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Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Taniquetil on April 22, 2008, 02:08:16 am

Title: Problems With Camera Distance
Post by: Taniquetil on April 22, 2008, 02:08:16 am

This is not really a problem, but i am having trouble opening the camera_def.xml file. I want to adjust the camera distance as was mentioned in the Explorer's Guild POTW thread (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=30860.0). When i try to open Planeshift Steel Blue/data/options/camera_def.xml (with Firefox) i get a message saying:
XML Parsing Error: junk after document element
Location: file:///C:/Program%20Files/PlaneShift%20Steel%20Blue/data/options/camera_def.xml
Line Number 6, Column 1:<CameraTransition>
^

I have tried with IE as well but it gives me some crap about active stuff will be a risk to my computer and when i try to allow it nothing changes.

EDIT: I also have searched for this topic but most threads are about camera.xml deleting.

Title: Re: Problems With Camera Distance
Post by: Caarrie on April 22, 2008, 02:29:54 am

if you edited the file delete it, run the updater to get a new copy and read http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=24432.0 to find where the userfiles are stored for your OS, go to that location [might be a hidden folder] and make the changes there to the camera.xml file

Title: Re: Problems With Camera Distance
Post by: Taniquetil on April 22, 2008, 02:48:51 am

I have never edited the file. This is the first time i have ever tried to edit PS files.

That thread did not help me much as i am running Vista, but i did try a search for "camera.xml" and didn't get any results.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Problems With Camera Distance
Post by: Rizin on April 22, 2008, 03:37:56 am

For Vista camera.xml is located in:

C:\Users\your_user_name_here\AppData\Roaming\PlaneShift\options

AppData is a hidden folder. Two ways to find the file you want:

1) Turn on viewing of hidden folders by browsing to your user profile folder and pressing alt to pull up the menu, choose tools, and then folder options. Go to the view tab. The first radio button group on the list change selected to "Show hidden files and folders." Ok. You can now browse to the path.

2) Search feature. Open search but make sure you click the advanced search feature. This will give you extra options. Check the the checkbox for "Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files" Search for camera.xml.

Hope this helps.

Title: Re: Problems With Camera Distance
Post by: Mordraugion on April 22, 2008, 09:44:25 am

something else I noticed from the initial post you need to open the file with wordpad/notepad to be able to edit not Firefox/IE

Title: Re: Problems With Camera Distance
Post by: Taniquetil on April 23, 2008, 01:05:47 am

Wow, thank you all very much! Got it fixed and loving my new camera settings! :D

Title: Re: Problems With Camera Distance
Post by: Rizin on April 23, 2008, 02:01:09 am

Quote from: Taniquetil on April 23, 2008, 01:05:47 am

Wow, thank you all very much! Got it fixed and loving my new camera settings! :D

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