Commander Free look Mode

One thing that would greatly help for the commander would be the ability to press a key and enter free look mode (especially on Chris's new underground map), since it can be such a pain to move around at times.

 

right :D

 

The commander is only able to see the ground using satellite imagery. How would free look mode work? Sounds like a bad idea.

 

well the command can see inside stuff already, it's just tricky to navigate.

 

Should the CV be able to see inside buildings? Sounds pretty sci-fi

 

There's no advantage to it and no real reason to bother trying to prevent it.

 

You think I use that commander door on Mvalley? Psshh... Naw... I sneak in through the winodw as commander :p

 

yes, but if this was added we would see more variety in maps. currently, theres a general lack of underground areas because they totally screw over the commander. if this was added, map makers would have to focus less on commander accessibility, and could put their focus where it should be: on making the map fun.

and Shinzon, I too use the window

 

Who doesn't use that window :p

 

other (more work) possibility could be to make "planes" specified by the mapper on which the camera "rolls". The commander would be able to select planes. making this a mix of the free cam and fixed commander thing..

Ouch ok that hurt my brains... it doesn't even make much sense to me

anyways in future release (empires7.0) we should make it so that the commander can only see immediate surroundings of buildings and players. As in the rest won't render for the comm
That way we can add in spionage planes and the scout would actually have a lot to scout

 

giant xray satillite, if its using a lansat to see... (imagines nf garbage can satilite getting smashed by be ubersat)