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(Updated for game v1.2.12)
New: Allows focus attack while holding positions.
Allows you to give orders in the sky, like a RTS game.
Control one of your troops after you are killed in battle.
If you use BattleMiniMap please update it to v2.0.0 above.

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RTS Camera
A mod for Mount&Blade II Bannerlord that provides free camera and more features in battle.

Save Compability
This mod does not read or write stuffs to your game save. Installing or removing this mod has no impact on your game save.


Main Features
  • RTS Camera
    • Smoothly toggle free camera mode at any time in a battle.
    • New: Stick camera to selected formation.
    • Control one of your soldiers and continue fighting/commanding after player character is killed in battle.
    • Select your troops by directly clicking on troop cards.
  • Command System
    • Issue focus charge command by clicking middle button on enemy units.
    • New: Set attack target without interrupting previous movement orders. For example, let your archers focus shooting while holding position.
    • Select your troops by clicking middle button on units.
    • Movement target becomes more visible on RTS view.

Main Usage
  • RTS Camera
    • You can press F10 to toggle free camera.
    • New: In free camera mode, while command UI is open, you can press E to stick camera to selected formation.
    • After your character is killed in battle, you can press E to follow one of your soldiers and press E again to control it and continue fighting.
      • You can press L to open menu and check Control Ally After Death option to do this automatically.
    • You can select your formations by clicking on troop cards.
      • Press Alt to show the mouse so that you can click on troop cards.
  • Command System
    • You can make your formation charge to the enemy formation by clicking middle mouse button on enemy units.
      • New: Press Alt while clicking to target the enemy without interrupting previous movement orders. For example, let your archers focus shooting while holding position.
    • You can select your formations by clicking middle mouse button on soldiers.
  • For more features, you can read Details below or press L to open mod menu.
    

How to install
  • Copy the RTSCamera and RTSCamera.CommandSystem folder that you downloaded into the Bannerlord Modules folder.
  • Or use Vortex to install it automatically.

Details
  • In a battle, press L to open detailed menu of this mod.
    • Switch between options of RTS Camera or Command System by clicking tab list on the left of the menu.
    • You can close the menu by pressing esc, left clicking outside the menu or right clicking anywhere.
RTS Camera
  • Press F10 to toggle free camera. Player character will be controlled by AI when switched to free camera.
    • Order UI will be opened automatically.
    • You can enable Switch Camera on Ordering option, to always give orders in free camera.
    • New: When command UI is open in free camera mode, you can press E to stick camera to selected formation.
    • You can enable Slow Motion On RTS view, to turn on slow motion in free camera.
    • Controls in free camera:
      • Use W, A, S, D, Space, Z and mouse middle button to move the camera.
      • Use shift to speed up camera movement.
      • Move your mouse to rotate the camera, or when order panel is opened, drag right mouse button to rotate the camera.
      • Left click on the ground and drag to change the position, direction and width of the formation you selected.
      • Hold ctrl when dragging to arrange multiple formations vertically.
      • Hold ctrl and scroll mouse to adjust camera movement speed.
      • Hold ctrl and click middle mouse button to reset camera movement speed.
      • Hold ctrl and drag middle mouse button vertically to adjust camera height.
  • After your character is killed in battle, you can press E to follow one of your soldiers and press E again to control it and continue fighting.
    • You can immediately control one of your soldiers to avoid all your formations been delegated to AI when your character dies, by enabling Control Ally After Death option. It's always enabled in free camera mode to ensure a smooth gaming experience.
    • Soldiers in the same formation as player character will be considered first when deciding which soldier to control.
  • When the camera is following a character, you can press E to control the character. You can make the camera follow a character in the following ways:
    • In free camera mode press E to follow the player character.
    • Press L to open the menu and selecting a hero in Watch Another Hero drop-down list.
    • Press ; and click a character, then pressing E.
    • Press left/right mouse button to change the character that the camera is following.
  • If your character is injured in campaign map and you encounter an enemy party, you can still choose Command the battle option to begin the battle. In this battle you can command your troops in free camera but cannot directly control a character and fighting.
  • Camera distance to player character can be limited by enabling Limit Camera Distance option.
    • Distance limit is determined by scouting and tactics level.
    • After Limit Camera Distance is enabled, using free camera and ordering in free camera can improve scouting and tactics skill level.

Command System
  • You can make your formation charge to the enemy formation by clicking middle mouse button on enemy units.
    • After the enemy formation is eliminated, your troops will stay at where they are. To change this behavior, you can press L to open menu, and set the option After enemy formation eliminated to Charge.
    • The target enemy formation that your selected troops are charging to will be highlighted with red outline when you open command panel in free camera mode.
  • New: Press Alt while clicking to target the enemy without interrupting previous movement orders.
    • For archers they can shoot target enemy while holding positions.
    • Note that for melee units, they will still follow previous movement orders, which may limit their ability to reach the target.
  • Movement target marker is more visible in free camera. The original marker is hard to see if camera is too high.
  • You can select your formations by clicking middle mouse button on soldiers.
    • Selected troops will be highlighted with green outline.
  • Your formation targeted by the enemy formation will be highlighted with dark blue outline when you open command panel in free camera mode.
  • Movement orders will be shown under troop cards.

Hotkeys
You can config hotkeys by pressing `L` to open menu, and click `Config Key`.
You can click `+` or `-` to edit key sequence.
Here is a list of default hotkeys:
  • L: to open mod menu.
  • Middle Mouse Button: In Command System, select formation.
  • F10: Toggle free camera
  • E: Focus on troop/formation; Control troop.
  • : Select character.
  • w, A, S, D: Camera movement.
  • Space, Z: Camera up/down.
  • Right Shift + =, Right Shift + -: Increase/Decrease camera distance limit.
There're more hotkeys configurable but are disabled by default. You can configure them by pressing L and click Config Key on the top.
Configuration
  • The configuration files are saved in directory (user directory)\Documents\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord\Configs\RTSCamera\ and (user directory)\Documents\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord\Configs\MissionLibrary\.
    • The main config is saved in file RTSCameraConfig.xml and CommandSystemConfig.xml.
    • The hot key config is saved in file RTSCameraGameKeyConfig.xml and CommandSystemGameKeyConfig.
    • The hot key that opens the menu is saved in file (user directory)\Documents\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord\Configs\MissionLibrary\GeneralGameKeyConfig.xml.
    • You can modify them manually, but if you edit them incorrectly or remove them, the configuration will be reset to default.

Troubleshoot
  • If it shows "Cannot load ..\..\Modules\RTSCamera\bin\Win64_Shipping_Client\RTSCamera.dll", please go to this page to unbock the dll.
  • If the game crashed:
    • If you upgraded this mod from version lower than e3.2.0, pleas remove the old mod folder "EnhancedMission" to prevent crash.
    • I would appreciate it if you send dump file to me to help me to solve the crash by followinig steps below:
      • Click Yes when the game crashes and ask whether to collect information.
      • Before sending files to TaleWorlds, go to C:\ProgramData\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord\crashes(Not the game installation path) and find the folder related to the crash by timestamp.
      • Then send dump.dmp file in the folder (or just send the whole folder) to me. See below for my email address.
  • If you forget the hotkey set for opening menu:
    • you can remove the config file so that config will be reset to default.



More Mods From Me
  • Enhanced Battle Test: Provides more powerful custom battle. It allows you to choose almost all singleplayer troops and multiplayer troops.
  • Battle Mini Map: Provides a mini map in battle.

Credits
LiZhenhuan1019 and Lkoinw

Source Code
You can get the source code at github.com.

Contact with me
  • Email:
    • lizhenhuan1019@outlook.com
    • lizhenhuan1019@qq.com