Dota – How to zoom out in DOTA2, spectator and SFX animator tool

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I was working on a new short film project, and I was wondering if there is any way of capturing video of the whole DOTA map, then slowly zooming in to a lane?

This would be in spectator/replay mode. I want to be able to zoom out completely for a bird's eye view of the whole playing arena.

I tried using dota_camera_distance 5000 but that "wraps the map in clouds" and I can't see any aspect of the map.

Additionally, is there a way of hiding the top bar with hero icons, and the HUD?

Best Answer

For hiding the bars I remember that I could use the following commands:

dota_hud_hide_topbar
dota_hud_hide_mainhud
dota_hud_hide_minimap

For removing any unnecessary graphic, you can override vpk and create the files you want to override. More info on how you can do that can be found here.

I have tried this a while back when trying to optimize the fps and it worked. I'm not sure now.

Good luck with your movie!

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