Need some help with custom camera viewpoint

[bruce656]

I was trying to recreate the Shift 2 Helmet cam, and all is going great but I've got one issue I can't solve on my own. When adding (not editing an existing cam) a custom camera viewpoint, the free look (right analog stick xbox360 controller or + and - on the keyboard) doesn't work anymore in this camera viewpoint. It still works in the original cockpit cam and the third person viewpoint. I need some help on this, I've tried Need For Speed SHIFT Camera Control v1.4, but it keeps crashing when I edit the settings while in a race.

Here is my custom camera in the cameraconfig.xml

<data class="CCameraConfig" id="0xF30A020">
<prop name="Name" data="HelmetCam" />
<prop name="OriRate" data="360;360;360" />
<prop name="VelocityOriRatio" data="0.0" />
<prop name="TargetPertubationScale" data="0.0" />
<prop name="Pos" data="CockpitPos" />
<prop name="RearPos" data="CockpitRearPos" />
<prop name="PosOffset" data="0;0;0" />
<prop name="OriOffset" data="-0.07;0;0" />
<prop name="HeadPhysicsScale" data="1.5;0.1;1.6" />
<prop name="Radius" data="0" />
<prop name="FOV" data="1.0" />
<prop name="FOVMax" data="1.0" />
<prop name="FOVMaxSpeedMPH" data="90" />
<prop name="AspectRatio" data="1.33333" />
<prop name="NearZ" data="0.1" />
<prop name="FarZ" data="2500" />
<prop name="ImpactShakePositionalExtents" data="0.5;0.5;0.5" />
<prop name="ImpactShakeOrientationalExtents" data="1;1;1" />
<prop name="ImpactShakeFrequencyFactor" data="10" />
<prop name="SpeedShakePositionalExtents" data="0;0.002;0" />
<prop name="SpeedShakeOrientationalExtents" data="0.002;0;0.003" />
<prop name="SpeedShakeFrequencyFactor" data="20" />
<prop name="SpeedShakeMinSpeed" data="2" />
<prop name="SpeedShakeMaxSpeed" data="35" />
<prop name="HideCar" data="false" />
<prop name="HideCarRearLook" data="true" />
<prop name="RenderCockpit" data="true" />
<prop name="AllowCycle" data="true" />
<prop name="AllowCycleAI" data="false" />
<prop name="HeadPhysicsType" data="1" />
<prop name="UseChaseLook" data="false" />
<prop name="HUDMode" data="5" />
<prop name="WideHUDMode" data="6" />
<prop name="HUDHeadPhysics" data="true" />
<prop name="PlayJetstreamSound" data="false" />
<prop name="EnvMapUpdateWeightPosX" data="1.0" />
<prop name="EnvMapUpdateWeightNegX" data="1.0" />
<prop name="EnvMapUpdateWeightPosY" data="1.0" />
<prop name="EnvMapUpdateWeightNegY" data="1.0" />
<prop name="EnvMapUpdateWeightPosZ" data="1.0" />
<prop name="EnvMapUpdateWeightNegZ" data="1.0" />
<prop name="EnvMapUpdatesPerFrame" data="3" />
<prop name="VanishParticlesNearCamera" data="true" />
</data>

It shares all important values from the cockpit cam but with a few modifications but the free look still doesn't work. On the other hand the custom cam works great (you can cycle through the camera selection : bumpercam, bonnetcam, cockpitcam, helmetcam (custom), third person cam), you see everything you would see if you have the helmet cam on shift 2 selected (except for the helmet texture, something I need help on too if this is possible), look to the apex feel, slight DOF when going fast,... .

[Kazumi]

Modify the original cockpit cam?

Then keep the original cockpit cam as 5th camera (without lookaround) in case you need / want it.