Snap camera to a player-designated point

4 votes

I would like to request a camera feature that would snap the camera to a view that's facing towards a particular point the player has set.

This would be useful to quickly jump the camera back to where it was before the player had to move/pan/rotate the camera around. Functionally, it would act as if the player is restoring the camera's previous angle/pan direction/view.

This would also help to create a consistent timelapse of the beaver colony, after the player finishes construction and planning while the game is paused. That way, when the game is unpaused, the player can snap the camera back to where it was looking at, and their recording of the timelapse can proceed without any hitches.

Under consideration Visual Suggested by: asperatology (09 Sep, '22) • Upvoted: 10 Sep, '22 • Comments: 2

Comments: 2

09 Sep, '22
asperatology
I proposed this feature could be expanded a bit.

Snapping to a player-designated point allows the camera to slowly rotate if the player chooses to do so, and guarantees that the camera doesn't move and break the timelapse. This includes the ability to jump back to its original position after the player finishes doing stuffs, like how StarCraft 2 camera snapping works when you finished managing your bases.

You can optionally allow the player to switch to multiple angles if the player sets it up for timelapse footage. For example, if the player wants a timelapse of a beaver district shot from near the ground, they can set the footage up so that when the player is constructing buildings, the player can do whatever they need to do with the camera, and then jump back to where the camera was originally. If the camera is already moving in motion, snap it back to the motion path's next point, so the timelapse can proceed smoothly as if there were no interferences from the player.
09 Sep, '22
stwf
I'd like to see each district be allowed to set a default view. So when I click in the top menu to change districts. I'd go to that districts default camera view. Not Using whatever camera view I happened to be in. This was I could easily get to the best views of each district.