The Elite Dangerous Camera is unusable in Odyssey. #TheBlackoutMustGo

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Commander Ascorbius

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Published on June 16, 2021 9:09:51 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyWmDTlkaU

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Elite: Dangerous (2014)

Duration: 15:24

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As a content creator for Elite Dangerous, I use the mostly wonderful camera system a lot. It is used for all of my stories and is essential for making any kind of video which doesn't rely soley on gameplay footage from the cockpit of the ship. It's a bit tricky to use sometimes but with a little practice it's possible to get some brilliant shots.

This does have a downside though. A feature designed to keep the camera from seeing things it shouldn't, a feature which trips at the slightest thing and ruins perfectly good takes.

I call this function, The Shot Ruiner. You might call it something else, the Blackout effect or the Blur. I personally feel it achieves very little and actually hurts content creators with how heavy headedly it tackles the problem.

In this video I break down the problems with the camera as I see it and offer my insight as a developer - not that I know better than Frontier, but to give a perspective which might have been missed, the perspective of a content creator.

I'm also keenly aware that Frontier are all hands to the pumps right now and I'm not suggesting that they drop everything to fix this problem.. and I also know that it doesn't affect everyone and some people won't understand why this is important. I will say this though, if you enjoy the work of your favourite Elite Dangerous content creators, they will definitely benefit from this Blackout effect being a thing of the past and a better solution being put in place.

This video is intended to be a gentle highlight of a problem and is not aimed at any individual personally, but at the problem itself.

If you agree with me, or if you think removing this restriction will give better tools to content creators and therefore better videos on YouTube, please share, like and comment below.

#EliteDangerous #Camera #Blackout #ShotRuiner #Odyssey

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