Hello everyone!
When we made the more recent trailers for A Game of Dwarves, we needed to have some special camera controls implemented, which Zeal were happy to build into the game for us.
Given that you guys (and girls) are continually surprising us with your Dwarven creations, as well as your awesome videos & fortress tours, we figured it made sense to tip you off to the free-camera controls that let you make trailers like this one (British narrator not included)
[video=youtube;ds_9hknRvd0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds_9hknRvd0&hd=1[/video]
The features are already built into your copy of the game, you just need to activate them in your user configuration file
\Users\(your user name)\AppData\Roaming\Zeal Game Studio\A Game of Dwarves\user_settings.config
The Appdata folder is hidden by default, so you may need to show hidden files in Windows.
Make a backup of this file before you do anything else. Like Dwarven science, there are risks involved that can’t be completely understood by those that live above ground. I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the sun.
If you open the user_settings.config file in a text editor like wordpad or notepad++ and scroll all the way down, you’ll see a line titled:
“trailer_features_enabled = null"
Change “null” to “true”
Now save!
The camera controls should now be functional.
To toggle free-cam mode, press F8 while in game. You can point the camera in different directions by moving the mouse.
Pressing “WASD” allows you to move around.
You can change the speed with which the camera moves by rolling your mouse-wheel up or down. (mouse-wheel down slows camera speed, mouse-wheel up increases camera speed)
Pressing F8 again will toggle back to normal camera controls, but it will retain the camera speed for camera spin (pressing “Q” or “E”) This will let you do nifty slow spinning shots.
You can also hide the on-screen interface by pressing F9
In addition to all that, you can control game-speed by pressing + or -
I hope this helps you tell better stories and show off your Dwarven creations.
I’ve seen a few really impressive builds and can’t wait to see what else you Dwarvers come up with
Happy Halloween!
Steven Wells
Trailer & Video Producer
Paradox Interactive
When we made the more recent trailers for A Game of Dwarves, we needed to have some special camera controls implemented, which Zeal were happy to build into the game for us.
Given that you guys (and girls) are continually surprising us with your Dwarven creations, as well as your awesome videos & fortress tours, we figured it made sense to tip you off to the free-camera controls that let you make trailers like this one (British narrator not included)
[video=youtube;ds_9hknRvd0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds_9hknRvd0&hd=1[/video]
The features are already built into your copy of the game, you just need to activate them in your user configuration file
\Users\(your user name)\AppData\Roaming\Zeal Game Studio\A Game of Dwarves\user_settings.config
The Appdata folder is hidden by default, so you may need to show hidden files in Windows.
Make a backup of this file before you do anything else. Like Dwarven science, there are risks involved that can’t be completely understood by those that live above ground. I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the sun.
If you open the user_settings.config file in a text editor like wordpad or notepad++ and scroll all the way down, you’ll see a line titled:
“trailer_features_enabled = null"
Change “null” to “true”
Now save!
The camera controls should now be functional.
To toggle free-cam mode, press F8 while in game. You can point the camera in different directions by moving the mouse.
Pressing “WASD” allows you to move around.
You can change the speed with which the camera moves by rolling your mouse-wheel up or down. (mouse-wheel down slows camera speed, mouse-wheel up increases camera speed)
Pressing F8 again will toggle back to normal camera controls, but it will retain the camera speed for camera spin (pressing “Q” or “E”) This will let you do nifty slow spinning shots.
You can also hide the on-screen interface by pressing F9
In addition to all that, you can control game-speed by pressing + or -
I hope this helps you tell better stories and show off your Dwarven creations.
I’ve seen a few really impressive builds and can’t wait to see what else you Dwarvers come up with
Happy Halloween!
Steven Wells
Trailer & Video Producer
Paradox Interactive