LFS TV Director - an addon for Live for Speed

made by Soeren Scharf
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How to edit your own cameras, Part 1

This topic describes how to modify camera positions "on the fly". It is not required that the GUI is connected to the TV Director. Every task is triggered by chat messages from the LFS screen. This is recommended only for minor corrections of camera positions. For more complex changes please read Part 2.


1. Connect the TV Director to LFS as described in this previous topic and load a replay of the track where you want to edit the camera positions.

2. While watching the replay, type the letter 'e' into the chat.

3. A chat message will appear that the TV Director has switched into edit mode. LFS is now in Shift-U mode, so you have free control over the camera with your mouse and keyboard.

4. In edit mode you can control the TV Director by typing letters into the chat, similar to step 2. With letters 'p' and 'n' you can cycle through all existing camera positions. Move the camera with your mouse and keyboard to a new location, e.g. at the end of s/f in turn 1 and press letter 'a' into the chat. This adds a new camera position to your cam file. If you want to change the position of a camera, then cycle through the cameras until this camera is selected, then move the camera to a new location and type letter 'm' into the chat. All possible letters are:
  • a - add a new camera position
  • n - switch to the next camera position
  • p - switch to the previous camera position
  • m - move the selected camera to the current position
  • d - delete the currently selected camera
  • x - exit the edit mode

5. To leave the edit mode type letter 'x' into the chat or simply press ESC. The cam file will be saved automatically.