Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

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Camera/Movement Issue for Keyboard and Mouse
By S̶̸p҉̵o̵̴o̸҉l҈̴i̴o҈s
A bug causes Aloy to move far off to the left or right side of the screen annoyingly changing movement direction and occasionaly changeing sides. This isn't a fix, but it can help make it much more managable and the game playable.
   
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In many 3rd person games it is a common practice to move the camera during certain activities to keep the character from obstructing the player's view. Horizon Zero Dawn does the samething but has a bit of an issue with this. If you have this issue you may notice that Aloy is WAY to the left of center and movement is off to the left, (most of the time) and may occasionaly move to the right with the opposite affect.
This is because during common actions like aiming and using Focus, Aloy is moved to the left, freeing the middle of the screen for you to see. But like I said this is common. The issue, is that for what ever reason the camera doesn't recenter on Aloy, leaveing her on the left side when coming out of those activities.
This also occurs when moving with the 'a' or 'd' keys. When going left with 'a' Aloy is moved slowly to the right of the screen, alowing you to see where you are going a little better. But, it doesn't recenter afterwards. The same can also be said about the other way. Going right with 'd' moves Aloy to the left side of the screen, again not recentering afterwards.
What to do with this information
Thankfully when moving with 'a' or 'd' the camera shift isn't immediate, but rather a gradual process that takes a couple of seconds. Meaning that with 'a' and 'd' and a bit of fiddling you can recenter Aloy yourself whenever you want.
Don't like Aloy so far left? Walk right by holding 'd' until she is centerd/just under the eyeball and let go. Bam, centered. Or atleast untill you need to aim again.
To far right? just do the same by walking left with 'a' until centered.
From what I understand the devs are now aware of this bug and are working on it so this is should only be a temperary problem and fix.

As of June 2021 it is still a thing so it probably will never be fixed. :)
8 Comments
Zvitatzki 12 Jun, 2021 @ 12:45pm 
it still bugs me today as crazy i will never get used to it and i really hope they listen to the playres on the up comming Horizon 2

good games allow us to switch shoulder left and right via camera button not annoying us the entire gameplay on unwanted decisions by the game
ellie <3 13 Apr, 2021 @ 11:56am 
Seems like a creative choice rather than a bug. I hated it at first too, but after around 10 hours I really appreciated it.
Manny 6 Apr, 2021 @ 5:51pm 
thanks:47_thumb_up:
MysticDaedra 6 Apr, 2021 @ 12:52am 
April 2021, and this is still an issue.
S̶̸p҉̵o̵̴o̸҉l҈̴i̴o҈s  [author] 8 Aug, 2020 @ 6:39pm 
I don't have a PS4 and I doubt many on here do either. I found it very, very irritating untill I found out how to deal with it. I wanted to let others know they can do something about it.
Reytholian 8 Aug, 2020 @ 4:46pm 
Aloy being on the left or right side of the screen has been a thing since the OG launch back on PS4. Nothing new here.
Buzdalys 8 Aug, 2020 @ 4:24pm 
Ah, great, I found it a bit annoying too, but didn't let it bother me too much as the game is just too great to be annoyed about "little" things
DeMZI 8 Aug, 2020 @ 3:17am 
Thanks for that, what a weird bug.