Steel Beasts Pro Discussion Thread

Started by Asid, July 16, 2014, 05:40:46 PM

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RyanE

Just went through the video.  Vary helpful, thanks.

Ssnake

Quote from: Pete Dero on December 25, 2017, 08:22:46 AM
The video unfortunately doesn't cover a number of points.

  • The "Lase" key (Ctrl) will shift the focus point of the camera to the closest object behind it (just like the laser ranger finder in Steel Beasts does); it doesn't have to be always only a few meters in front of the camera.
    By "lasing" the same spot in the next keyframe it endures that the camera view doesn't sway unexpectedly as shown in the video's three-keyframe path example.
  • The "Tether" field allows you to make the whole camera path shift with a moving unit. In other words, the key frame locations are no longer absolute world coordinates as per default, but now offset by being tethered to the chosen unit (as it might move across the terrain).
    In the video's example it would be the lead tank of the tank platoon; more importantly, it allows to set another keyframe to shift the frame of reference to a DIFFERENT tether unit (use with care, that may lead to potentially very unpredictable camera movement if the keyframes are close to each other and the units are far apart/moving fast/in different directions
  • Then there's a drop-down field that allows to refine the tethered unit's frame of reference to

    • the hull,
    • the turret, or
    • the main gun
    thus further bending the camera path to follow the chosen component (shifting the coordinate from "absolute world with unit offset" to "unit component polar coordinates")
  • (Alt+H) removes all HUD elements, for a more cinematic view
  • Camera paths can be edited while pausing the scenario (Pause)

RyanE

I looked through the manual and the notes.  Was any of this covered in there.  I spent 4 hours off and on looking for instructions and trying to figure it out.

Ssnake

I described it in the Release Notes.
They are designed to cover everything that's new.

RyanE

I saw that 3,4, and 5 were in the notes, but 1 and 2 weren't discussed.  And those were fairly important points.  The video also seemed to cover other aspects.

My point is some of the stuff in the video and what you listed should be in the notes.  Without them, it is a little difficult to figure it out.

Jarhead0331

Anybody have an update on the status of SBPro? Its been a long time since we've seen any new builds or patches, and the only thing people talk about around here is the dongle.
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Grim.Reaper

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on May 11, 2019, 08:10:32 AM
Anybody have an update on the status of SBPro? Its been a long time since we've seen any new builds or patches, and the only thing people talk about around here is the dongle.

Been watching some posts on their forum....seems like the delayed new terrain is coming in near future with pre-orders.  It will come with a cost but from what I gather it will be less than $40.