Alternate Version of Semi-Lock Camera

Earstorm··1 votes·487 views

Semi-locked camera seems like it'll be a good improvement and help out a lot of people. Its limitation though is that you can't quickly pan out over the map as far as you'd like, and for now I'll probably stick to unlocked mode.

I don't mean to sound picky for suggesting this right after a new camera mode came out, but I have an idea for a camera mode that personally I would really like and could be pretty favorable to some players.

The idea is kind of a recoiling mode. For the most part it acts just like an unlocked camera, in which you can pan out as much as you'd like with your cursor. The difference is, when you're done panning and you move your cursor away from the edge of the screen, the camera will automatically pan back over to your champion. The magnitude of the relaxation speed back to your champ could be a variable option you decide . The camera would also follow you around as long as you're not attempting to pan out. In this way, you have a camera that follows you, yet you can make quick peeks off somewhere on the map to a longer range than semi-locked allows. Pressing space to immediately center yourself would also be included.

I don't know which would be better, but this could be done in two ways. 1) It could just recoil back to centering on your champion. or 2) It could recoil back to a point just where your champion is fully in view, but not necessarily centered (would look just like semi-lock when not panning far out of vision). The choice between the two could also be an option decided by the player. In this way, there'd be a recoiling centered camera and a recoiling semi-locked camera.

Tell me what you think, thanks

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SmknWdl1 votes

I usually leave my camera unlocked, but toggle with spacebar. So I'm constantly making tiny adjustments subconsciously depending on where i want to look, so like maybe 50% locked 50% unlocked. It really depends on what I'm doing.

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