Made Harrys movement similar to HP2 and improved the camera.
Overview
This mod gives Harry movement similar to HP2 such as strafing, has a better camera which is easier to move around, Harry can cast more accurately at things and climbing has been improved. You now use your mouse to play quidditch instead of the keyboard and can also skip spell learning by holding down the spacebar at the start of the cutscene.
How to play
To play this mod just replace the retail packages with my edited packages (make sure to backup the retail packages first). You need to create a new game for the mod to work but saving and loading works fine once you have created a new game.
Changelog:
1.2 (08/03/2020)
- Fixed the camera looking up sometimes after a cutscene
1.1 (28/02/2020)
- Fixed Harry floating in the air when casting wingardium and jumping at the same time
- Unlocked camera during the troll fight to make fight easier to beat
- Added a readme
1.0 (20/12/2019)
- First release (took about 3 months to make)
Issues I'm aware of which won't be fixed:
- Camera not focusing on door during troll cutscene (this would require changes to the level which is outside the scope of this mod)
- Potion bottles hard to hit near end of the game (this is due to me improving how casting works overall but editing this would break more important things plus you can still beat this section without too much difficulty)
- Audio stutters (this is an engine problem out of my control)
- Frames speeding up and then lagging (this is also an engine problem but can be fixed by using Direct3D and capping the FPS)
Credits:
- UnWorld (helped me get everything set up at the start of development)
- Andrew Baldwin (tested the mod early in development for bugs and issues)
- Laenthor (tested the mod a few weeks before release for bugs and issues)
Wow, just wow, with this mod it feels so much better to play the game. No more getting stuck in a corner having to rotate the camera, Harry learned to cast while walking finally and a camera that doesn't have awkward movement. One weird thing I've noticed however is that sometimes the camera will end up looking completely upward after a cutscene. Otherwise, very good mod!
This is now fixed :)
I did what the readme told me to do, but when I tried to load a save, the game crashed and gave me this error. https:SLASH/imgur.comSLASHaSLASHBcgliOL Any suggestions?
Loading a saved game of the normal version doesn't work because the code is different, you need to create a new game first. You will be able to save and load with the mod once you have created a new game though.
Great job, Adam! This mod makes the game all the way more fun to play.
I encountered one big issue, though. In the Troll level, at the start where Harry and Ron position before the corridor, the camera won't change perspective until the Troll crashes through the door. This makes the cutscene way longer and the audio going out of sync.
Another small inconvienience I noticed is in the last level, during the Moving Bottles trial. When you aim directly at any bottle, the "sparkly" pointer is larger than normal making it harder to select the desired bottle. Yet, it is possible to circumvent this issue by pointing away from the bottles and then moving the cursor to the desired potion.
It would be nice to have a fix for the first issue, otherwise it's a great mod. Thanks a lot!
Unfortunately those would require changes to the actual levels themselves which is outside the scope of this mod
nice!
Hello, how do you get access to UnrealEd?
Because I too would like to make a map. Thanks
You can get UnWorlds editors from here
Drive.google.com
Incredible mod! I was just sluggishly getting through the game and was hoping for something like this. This game still needs a lot of work but you've made it 100x more fun to play. Thank you!
Could you make a mod in which the camera and spell casting issues are fixed, but the broomstick controls remain the same? I quite liked playing quidditch using the keyboard ;)
PS: Thank u so much for creating this mod, I am really enjoying the game more now!
I won't be making other versions of this mod, Sorry.
Great mod!
Is there any way to invert the y-axis? With or without any mod?
I tried changing bInvertMouse from false to true in the config, but it didn't work. Any suggestions? Using cd version on win7
You can change MouseY=Axis aMouseY Speed=6.0 | Axis aBroomPitch Speed=-6.0 in the User.ini file to this:
MouseY=Axis aMouseY Speed=-6.0 | Axis aBroomPitch Speed=-6.0
thanks man, appreciate it
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Makes wonder now if ever other thigns from the second game could be ported over to this one like the animations or improved character models. That'd make even more of a big difference.
I'm actually trying to import the models and animations from HP2 but it's a tricky process.
Oh good.
Whenever I try to load an old save it crashes ("Bad name index -22/148" and a long series of variables), works fine with a new save. Without this mod it works fine, so it's not corrupted or anything, I tried to go a bit further, re-save, re-install this mod but it keeps crashing whenever I load it. Do you have possible solutions to use my old save?
Old saves are incompatible with this mod, you have to start a new game
Hi, I absolutely love this mod but I would have one request:
During flying, could the camera be slightly further away please?
When flying up it is way too close so that Harry disappears from the screen.
Also during flying (Quidditch and Malfoy Chase) please add back the action bar at the bottom, where you had to press CTRL to catch the Snitch or attack Malfoy instead of just instantly winning.
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The list of bugs I found:
1.When you collect a Wizard Card,camera angle will zoom in a bit too much.
2.A camera angle is too zoomed into Harry when you ride a broomstick.
3.The scene where Harry meets Malfoy at the exit of the Hogwarts (where you later have to throw exploding candies at him) camera angle is little down.
4.The scene outside Hogwarts where Harry meets Malfoy,Goyle and Crabbe along with Ron and Neville (where you later have to chase Malfoy with a broomstick to give back Neville's Remembrall) camera angle is a little down.
5.Close to Hagrid's gate,camera angle is getting through 2d printed trees and bushes at the side.Also,at the same place, one of the cactus plants glitches out the camera angle when you step on them after you destroyed them with the spell (location:near the 2d trees and bushes on the left side).
6.The scene after learning spell "Lumos" where professor Quirrell is showing you a gargoyle on which you can use a spell (camera angle is a little down).
7.The scene before you start riding a broomstick to catch the key to unlock the door for the chess level (camera angle is a little down).
8.The chess game camera angle when chess figures start fighting is a little down.
9.When you beat Voldemort at the end, when Harry passes out,camera angle is a little up.
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