PSA - if alt-tabbing messes up your camera, you can change
it from LeftAlt to LeftShift or whatever in the XComInput.ini file.

Just search for it in your Steam folder. 'Workshop' folder.
Mine was \steamapps\workshop\content\268500/616359783\Config\XComInput.ini

If someone, after clearing the Config folder, still has a mod that doesn't work after re-entering the game, then delete the following in the Documents\My Games\XCOM2\XComGame\Config\XComEngine.ini file, starting from the line PendingLevelPlayerControllerClassName=XComGame.XComPlayerController_PendingLevel to the line [Engine.DemoRecDriver] (not including this line)
(about 50 lines should be removed)
It worked for me

@🚛 Akehiko ⬛️💀🟧
Never experienced that and I've been using this since it was released.
https://old.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/mod_troubleshooting

Horrible mod, enables itself randomly and you can't turn it off, losing enemy preview

@mathusalem

I was the first person to leave a comment that the mod is not working.

The solve was to use the Alternative Mod Launcher (AML) and everything loads fine.

not working for me too

THE NEXUS MODS HAD THE FOLLOWING ON IT
"Go to "My Games > XCom 2 > XComGame > Config > XComEngine.ini" and delete ALL lines that start with "ModClassOverrides"
Thanks to source ziggy72

I don't understand how make you'r mod work...

use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ AML people for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake

Hoping for the mod to be updated to work on SteamWorkshop (AML-free) due to the new launcher changes

Try using AML then,work fine there

Doesn't work for me. WOTC - New launcher.

New launcher ♥♥♥♥♥♥ several mods.

New launcher may have bugged this mod?

New launcher bugged the mod?

Did this mos break today for anyone?

What's analog mode?

This mod causes extreme stutters in the world map screen for me.

This is my 4th install in about 5 yrs with the same mods, just don't remember this mod resetting the camera to default every time I start the game.

@Devil Dog
I've found if I have other mods that edit key bindings active then my key bindings I make in game don't stick between sessions. Is that what you mean?

I start the game with the -regenerateinis argument, configure key bindings, exit and remove the argument. That seems to work until next time I need to clear my user config files.

If you leave it active then no mods will ever work.

Every game it resets. Is there a way to make it permanent?

@Sauron Baggins
Yup. Just got it twice in separate missions. Randomly when someone is casting granade

I recall sometimes it would cause a kind of 'white out' screen. Does it still happen?

It work,the rotation is always by default the base one so you need to do ctrl+F2 everytime,dunno if I can change that,gonna check some more

Works great, thanks! (No WOTC)

For note 7 feb. 2024: Works OK (alt+mouse) for free rotation
Q+E still is 45° turns
Fresh install of the game, with very little QoL mods installed

I also use [WoTC] Better Tactical Zoom out
it works fine with it.

Is it possible to use free camera by controlling the xbox s pad? Where and how to assign the ALT key?

You hold down the Q or E button and the camera doesn't turn?
Just open the file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\616359783\Config\XComTacticalInput_FreeCameraRotation.ini" and change the value of bAnalogMode from false to true .
Just replace the path at the beginning with your own.


I spent a lot of time and nerves to understand why after switching from the GOG version of the game on Steam I suddenly stopped working mod. I read the comments where they write about changing other configuration files and changing mod files and even the file I was supposed to change, but I somehow missed this solution by my eyes.
This solution needs to be stated in huge letters in the description so you definitely don't miss it. Or maybe update the mod with this value at all.
You don't need to change anything else and especially not to add RequiresXPACK=true to the config (let me know if someone still needs it).

works perfectly

Does not work

@Neo Venus Construct
https://old.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/wotc_modding/mod_folder
There's a lot of really useful information on that wiki, worth a bookmark.

@Dragon32
Hello Dragon! Can you please say me, where i can find this .ini file? In the workshop directory, or in the XCOM directory? I can't find this by myself(((

@Dragon32
Thanks, 'bAnalogMode=true' was the answer

@axossk
In XComTacticalInput_FreeCameraRotation.ini I have
CAMERA_ROTATION_FIXED=7.0f
and
bAnalogMode=true

That rotates the camera freely enough for me, without 45 degree increments.

LeftAlt is working as intended but I have to press Ctrl + F2 in every missions to enable the free rotation. is there a way to set it enabled by default?

There's a small bug where if it's the alien's turn and you try to zoom in or out, it's way more sensitive. I'll scroll just a little bit and it'll zoom in/out a lot. Just a minor thing though.

I've used this in WotC since the expansion came out.
https://old.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/mod_troubleshooting

same wotc it doesnt work

For me it works with xcom2 but not with wotc

@hottt3
It's not this mod alone

"Ctrl + F1 - reset camera to default view" always crushes my game to desktop. I don't know whether it's a mod conflict (I use lots of mods, lwotc included) or the mod itself. I keep it installed in the current game, but don't use it.

Works with WOTC/Long War 2. I deleted all mods this morning, wanted to rebuild w/ a fresh set. I am also using a fresh save game and deleted all old saves.

Does not work

It don't work, least not for me.

@Egir
I rebind Target Preview to, IIRC, Right Ctrl.

Has anyone else had issues with target preview while using this? Alt is the key for target preview, but with this it does not work as it is supposed to, and I find it extremely challenging to calculate flanking shots.

Of course, deactivating it instantly interferes with my saved game (or threatens to). Could this be deactivated in-game, or the camera be reverted to vanilla in some way?

Okay, after a lot of shooting trouble in the face, I finally got this mod to work. Works for WOTC, latest version of the game as per the date of this comment, using Alternate Mod Launcher [github.com]. I cleared my config files and for the first fresh boot enabled only the two Community Highlander Mods from the Steam Workshop. Quit out after this, then enabled all my other mods, restarted the game and it all worked.

**Important**
You need to add RequiresXPACK=true below the "Description=" line, in the file located here -> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\616359783\FreeCameraRotation.XComMod"

Just an FYI kind of thingy - I added a post to the Key binding customization thread for anyone who wants to bind the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out when alt's held (or just always if wanted), and in a way that won't get killed by game ini rebuilds. Check last page in discussion thread for details.

@zin
Try unsubscribing and resubscribing then check that link I posted in February.
What do you mean by "rotating is still locked like in the vanilla game"? Vanilla rotates by 90 degree increments.

I need some help. This mod used to work perfectly, but for some reason, it doesn’t work anymore. The hotkeys work, so I know the mod is enabled, but the rotating is still locked like in the vanilla game.

I tried deleting XComCamera.ini and XComEngine.ini, as well as the relevant workshop folder in the Steam files, but it didn’t work :( Any help would be much appreciated.