Can we please take a look at how Semi-Locked camera works?

Taylor D·4/16/2015, 5:36:36 PM·17 votes·8,558 views

I love the idea of semi-locked camera, it's really nice to have a following camera that one can reposition to better match the situation.

The only major flaw with it currently is there is no way to re-set it back to center without manually trying to shift back to center.

Let's take a look at how the default camera works in Heroes of the Storm.

If you have it unlocked, and you hold down spacebar it will center the camera. You can also move it around just like in Semi-Locked, but the main difference is when you press spacebar again it will re-center your camera.

This for me, and I'm sure the majority of people who would like to use semi-locked prefer this.

I'm requesting that either the camera reset's upon re-lock or you add a separate keybind to reset it to the middle.

EDIT: I'm going to make a little video showing the issue and what it should be like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzjSd-psPm4

23 Comments

EmbraceChu4/16/2015, 11:23:52 PM8 votes

yes I feel the same about this. we need a center camera on champ button

Taylor D4/17/2015, 11:48:16 PM3 votes

bump

FAlNT7/28/2016, 4:39:44 PM3 votes

totally agree with that one year over and still no such option :(

Taylor D4/17/2015, 1:04:48 AM2 votes
AnomalousChimera4/17/2015, 1:58:59 AM2 votes

As tpotentially the best camera option, this should seriously be considered.

Taylor D4/17/2015, 4:30:30 PM2 votes

bump

Truly Prideful4/17/2015, 4:33:40 PM2 votes

Yeah, any improvement to this style is welcome. I love it in HotS and would really like to see it working well here.

The GG Janitor4/18/2015, 12:03:30 AM2 votes

This would be awesome!!! But too bad I play lock screen lol

Taylor D4/21/2015, 10:52:35 PM2 votes

bump

Mat7itan4/16/2015, 6:26:33 PM2 votes

I thought this is what this post is about and I agree... not being able to settle the camera back on the center is so annoying.

Taylor D4/16/2015, 6:46:13 PM2 votes

I hate that this will never get enough upvotes to be seen and changed because almost no one uses semi-locked

Anyone who has played HotS will understand the frustration.

tifas left elbow4/16/2015, 11:25:32 PM2 votes

Agree wholeheartedly. This was my single complaint of Semi-lock and the main reason I went back to fixed. If this was implemented, I would most certainly go back.

Ugly Poro4/16/2015, 11:29:00 PM1 votes

Play with the Unlocked setting then? When the screen is completely unlocked you can position it anywhere on the map and press space to get it back on your guy. Holding space centers it on your champion completely. I feel like this is exactly what you're asking for and I don't understand your complaint.

IkeTh3Third10/11/2016, 10:10:52 PM1 votes

Bump, was playing around with semi-locked and honestly expected center camera button to do what he is suggesting. I was kinda disappointed when it didn't because I actually wanted to switch to semi-locked but there is no good option for re-centering so I am currently still constantly switching between locked and unlocked. Semi-locked would be much less of a headache than what I currently do and would be much more intuitive if there was a way to re-center the screen. RITO PLS HELP.

ciarco4/28/2017, 2:56:44 PM1 votes

bump