gaurav on 22/5/2002 at 16:06
From the official boards :
Do I play in 1st or 3rd person?
Either. You can switch between the two at any time, for both the PC and Xbox version.
The question I am asking is how to enable the third person view mode?
I like playing games that way.
Fizz on 22/5/2002 at 16:34
use the TAB key
If you hold it down and move the mouse around you can view the front, top, bottom of your character.
Only rude people look up under the skirts :)
Zaphod on 22/5/2002 at 18:04
Some games work much better in 3rd person than 1st person. This, I think, isn't one of them. First of all, my Khajit minces like a kangaroo with a bad case of keister itch. The animation is really distracting. Plus, there's no crosshairs, which isn't a big deal for some things, but for highlighting smaller items (like the precious Skooma), it's a pain. The advantage is that you can see something coming up behind you, but that's the only advantage that I can see to 3rd person thus far.
Sinister Handed on 22/5/2002 at 18:57
Quote:
Only rude people look up under the skirts
Rude??
Technically, I'm looking up
MY skirt! :)
Uh... not that I do that. I mean in essence. Yeah.
PraetorJudis on 23/5/2002 at 00:14
I find myself switching back and forth between first and third person point of view quite often.
cleverhandle on 23/5/2002 at 00:31
About the only time third person view isn't incredibly obnoxious is when I'm travelling outdoors - seems a bit easier to keep your bearings when the path is harder to see. But fighting or doing anything indoors in third person view is pretty much impossible. So don't get your hopes up too much. Good for checking out your slick duds, though.
x3no on 23/5/2002 at 08:42
Third person is just for making posing screenshots! :cheeky:
With a little fancy work (clenching a pen in my mouth and hitting PrintScreen with it) I managed to get a shot of my archer aiming at a planet with a drawn arrow. Looks damn good. :cool:
Alacritan on 23/5/2002 at 22:12
I like the Vanity Mode button. My character looks quite slick in his Ebony/Indoril armor combo.
gaurav on 24/5/2002 at 03:35
Tried to use the third person, but the lack of crosshair was enough to move back to first person.
Personall I don't like Ist person games.
And yes, the 3rd person is good for making screeshots.
Miwer on 24/5/2002 at 05:25
I like using third person view for some combat situations. Sometimes I zigzag bacwards and strike an enemy without giving it a chance to hit back. Third person mode helps me avoid backing myself into a corner.
