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Can I turn off view-bobbing?

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:38:03

Karzon

Unfortunately and embarassingly enough, view-bob in first person games tends to give me motion sickness. In other versions of jdoom/heretic/hexen (including ones as old as the one that kmod is based on, I think), you can turn it off by typing "toggle view-bob-height" in the console. Though kmod doesn't list view-bob-height under listvars or respond to the toggle command. Is there anything I can do? I'd hate to let something so minor ruin my fun, and kmod sounds great.
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:36:12

Moose

I can have a look into it for you, but I make no promises.
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:40:48

The 4th Class

What's view-bob <!-- s:?: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_question.gif" alt=":?:" title="Question" /><!-- s:?: -->
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:45:49

Moose

When you move in the game the camera doesn't move in a perfectly straight line, it bobs up and down slightly, to give a more realistic feel. Thats view bob. On top of this you also have weapon bob which is where the weapon sways from side to side.
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:47:21

Crimson Wizard

Simulation of player's head/eyes shaking/moving up-down, usually when walking.
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:52:37

The 4th Class

Moose's description was better. <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:56:51

Ichor

It's off when you're flying with the Wings of Wrath. It guess it's possible to make an option to have that same effect all the time (without the flying part of course).
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:34:06

RambOrc

When flying, the player itself is bobbing slightly up and down (at least in the original game).
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:45:07

Ichor

I think that only happens when you're not moving. Also, I've seen the bobbing still happen while flying in original Heretic. Probably an old bug long since fixed before Hexen was finished.
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:57:21

Firebrand

It's not really difficult to turn view bobbing off, you can even make it an option somewhere <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->.
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:14:16

RambOrc

Maybe it wasn't a bug in Heretic but intended.
Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:20:49

Dio5

w00t i neva saw things like this in old games like hexen the first time i saw this was in doom 3 o.o
Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:10:06

The 4th Class

[quote="Dio5":2nku8f75]w00t i neva saw things like this in old games like hexen the first time i saw this was in doom 3 o.o You mean the head-bobbing? But it's been a well known side-effect of the wings of wrath since 1994. <!-- s:| --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_neutral.gif" alt=":|" title="Neutral" /><!-- s:| -->
Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:37:14

Crimson Wizard

[quote="The 4th Class":262evebi][quote="Dio5":262evebi]w00t i neva saw things like this in old games like hexen the first time i saw this was in doom 3 o.o You mean the head-bobbing? But it's been a well known side-effect of the wings of wrath since 1994. <!-- s:| --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_neutral.gif" alt=":|" title="Neutral" /><!-- s:| --> There was one even in ol' good doom 1 <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:35:40

The 4th Class

Really? Heh, I don't remember it, view bobbing AFAIK started with Heretic and the wings of wrath.
Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:14:43

Crimson Wizard

[quote="The 4th Class":1wr14s7r]Really? Heh, I don't remember it, view bobbing AFAIK started with Heretic and the wings of wrath. AFAIK there was view bob in doom 1 or doom2 when you run. Maybe I am mistaken, I'll check that. But there certainly was weapon bobbing.

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