DynamicCam 2.0 beta is out!
After almost one year, I have finally reached a state were it is possible to give you a first look at DynamicCam 2.0! If you want to check it out, your feedback is greatly appreciated.
But warning: Due to some fundamental changes "under the hood" your settings profiles must be modernized. Part of this Beta is to check if this modernization works flawlessly. Hence, you should make a backup copy of the file:
\World of Warcraft\_retail_\WTF\Account\<YourAccountName>\SavedVariables\DynamicCam.lua
If anything goes worng, you could then restore your settings from this backup. Furthermore, you could send us your file (on curseforge or wowinterface), so we could figure out what went wrong.
And of course:
About DynamicCam:
DynamicCam automates camera transitions (and settings) between the many different 'situations' that your character can find themselves in.
Using the new ActionCam settings reintroduced in 7.1, experience the game in a new way! E.g.:
- Zoom slow or fast depending on mouse wheel speed.
- Use custom situations to automatically zoom in/out when indoors/outdoors.
- Use custom situations to rotate the camera while teleporting.
- Use predefined view during NPC interaction.
- A camera over shoulder offset makes your character animations look more interesting.
- Focus the camera on enemies or NPCs during interaction.
An older video demonstrating the action cam during combat:
Check out this video by Kranken Latte for an explanation of the options:
Kraken Latte's UI - Part 1: Small Addons
You may also want to checkout these Bellular videos:
BellularGaming (May 18, 2016): The Action Camera: WoW Legion's Hidden Gem
BellularGaming (Jan 17, 2018): FEELS NEW! Ultimate Immersive World of Warcraft Setup for Patch 7.3.5
BellularGaming (Mar 13, 2018): World of Warcraft: ACTION RPG Edition - A New Way To Enjoy WoW in 2018
Hello Creator,
Reporting a bug.
In WoW: Shadowlands, inside the dungeon "Necrotic Wake" there is an issue, after killing Armath we ride the kyrian to the necropolis. This is where the bug happens. When i have the "enable action cam" button checked off something weird happens. when i ride the kyrian to the necropolis, after landing, when my character engages in combat, the action cam goes into a left-over-the-shoulder view for the remainder of the dungeon during combat situations. when i uncheck the "enable action cam" box, then everything else is fine. I hope this is detailed enough.
I have been using this addon for years and i flipping LOVE IT. Tbh this is my first time reporting a bug for a wow addon lol. Please advise and/or fix.
Thank you for your time today.
Always Learning,
-Acçursius-Area52
In reply to AccursiuSpatt:
Hi, thanks a lot for your report. This is really helpful. It is not the first time, someone reported an issue with "Necrotic Wake" (see https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/dynamiccam?comment=897). I don't know if the two issues have the same cause. I will have to investigate this. Can you tell me if the problem is still present after the final boss is killed? Then I could look at this after finishing the Dungeon with a pug...
In reply to LudiusMaximus:
yes it is still present after final boss; even in the open world. in order to by pass it, i do a /reload, then relog(but sometimes i dont have to relog) and then enable the action cam button again, and it goes back to being ok.
Thank a lot for the app!
Is the option to fit zoom to nameplate in combat gone?
In reply to henningattlin:
Hi! This is unfortunately not possible any more since the WoW devs removed the possibility to locate nameplate positions. It still works in WoW classic, though.
In reply to LudiusMaximus:
Well that blows! Thanks for the info :) Have a nice day
Hello,
i want to help to Translate your addon in French, but i didn't found where to to that.
i want to participate because i like this addon so much, it make my gaming experience better,
and then because it will be easier to set it up when it's in our native language :)
Can you tell me where can i help please ?
thx for an answer :)
In reply to MofSeth:
Hey, good to hear from you again. I already noted that you could do the French translation one year ago... (https://github.com/mpstark/DynamicCam/issues/28)
I am currently finishing DynamicCam 2.0, which is a complete overhaul of the UI and hopefully makes it a lot more accessible. The next step for me would then be to transfer all the text strings into a data format that facilitates the translation. Then you can do the translation using the curseforge interface. Just give me some time. IRL job and family are so taxing for me at the moment...
In reply to LudiusMaximus:
haha yes now i can remember that, feel free to contact me when you ready :)
(i let you a reply on GitHub (issue 28) with my same nickname)
Amazing addon and i recently learned about the advanced mode which makes it even more great.
I just have one question to costumize it fully how i want it. On NPC Interaction i removed the AH npc trigger but i dont know how to stop my settings to trigger on mount vendors.
Situations >NPC Interactions > Advanced > Initialization Script - i removed the auctioneer.
But how to the same to mount vendors?
In reply to muskmulel:
Thanks for your kind words! (Just wait for DynamicCam 2.0...)
Regarding mount vendors: In the NPC Interactions initialisation script, you see
this.mountVendors = {
["62821"] = 460, -- Grand Expedition Yak
["62822"] = 460, -- Grand Expedition Yak
}
This means, if you interact with NPC 62821 while mounted on mount 460, the situation is not entered, as you can see in the condition script:
-- Don't want to apply this to my own mount vendors while mounted.
if IsMounted() then
if UnitGUID("npc") then
local _, _, _, _, _, npcId = strsplit("-", UnitGUID("npc"))
if this.mountVendors[npcId] and this.mountVendors[npcId] == this:GetCurrentMount() then
return false
end
end
end
I only did this for the Grand Expedition Yak so far (the only vendor mount I have). If you want to do this for other mount vendors, you have to find out the respective npcId and mountId. To do this, you would temporarily add the following line into the condition script:
-- Don't want to apply this to my own mount vendors while mounted.
if IsMounted() then
if UnitGUID("npc") then
local _, _, _, _, _, npcId = strsplit("-", UnitGUID("npc"))
print("Current npc", npcId, "Current mount", this:GetCurrentMount())
if this.mountVendors[npcId] and this.mountVendors[npcId] == this:GetCurrentMount() then
return false
end
end
end
When you talk to a mount vendor, the ids are then printed in the chat console.
You can then enter these ids into the init script:
this.mountVendors = {
["62821"] = 460, -- Grand Expedition Yak
["62822"] = 460, -- Grand Expedition Yak
["<New npcId>"] = <new mountId>, -- <A comment with the mount name would be nice>
}
I hope you can work with this. If you succeed, it would be great if you post your new line here, so I can add it to the code of DynamicCam.
I use one of the presets, and I enjoy it, except that Druid Forms are much larger than the average unit, so I just have half a screen of furry bear ass. Does anyone know what command I can use in a custom preset to specify Druid Forms to have their zoom set out a bit farther than when I'm in caster form?
In reply to moonkehh:
Hm, not sure what you mean. More info how to reproduce this would be necessary. Thanks for the feedback though.
In reply to moonkehh:
Not so far...
I am using the retail version for tbc classic and it creates so much errors but still works. The thing that doesnt work is when in focus I on NPCs and players of my side it doesnt work. Why is it doing this is this getting updated for tbc
In reply to moonkehh:
Don't use the retail version for bcc! Use the classic version for bcc. :-)
I am just inches away from releasing DynamicCam 2.0 for all game clients...
is there a way to not fade the ui in npc interaction when talking to vendors or to bank or auctionhouse?
In reply to l_Denix_l:
So you just want to fade it for quest NPCs? You could modify the conditions of the NPC interaction situation such that it only applies to quest NPCs...