler]

So what function does the game setting on/off have with regards to collision? Does it impact damage only?

[spool1]

Might be interesting too see if we can create a mod where you can buy a certain new drone "External View URV" then lock the position of the drone behind and above the Skunk, then transfer the movement control from the drone to the actual ship.

This could work potentially, I might look into trying this. But there will be downsides, and I am not sure how much of the actual game can be modded. The main issue being the collision box's will not always work, and shooting will be weird. Will need to translate the screen coordinates of the firing to the actual direction the skunks forward direction is. Then just remove the filter screen effects that the drone is given so that there is a clear screen. Then will need to translate the menu's and stuff to make a virtual HUD.

Might be a fun experimental project.

[Nebogloee]

I have been looking at the animation files, as we will probably need to alter them to adjust the camera. They are fairly complex and repetitive. Anybody else been looking into those?

[Deleted User]

an external camera with true AP collision should be patch, not mod material, IMHO.

[Zakuak]

Oh man an external cam would be cool, then I'd want cool skins for my ship so I can get all tricked out.

Camo!!!!

[Nebogloee]

an external camera with true AP collision should be patch, not mod material, IMHO.

Agreed, but I don't think the folks in this sub forum wait for patches

[Kittens David]

an external camera with true AP collision should be patch, not mod material, IMHO.

Yes but do you realize that Egosoft won't do it. They won't add anything that 90% of the community is crying to have, things related to a space sim game.... Why? Just because God Bernd said it wasn't fun. No you don't need an external view that's not fun. No you don't need the skunk to have a true collision box, that's not fun. What is fun and great is going into the same station interior thousands of times and open little red boxes... That's utmost fun as well as to speak with tons of useless npc unable to say more than 2 different sentences... That's the fun of X-rebirth, that's what the true players wants. Isn't it Bernd?

PS: Sure, first improve will be on that fake co pilot chest... you now those boobs they are vitals to a space sim game. So you might have them gain a cup or two in the coming patch. That's egosoft priority.

[knightal]

Well I'll throw my vote in for an external camera view. All other issues aside this has to be the worst one for me. Frame rate also is a real biggy to.