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[Gameplay] Semi-Locked Camera Does Not Work

Invariel·11/21/2017, 10:14:13 PM·13 votes·13,754 views

Semi-Locked camera currently functions like Locked camera, removing one of the best features of the game in the last couple of years.

Switching from Semi-Locked to anything else and back to Semi-Locked did not resolve the issue.

[Edit]: Okay, this actually seems to be something resulting from the patch:

"Center Camera on Champion" now always puts your champion in the center of your screen, rather than doing nothing in Locked Camera mode or placing your champion at the last camera offset position in Semi-Locked Camera mode

So, holding down the 'center camera' key (default: space) will no longer track the camera for as long as the button is held down, and instead forces the camera to center on the character. This undoes how I have been playing since semi-locked became an option. That it does not center the camera on the character in Per-Side Offset mode makes things even more confusing, as this change resulted in making semi-locked mode less useful.

I agree that having a button to force-center the camera on your character in all camera modes would be useful, but that should be a different button than "return camera to its default location" which is the function that spacebar has been filling for the past couple of years.

27 Comments

correct spelling11/22/2017, 2:16:04 AM9 votes

yes, this has completely fucking ruined my ability to keep the camera where i want throughout the game. is there a different button that centers the camera and allows you to position it in the semilocked mode?

essentially semilocked camera is meaningless now. grats.

XxRobin WoodxX11/22/2017, 7:11:42 PM5 votes

Hey there, I´m struggling too because of that change. Before the change people could just use F1 to center theire champ in middle of the screen, instead of complaining and make Riot change stuff... We just need a "Hold Camera Lock"- hotkey now. Like the "Toggle Camera Lock"-hotkey, just to hold down. Pls Rito fix this !!!!

NemanyaIam11/23/2017, 8:56:46 PM3 votes

I spent 90 min looking and trying to fix my in-game camera because it's something easy everyone can do, right? And after all my efforts I started to think what could cause all this and I realized "Wait a second dude, there was a 100+MB patch" so I decided to do a Google search and found out that semi-locked camera basically no longer exist. For me this change makes my games harder especially when you use both smart cast and quick cast.

P.S. Maybe this option would be available through RP purchase. Who knows with every patch and season this game becomes more and more pay to win.

rasclatt11/24/2017, 8:59:13 AM3 votes

Agreed. Old function was better for me. If you wanted to center on char there was already a key for that.

Am used to: Unlocked Camera, but semi locked mode. Hold space bar to use semi locked cam.

Wouldnt mind if the view reset to center every time i released the key, but allow me to use semi locked while holding. Reverting with this change would be the dream for me.

At least add "hold camera lock" hotkey instead of just toggle and everyone is happy

RiotRiot Exgeniar11/22/2017, 11:20:07 PM2 votes

So, let me understand this correct.

You are using semi-locked camera without the camera actively being tracked (Camera Locked: Toggled OFF, with Camera Lock Type as Semi-locked.) When you are pressing Space while Camera is locked, you want the old behavior where it returns to the last offset position? But don't really care what happens when your camera lock toggle is on?

LostFr0st11/28/2017, 1:42:22 AM1 votes

So, holding down the 'center camera' key (default: space) will no longer track the camera for as long as the button is held down, and instead forces the camera to center on the character.

I tried Semi-locked a while ago and stopped using it specifically because I needed to hold spacebar for it to "work." I don't really want to hold spacebar :/