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[[File:2dpersonalienswarm001.gif|right|250px|thumb|Third Person View from this Tutorial]]
== How to Create a 2D Side View in a Alien Swarm Modification. ==

See [[Swarm SDK Create a Mod]] first. 

== Code: ==

;Changing asw_controls 
Open this file:
::src\game\shared\swarm\asw_player_shared.cpp
First we change the value "1" to "0" in asw_controls otherwise the angle of the mouse will be wrong.
(NOTICE: the panels and stuff will NOT work anymore, you have to fix that in asw_in_mouse reset and apply functions)
<source lang=cpp>ConVar asw_controls("asw_controls", "1", FCVAR_REPLICATED | FCVAR_CHEAT, "Disable to get normal FPS controls (affects all players on the server)");</source>


;Hiding the Crosshair.
We want hiding the crosshair, open
::src\game\client\swarm\vgui\asw_hud_crosshair.cpp
search for
<source lang=cpp>ConVar asw_crosshair_use_perspective("asw_crosshair_use_perspective", "1", FCVAR_CHEAT, "Show the crosshair that has perspective or the old version?");</source>
change the value to "0"
Go on and search for:
<source lang=cpp>surface()->DrawSetTexture( m_nDirectCrosshairTexture2 );</source>
replace with :
<source lang=cpp>return; //surface()->DrawSetTexture( m_nDirectCrosshairTexture2 );</source>


;Now we change the  pitch
Open:
::src\game\client\swarm\asw_in_camera.cpp
search for :
<source lang=cpp>ConVar asw_cam_marine_pitch( "asw_cam_marine_pitch", "60", FCVAR_CHEAT, "Marine Camera: pitch." );</source>
change them to:
<source lang=cpp>ConVar asw_cam_marine_pitch( "asw_cam_marine_pitch", "0", FCVAR_CHEAT, "Marine Camera: pitch." );//60</source>
Now go to the head and disable with value "0" the shift
<source lang=cpp>ConVar asw_cam_marine_shift_enable( "asw_cam_marine_shift_enable", "0", FCVAR_CHEAT, "Camera shifting enable/disable." ); //default was 1</source>


;Now we let the code do the rest for us ;)
Open
::src\game\client\in_main.cpp
search for 
<source lang=cpp>ConVar thirdperson_platformer( "thirdperson_platformer", "0", 0, "Player will aim in the direction they are moving." );</source>
and replace with this:
<source lang=cpp>ConVar thirdperson_platformer( "thirdperson_platformer", "1", FCVAR_CHEAT, "Player will aim in the direction they are moving." );</source>
Thats the Easy methode, you also can just search for all thirdperson_platformer commands and change the codes itself.



Thats it :-)


== More information ==

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