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11 years ago

I'm trying to set the camera height for C&C Generals on my 2560x1600 monitor using Windows 8.

I figured that you need to extract the .ini files in the INI.big file.

I did that, but no changes I make to the .ini files have any effect.

Everything is still controlled by Options.ini in my documents folder.

What am I doing wrong?

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NewNightmare
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11 years ago

File: Data/INI/GameData.ini
(has to be extracted to those folders in generals/ZH directory)
look for these:
CameraPitch = 37.5
CameraYaw = 0.0
CameraHeight = 232.0
MaxCameraHeight = 310.0
MinCameraHeight = 120.0
I assume you already run the game at 2560x1600 by editing options.ini

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11 years ago

Originally Posted by: newnightmare

I changed CameraHeight to 500.

MaxCameraHeight to 800.

MinCameraHeight to 300.

And yet, there is no difference.

Also, the GameData.ini file has parameters for resolution in it, as well.

I set those to 1920x1200 so I could tell if it takes effect, but it's still 2560x1600.

The game is unplayable without the camera height, so I don't know what to do..

And just to clarify, I'm playing Generals, not Zero Hour.

Edited by user 11 years ago | Reason: Not specified

Gameanater
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11 years ago

Why would you change camera height like this anyway? Just wondering.

Anyway, I don't think this is something that should be changed like this to begin with, you can switch around camera height, angles, etc, with scripting in a map. Though the player can always reset the camera by pressing the mousewheel.

Edited by user 11 years ago | Reason: Typo

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Why would you change camera height like this anyway? Just wondering.

Originally Posted by: Gameanater

Because the higher the resolution, the lower the camera is. Since I have a pretty high resolution, playing the game is just no longer fun.

Anyway, I don't think this is something that should be changed like this to begin with, you can switch around camera height, angles, etc, with scripting in a map. Though teh player can always reset the camera by pressing the mousewheel.

Originally Posted by: Gameanater

How else would you change the camera height?

I tried Gentool but it only allows you to change it in a replay, which doesn't help me at all.

But the real question is why don't the .ini files work?

klingondragon
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11 years ago

It works fine for me in bothe generals and zh when I change the gamedata.ini
Have ytou put the file in the correct place it should be in data/ini

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11 years ago

Oh... I see. I never knew that, huh.

In a map, you can script the camera to change its zoom level to whatever you want, but if the player zooms in at all he can't change it back to the extra-far zoom or anything.

I would check the file location like Klingon said. if they're in the wrong directory, they do nothing.

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It works fine for me in bothe generals and zh when I change the gamedata.ini
Have ytou put the file in the correct place it should be in data/ini

Originally Posted by: KlingonDragon

Yeah, it's in Generals/Data/INI.

How can it be that GameData.ini and Options.ini both have parameters for resolution in them? Which one takes precedence?

At this point, GameData.ini does nothing.

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11 years ago

@Klingon, can you post the code which you used? So, he will see the right way to do it 😉

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@Klingon, can you post the code which you used? So, he will see the right way to do it ;)

Originally Posted by: UTD^Force

I don't think the code itself matters.

I've downloaded other people's GameData.ini files and they also had no effect.

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11 years ago

#11

What is the FULL directory you are putting these files in?

And what operating system are you using?

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11 years ago

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What is the FULL directory you are putting these files in?

And what operating system are you using?

Originally Posted by: Annihilationzh

C:\Program Files (x86)\EA Games\Command and Conquer Generals\Data\INI

Windows 8 PRO 64-bit.

klingondragon
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11 years ago

#13

The file location is fine
If all you have done is change the numbers in gamedata it should work
Try it without options and see what happens

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11 years ago

#14

The file location is fine
If all you have done is change the numbers in gamedata it should work
Try it without options and see what happens

Originally Posted by: KlingonDragon

Removing Options.ini does nothing. It just starts the game at 800x600 and creates a new Options.ini file.

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11 years ago

#15

i know in zero hour i had fo mod 2 files to get it to work but i can't remember which 2 :/

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klingondragon
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11 years ago

#16

If i ever get my laptop back I'll have a look at how i did it

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