Is there a way to have 100% free camera without camera lock or follow?

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I don’t want my camera to lock on my hero when I get hit by the dragonknight on dragonshire.

I don’t want it to move when I’m tossed in the air by junkrat or when I hat someone with abathur.

Is there a way I can change some code or options or whatever so that the game NEVER moves my camera for me?

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Have you used Camera Follow Disable option? You press L in-game and it disables or you can use the Options -> Mouse and keyboard -> uncheck camera follow.

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My “Enable camera follow” is unticked. Is that what you are referring to? It is unchecked but my camera still locks on all the events above that I described…

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Are you perhaps pressing L during the match? Because that re-enables it. Otherwise, it shouldn’t follow as it disables, does for me in all my games.

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No if you get hit by dragon it always locks on sadly. Very annoying.

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You mean it auto re-enables? It hasn’t for me in any of my games, it remains disabled.

Especially with Abathur hatting, I can still move the camera around freely.

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@chaplin, Hmm go on try mode and use concussive mine to knock your junkrat. If you can get the camera not to follow your junkrat when in the air, PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU DO IT, because it is very annoying for me :frowning:

Thank you

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I know for Abathur Symbiote you can still have some freedom with the camera if you just use the mini-map option to move your camera around using that rectangular box away from the symbiote host, as long you aren’t enabled for camera follow and it doesn’t hit the symbiote target it won’t lock on (even if it hits the target its able to be manipulated you just have to manually click the rectangular box and manipulate it again). As for displacements… I don’t think anything can be done there?

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@Chaplin,
Certain displacement abilities from enemies force your camera to follow movement of your character.
This is regardless of your settings.

As far I know, there is no way to disable this through settings.

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I have cam unlocked and tap or hold space when even I need to find myself. The only time I lock the camera is when I play Gal. If I need to look around the map more then click on the mini map same as with aba hats.
I’m not sure my camera has ever been locked into position by junk rat, if it does then I must just counter it enough with mouse movements without thinking about it o.o; But then if your bounced away surely it’s a benefit to see where your about to land?

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You can’t counter it with mouse movements. You literally can’t move your camera AT ALL for 1.5 seconds when in the air.

ANd with junkrat’s ripper air talent, you spend all the time in the air when moving from place to place so you literally have no control over your camera for a good 10-20 seconds sometimes. It is so silly

(and not picking ripper air is not really a solution because junkrat is notorious for having the worst talent diversity in the game)

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It’s weird cuz there have been times when I get hit by DKnight, hero cam follows and sometimes doesn’t.

I never really have a problem with it since I can move my mouse back to where the action is.

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It disables your camera for one second though.

Same with junkrat, repeated uses of concussive mine (with ripper air talent) disables your camera for like 10 seconds =.=