Changing camera distance, some missions not changing

[TizerisT]

Hi, I've just been using BScriptViewto go through the missions and change the camera distance in each scene2.bin by inputting the text camera_setfov 86.07 at the bottom of each notepad thing on the right hand side, but most of the missions have not changed. For example I have 3 scene2.bins in three folders for mission 19, but in-game only one of the chapters has correctly been modified, out of about 7 chapters for that mission.
Am I missing something?

[ASM.]

Your post reads like you added the camera_setfov 86.07 command to every script in each of the missions. While this might work, this is generally not the way to go; you should add a custom script object to the missions instead. However I'm not sure whether this works properly when you return to a mission, though (like what happens after Reconnaissance where you return from mise19-banka to mise19-mesto) as I could imagine that the savegames that are created along the way mark your script as 'done'.

If you just want to play the mission with higher FOV, you could use Mafia Patcher in conjunction with a script that changes the FOV. See the ThunderboltCheatReplacementScriptPath option in Patcher.cfg.

[TizerisT]

Ok. I downloaded that and read the readme. I don't know how to go about making a script though. I have one other mod that changes the camera in every mission, but the fov is too far. Do you think I could simply edit that mod?

[ASM.]

Here's a small script that lets you toggle between 70° and 90° FOV by pressing the primary speed limiter key. To use it with Mafia Patcher, create a file named script.sc with the script in your Mafia installation directory and uncomment the DisableThunderboltCheatScriptMissionCheck and ThunderboltCheatReplacementScriptPath options in Patcher.cfg.

[Hunter]

Did someone say Hunter?

Different scene2.bins have different default FOVs (referred to as Camera distance in DC||ED). It's unclear to me how these numbers were chosen or why you would want the camera to vary by mission, maybe something to do with weather or whatever, apart from that you would probably want a change on a foot scene2 from a driving scene2. I also don't know if there are several fixed numbers (the common one I've seen is "1.6" from DC||ED) or if they just vary; I haven't spent time on it to find out.

/pointlesscomment

[Tosyk]

[ASM.]

[Tosyk]

ASM, that's great! thank you!

[TizerisT]

Also, is there a way to extend draw distance only in a particular mission (freeride)?
I've just installed the Freeride_Extended_Mod_v3.0 and now the widescreen fix doesn't work on freeride....? I swear I used to fiddle with draw distance on individual missions way back but I can't remember how I did it. What app was it?

[ASM.]

[TizerisT]

DCED doesn't open up for me (Win10) for some reason. I see the bridge logo, then its gone. Tried compatibilty modes too.

[ASM.]

This is probably due to the .exe packer we used back in the day.

Download the MMC Stuff + DC||ED package available in the downloads section and use the .exe found in mmc_stuff/DCED/DCSOURCE/DCED2_src/LG_Release instead.

[lubomir222]

BSV 6 is better for mafia modding. Trust me

[ASM.]

Yes, it's definitely more stable. However from what I remember it's missing some stuff that's present in DC||ED (like editing general scene properties like the view distance I think) so the two tools complement one another in a sense.

That being said it looks like djbozkosz' excellent BozSceneTreeEditor effectively obsoletes both and should be used instead now moving forward.