Summary
Piloting spacecraft inStarfieldcan take some getting used to at first, but one fan of the game accidentally stumbles upon a way to greatly improve the third-person flight camera by exploiting a minor bug to zoom further out. The ship building mechanics present inStarfieldallow players to create an almost limitless variety of unique craft of varying configurations and sizes, but not every ship is easy to pilot.
The ability for players to explore the galaxy intheir own custom ships withinStarfieldis often considered to be one of the game’s most appealing features. Players with enough cash can put together virtually any type of spacecraft from cargo freighters to battleships, and many fans have even shown off some truly unusual ship designs of their own inStarfield. With both the internal habitat modules as well as the exterior hull plating fully customizable on practically every ship, fans have even been able to accurately replicate some popular ships from other big space sci-fi franchises.
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While flying a big ship capable of packing heavy weapons in addition to massive amounts of cargo might seem like a great way to play the game at first glance, large ships often aren’t easy to pilot in third-person view due to the awkward camera. Thankfully though, one fan has discovered an unintentional way around this problem thanks to an exploitinvolvingStarfield’s photo mode. As demonstrated in a post on Reddit from the user Free_Radical_CEO, going into photo mode and reducing the field of view setting to the lowest value before exiting photo mode will cause the camera to zoom out substantially while piloting a ship in third-person view.
Many fans ofStarfieldhave already begun taking advantage of this bug to improve their own shots in the game’s photo mode. While there are many small tweaks andadditions thatStarfieldfans have suggestedbeing added to the game, a particularly popular request is for Bethesda to adjust the third-person flight camera to more comfortably accommodate larger ships.
Bethesda has already expressed an interest in bringing certain additions toStarfieldin future updates, with some notable examples being HDR, adjustable field-of-view settings, and an “eat” button that would allow players to consume food items in the world without picking them up.Starfield’s latest updatedoesn’t bring too many new features to the table, though it does focus on improving stability and fixing popular bugs.
Starfieldis available on PC and Xbox Series X/S.
