Talking Points - Camera Settings

[SpHSpH]

Simple question ... what camera settings do you feel work best for you?

I do not really want to believe that this is true, but, it seems like the game plays a little differently with different camera settings ... so do you feel that there is a camera settings collection that associates with excellent (fair) gameplay?

I used "Tele" throughout my time with earlier FIFAs ... but I am struggling with FIFA15 and I am willing/interested to try new things to get better. The other two most common options seem to be "TeleBroadcast" and "Broadcast". I am equally curious about the height/zoom pairings that you pair with your camera choice.

I like to be able to see a lot of the pitch - so that I can see where my teammates are for passes, and so that I can see the defenders closing in on me when I am in possession ... this is what my choice of "Tele(H-12/Z-8)" has been good for.

However, when I have been exploring some of the "TeleBroadcast" and "Broadcast" suggestions, I have noticed that I feel like I can do better with the ball at my players' feet ... I seem to be able to turn more quickly, anticipate the CPU tackles, maintain possession ... I like that the camera brings me a bit closer to the "action".

But this leads to three negatives for me ... (1) I have trouble seeing a bigger fraction of the overall pitch, it is harder for me to notice my teammates, maybe I need to get better about using the radar at the bottom of the screen, (2) the bias between "top of the screen" and "bottom of the screen" is more pronounced - whenever the action moves to the top of the screen it seems so far away, sometimes I cannot see the ball because the players themselves are in the way, and (3) I have trouble with perception when the ball is in the air, trying to figure out where it is going to fall, sometimes I am WAY off - and this camera seems to make this challenge even more difficult.

Perhaps there is a way to combine a good choice of Height/Zoom along with either "TeleBroadcast" or "Broadcast" ... and get a balance of all the positives from each idea. Maybe some of you have had some of the same troubles that I have, and you have found a good mix of settings?

I play all-manual (if that matters) - so being accurate about the direction of my passes / shots is certainly important to me - maybe one of the camera choices works better for all-manual players?

I play career mode only.

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I realize that this topic is a little less "sexy" than some of my other "Talking Points" threads ... but everything matters when you are 0-1-12 in your last thirteen matches (1 scored / 28 allowed) ... yikes!

[BL8001]

Re: Talking Points - Camera Settings

I like telebroadcast 17-7

Its fun to play with swiveling real life broadcast camera but it gets tricky at some stadiums and it can be disorienting on the controller.

[BL8001]

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Sph.

Try these easy things.

Always play LB + pass, pass and goes when on attack. You can hit the return pass with LB+y to loft it. When you hold LB when you pass the passer makes a run directly towards goal.

Secondly, whenever you can use knock-ons. Hold RT and knock or double knock the r-stick into space.

Once you get a hang of that you will see that while EA nerfed sprinting they did not nerf knock-ons.

You can even, at times, knock on directly towards and past the challenging defender, either earning a foul or getting around them.

What happens is, based on coding, the cpu understands where the ball should be and commits to that location. When you knock on you fool the cpu but they still commit to their chosen tackle location. It can be downright sillyat times, but hey, if you cant win, screw the cpu, they have no qualms screwing the user with toe pokes and 50/50 balls bouncing 90/10 in the cpu's favor...

[SpHSpH]

Re: Talking Points - Camera Settings

I think I can handle "TeleBroadcast" ...

... but the orientation for "Broadcast" is too much for me (unless there is a sweet combination of height/zoom to help with that) ... I feel like the camera is too low, and that I am looking across the field (as opposed to looking down from above), and I really have trouble when the ball is on the far side of the field (this becomes the top of the screen) because it seems SO far away.

A question ... does height/zoom do anything when using TeleBroadcast? I tried 0/20, 20/20, 20/0, and 0/0 ... I really could not notice a difference between any of these extremes ...

[half-fast]

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I also use Tele Broadcast with Height = 12; Zoom = 16. I also cant handle the cam angle on Broadcast, even though I think it looks amazing to watch, but I may give it a go soon to keep things fresh.

Many of the Height and Zoom values are broken and do not do anything. Cam settings were broken *badly* in 14, and have been semi-fixed from what I remember for 15, but many settings still do do anything.

[BL8001]

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If you try the broadcast cam dropping a skill level helps ease the process of getting your brain around how the controller works under that cam setting.

I write that and yet I am still not sure how it works.

As it swivels, logically you would think your stick control would swivel with it.

Except it doesnt. But sometimes it does. But sometimes it doesnt. But sometimes it does.

So what I find is you need to back the cpu off with the skill level setting since under that cam, which does look amazing, because you lose some accuracy with your controller input.

Its like a lot of things in fifa, what works one time wont work again (even if you do the exact same thing on the controller) but when you do it again the 6th time it works but then not again until you do it the 15th time.

Dear EA, this is not adding "random" to the game the correct way. This is just wonky controls.

[Erithtotl]

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I've resorted to using the co-op cam, which is the farthest away, because I find it is the only way I can complete any long passes. Any other cam and I'm just firing blind. I find it infuriating that there seems to be no good north-south cam.

[Hutton]

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I use TeleBroadcast (Height=12, zoom=18), it's the only cam that has felt natural to me. I've briefly tried other cams, but they are either too zoomed in to be useful for actual gameplay, or swivel/move around too much for my liking.

I firmly stand by the belief that the chosen camera option effects gameplay. BeAPro plays differently using the BeAPro cam vs a traditional side view cam IMO.

[half-fast]

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I've resorted to using the co-op cam, which is the farthest away, because I find it is the only way I can complete any long passes. Any other cam and I'm just firing blind. I find it infuriating that there seems to be no good north-south cam.

I understand your point, and sometimes really love that cam, but often its too zoomed out for me. I learned to use the radar to complete off-screen passes.

[smpipkin]

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I wish there was a viable north/south cam. I can use the end to end ok if I zoom all the way out, but it's so hard to play the half you have to go downwards, and there isn't an option for "always up" like early already has in its NHL game.

[DeionGoVols]

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Co-Op with max zoom min height is perfect for me. I feel like I can see so many more runs. Shooting takes just a little getting used to though for me.

[calbrs04]

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I wish there was a viable north/south cam. I can use the end to end ok if I zoom all the way out, but it's so hard to play the half you have to go downwards, and there isn't an option for "always up" like early already has in its NHL game.

Use the Be A Pro cam. You always attack going "up" .

[smpipkin]

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I didn't think of that. Does the camera sway mess with your pass accuracy/run recognition?

[kmoore11]

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Looks like I'm the only one who uses dynamic, with 20-20. Yeah, it's zoomed in a ton more than the other ones, which makes it tougher to play long balls, but I feel like I'm wasting the good graphics of playing on a PS4 if I'm so zoomed out.

[calbrs04]

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I didn't think of that. Does the camera sway mess with your pass accuracy/run recognition?

Not really. Most of the time it doesn't move around until I'm close to the end line. It does mess me up when shooting. You could minimize the amount that it swings. I think on mine I have not close to max swing so that I can see what's going on in the box when in a corner.