Fly the film mode camera

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Three damped camera moves for recording, flown from the spectator seat.

Record and play back a demo covers saving the session, automatic recording and the recording indicator.

In the menus: ESC → + FILM MODE

Choose a camera move

The + FILM MODE launcher sits at the right-hand end of the ESC screen, below + PHOTO MODE.

GIMBAL is damped free flight. You move and look as normal, and everything glides.

DOLLY locks your movement to a straight sideways track.

DOLLY VERTICAL locks movement to straight up and down. Jump and crouch crane the camera.

Switching between them needs no off step. Once a mode is running its button is replaced by a red EXIT twin in the same slot, and that leaves the menu open.

Set the pace

The Speed: slider runs from 50 to 400 and does 2 jobs: how fast you fly, and how heavy the camera head feels.

Prefer the console?

/dolly on while you are already on a horizontal track re-aims the track at where you are facing now. There is no button for it, because the DOLLY button is hidden while its own mode is running.

/gimbal off turns off whichever mode is running. With no argument at all, both commands print their reference and the current state.

/gimbalspeed <up|down|+|-|50-400>