Start game always in 3rd person view. Is there a tweak/mod/INI setting? (PC, for AE)

[Bluegunk]

Anyone know of a way to start the game in 3rd person via INI (or other) tweak?  I know I can save it in 3rd person, but I usually forget.

Just a casual enquiry because it's not really very important.

Thanks!

[traison]

While automating everything is pretty much what I do, sometimes you have to stop and ask yourself if spending tens of thousands of times more time on automating something is truly worth it. Not saying I'm not guilty of it myself, but this is really quite "up there". I'd love to hear your reasoning for why pressing the F key is too much work here. Also, define "starting a game". If all you want to do is see your character in the cart to Helgen then:

1. There most likely is no "you" in the cart.
2. It will most likely break the intro sequence because it's touchy as hell.
3. HOW OFTEN DO YOU START A NEW GAME?!

[DeathApproaches]

I think - with the well-known caveat about opinions and assholes - that you mean just loading of a save game, that you pop in ready-to-roll in the 3rd person perspective? Nothing to do with actually starting a NEW game, just starting up a save, yes?

 

Yes. But. It's not that easy, You can.

 

The papyrus globals you want are Game.ForceFirstPerson() and Game.ForceThirdPerson()

 

You'll probably need to be a bit technical, since we can't call papyrus or SKSE functions from the console directly like you can in Fallout4. Unless, well, there's some update in the v1.6.640 binary that I don't know about, but I'm pretty sure someone else would have figured it out and told the rest of us...

 

But note, to do it is one thing, to do it automatically is another. You might need another scripty bit or a mod for this. There's got to be a few mods can do it already, that rely on SKSE, ConsoleUtil, PapyrusUti, etc...  have you looked at watang's 3PCO - 3rd Person Camera Overhaul ? It could very well already do what you want.

 

Another thing we can do in Fallout4 and not Skyrim is we have sStartingConsoleCommand="bat blah; bat other-blah; bat still-more-blah". Luckily most LL/SexLab types must use SKSE and at least ConsoleUtil, so automating console commands shouldn't be too much of a hurdle. But if you need a mod to do it, and if don't need other autoexec-type startup commands? Then don't do this! If you do however, no need to recreate someone elses' effort - Torcher's ACC - Autorun Console Commands exists and is quite fine.

 

(Now as for controlling that 3rd person camera, as in setgs console commands, gamestate or ini directives, a truncated list of the possible ones are on a steam post... here. )

 

If you'd like to see how it's done, Jethro's Automatic 3rd Person Camera comes with the a concise source .psc so you can see how easy it is.

 

? My guess is you'll train yourself to save in 3rd person before this, but who knows? Happy hunting! ?
 

[Bluegunk]

Thank you both! I appreciate your time and input. Yes, I was considering loads of save games,

 

I'll look at that 3PCO mod.  Meanwhile, I'll learn to save in 3rd person.

 

Thanks!

 

[traison]

Not tested, should work.

Bluegunk's Start In Third Person.7z

[Bluegunk]

That was a surprise! Thank you! I'll give it a roll and let you know.

Oh dear - it's not working.  Please - don't worry about this any more. It isn't a serious game changer.

Thank you for making the mod!

Edited February 23, 2023 by Bluegunk