Guild Wars 2

hello everyone, i’ve just returned from a long hiatus back to GW2 in order to see what has changed in my absence. something immediately grabbed my attention, my norn’s camera was centered on her stomache. while this afforded me a stunning view of her abs, it left her face completely off camera when zoomed in. i checked my options and there are some new controls for the camera, adjust to character height: perfect. only it wasn’t perfect, it centered the camera on her head meaning she was out of camera from the waist down unless i zoomed really far out. the camera height slider proved useless as it really didn’t change much. i feel like the old camera was centered on her shoulders, is there currently anyway to get that back? i seriously don’t think i can play my norn characters like this.

There is an option to check “Adjust Camera to Character Height”, just check it and the camera will adjust to the head of your character, no matter your size.

You could try ‘Restore to Default’, possibly.

Good luck.

I’ve tried both of these things already. “adjust to character height” makes it so I can only see my character from the elbows up, and resetting to defaults just resets them to the new default. I appreciate you guys reading through and responding though :P

What happens when you enable first-person mode and zoom in? Does the camera go to her head? I’ve not noticed anything odd on my human/sylvari/asura, but then again, I don’t really pay that much attention to where the camera is, as I keep it zoomed out pretty far usually.

Arimik.2460:

I’ve tried both of these things already. “adjust to character height” makes it so I can only see my character from the elbows up, and resetting to defaults just resets them to the new default. I appreciate you guys reading through and responding though :P

There is no “new” default. Default is as it always was before they changed the camera.

Can you you show us screenshots to help aid the issue?

i zoomed in all the way for these. the first screen is without “adjust to character height” checked. i seem to remember the camera going higher up than this, shoulder height. the second screenshot has the option checked, and the camera is now centered seemingly over her head. the camera height slider is nearly useless at this distance as it looks like it’s only meant to work for zoomed out.

it is quite possible that i’ve missed something incredibly simple, i am not a smart man. but i feel like the camera was inbetween these two extremes when last i played and the new options are very unhelpful. again thanks for listening and helping, i know you guys have other things you could be doing :)

Can you show a normal view? Ie not a frontal view. I dont play a toon front facing like this so i cant tell what is wrong.

Also, a screenie showing what the default setting go to would help. Ill check it fully tonight, all i can say at this stage is that default should be showing exactly as it was for you first time around. My feeling is the vertical camera option might be out

Arimik.2460:

i zoomed in all the way for these. the first screen is without “adjust to character height” checked. i seem to remember the camera going higher up than this, shoulder height. the second screenshot has the option checked, and the camera is now centered seemingly over her head. the camera height slider is nearly useless at this distance as it looks like it’s only meant to work for zoomed out.

it is quite possible that i’ve missed something incredibly simple, i am not a smart man. but i feel like the camera was inbetween these two extremes when last i played and the new options are very unhelpful. again thanks for listening and helping, i know you guys have other things you could be doing

Maybe try unchecking adjust to character’s height, then moving vertical bar to about half way?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Norn-camera

It’s an issue with “Adjust to character height” and norn ladies. It’s too high.
I can’t get my hands on the first thread I’ve seen about it, but iirc the camera was correctly adjusted for male norns.