This modification to the appearance.2da file raises the camera height to just over the PC's head (likewise for any henchmen), thereby eliminating the annoying obstruction of your view by your own character's head when zooming in within Character mode. This creates almost a first person view.
V1.03 is bug- and conflict-free within the OC and MotB, as far as I'm aware. Noone has reported any bugs or conflicts with Persistent Worlds, however I don't play in any Persistent Worlds and have not tested it.
INSTRUCTIONS: Simply load the "appearance.2da" file into your "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\Override" folder.
NOTE REGARDING CONFLICTS: If you use other mods or haks that edit the "appearance.2da" file, then you will likely experience conflicts that cause problems. If this is the case and you would like to gain the benefits of this mod with those others, then you will need the merge the changes in this "appearance.2da" with any other changes that those other mods and hakfiles include.
MOD BUILDERS: According to comments from FuzzyHart, this file may be helpful to you when crafting new landscapes and areas because it allows an "up-close-and-personal" inspection of those environments. To do this, you'll need to close your toolset and start the mod from the menu.
Huzzah! to Lord Firkraag for this excellent idea!
FILE UPDATES:
V1.04 - Adjusted camera for Druid shapechanges: Frost giant, fire giant, horned devil, nightwalker, and iron golem. Also adjusted camera for wizard familiar: Homunculus.
V1.03 - Adjusted camera for Druid wildshapes: Dire badger, dire wolf, dire bear, and dire boar.
V1.02 - Fixed bug with MotB races that caused Genasi and Half-drow races to be invisible;
V1.01 - Added support for all OC player races;
V1.00 - Beta
V1.04 of the "1st_Person_Cam.hak" file that adds adjustments for druid shapechanged forms and for a wizard's familiar homunculus. This file is compatible with both NWN2's Official Campaign as well as Mask of the Betrayer.
V1.04 of the "appearance.2da" file that adds adjustments for druid shapechanged forms and for homunculus familiar. This file is compatible with both NWN2's Official Campaign as well as Mask of the Betrayer.
Thanks for your vote Dblade! I actually struggled a little with exactly what to name this mod since it's not really a first person view and it isn't intended to make NWN2 into a FPS sort of experience. I personally use it in conjunction with the Strategy view and at about the same amount percentage of time(probably similar to yourself). For my own gaming purposes, this mod allows me to most effectively use BOTH the Character Mode and Strategic Mode to gain the most enjoyment from the game. Hopefully the name of the mod hasn't turned off some of the population from trying it. Hurm.
Posted by dblade at 19:20:00 Voted10.00
I don't use this as a (Nearly) first person view. As it stands, this made the height adjustment I've always thought was needed in character mode in order to open up the view in front of the PC. You got a 10 regardless of intent!
Posted by hurmferd at 2008-07-0718:03:41
V1.02 is now posted. Thanks to some guidance from SushiSquid (as well as originally from Lord Firkraag), I believe that the files above fix the problems with races not visible. I tested the "appearance.2da" file and found no issues with with any races, with druid shapes up to level 11, and with a number of cutscenes. Let me know if you find any other races or NPC's that have difficulties. Game on! Hurm.
Posted by hurmferd at 2008-07-0712:04:09
Thanks for directing me to that file, SushiSquid! I'll examine it later today and try to get an update posted. Hurm.
Posted by SushiSquid at on07/06/08
Er, sorry. It's 2DA_X1, but you get the idea. Anyway, I've now merged this with another mod's appearance.2DA and also added in the changes for the Mask of the Betrayer races. As a note, certain companions and even druid wildshape forms will also need for you to edit their height value if you want this camera style to work with them, so you might want to add that in as well. Good effort though, and it certainly is useful.
Posted by SushiSquid at on07/06/08
You do realize the reason this makes every new creature type from Mask of the Betrayer disappear is because you're using the old appearance.2DA, right? Go edit the one from the 2DA_NX1 zipped folder, not the one from the 2DA folder. That will fix your problem with missing half-drow and genasi.
Posted by FUZZYHART at 11:17:48 Voted9.00
hurmferd, You might want to let people know,"When working on a mod", That if they run the game "From the tool set" they won't see anything different until they close everything and start the mod from the menu. This is with the "over-ride ver." silly me, it took me a while to figure that out. "By the way" I highly recommend this to every builder out there, As it will give you a up front close detailed view of your surrounding's. Try this test and you'll see what i mean. Take an area that you've built and believe is done and use this in it. You will see any-thing that is a Little off, stick out like a sore thumb. I think this has raised the bar for builders when making their mod's.
Posted by hurmferd at 2008-07-0510:26:33
Steven, I sent you my email address. Thanks again! Hurm.
Posted by hurmferd at 2008-07-0510:18:35
Steven, yes thanks! Please send me that file and I'll compare the two. That'll probably show me where the problem lies and I can make the necessary changes. Hurm.
Posted by StevenACarder at 09:26:29 Voted8.00
I have been playing the OC with a half-drow using this. As I mentioned before, my PC wasn't visible the first time I tried this. I merged your appearance.2da with another one from a module and then I was able to see my half-drow PC. So, something in the merger fixed the bug you mentioned. If you would like, I can email my working appearance.2da file to you.
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