Left 4 Dead 2 - How To Go Third Person And Fix Aim

In this video, I show you how to go into the third-person view in Left 4 Dead 2. This video shows you how to enable developer console commands, the command used to switch to third person (third person shoulder) and how to properly use this command to fix aim.

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Intro:(00:00)
How To Turn On Developer Console Commands: (00:07)
How To Open Developer Console: (00:20)
How To Go Third Person: (00:42)
How To Fix Third Person Aim: (01:20)

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[timjaison]

I actually never knew you could play this game in 3rd person. Thank you so much for the advice. I will try it out for myself whenever I play.

[Estomacasling]

hey guys use this for accurate aim

bind f1 thirdpersonshoulder;
c_thirdpersonshoulderoffset 10;
c_thirdpersonshoulderaimdist 720;
c_thirdpersonshoulderdist 40;
c_thirdpersonshoulderheight 5;
cam_ideallag 0;
cam_idealpitch 0;
cam_idealyaw 0

[androide_t]

To copy and paste 3rd person.
(CTRL+C, CTRL+V)

bind "F1" "thirdpersonshoulder; cam_ideahyaw -4; cam_idealpitch -4;"


I forgot the ; on the -4, my bad guys, i didn't see it. Probably, i don't know this comment was made over a year ago, it's hard to remember about it, i forgot this video even existed.
If it doesn't work for some odd reason like this, i don't know what to do, im not tech support i simply wrote it down so that people could copy and paste it. good luck i suppose.

[sinwithagrin]

You are a life saver my friend! I've been shooting with a left leaning dope on my reticle

[mechadragon]

Thank you so much. You made this game feel like new again.

[samedwards]

I copy pasted this from somewhere else, but here's a script that works for me:
bind "F3" "thirdpersonshoulder; cam_idealyaw -5.3; cam_idealpitch -5.3;"
and for the aim fix:
camideal_yaw 1

[HaYPumkz]

This help me a lot and I’m not brand new to l4d but I have been stuck playing l4d on Xbox 360 without any mods or dlcs and even on the Xbox 360 l4d is a great game

[TyRosaLes]

Use the mouse wheel to enable 3rd person (mouse3) and replace the scope keybind for Q

[WhiteZet]

From what I can tell:
cam_idealyaw and cam_idealpitch both just change your camera angle compared to player model, but won't fix the aim.
Instead, they ruin your controls because your mouse movement & player model aren't in sync, for example if you have high yaw you might be walking right on your screen.

Use c_thirdpersonshoulderaimdist instead.
This also changes your camera angle, but I tested values like 200-8000, and it mostly matches camera direction.
I think it comes down to your preference, you can't fix the inaccurate aiming it seems, since the bullets always come from first person camera height.
For me low values help at short distances, high values help at long distances. I assume distance values are ingame units, but not sure.

[Bigfoot_Indigenous]

Hey how do I unbind it from F1 I accidentally did it to that key

[TheRealMr._Madman]

thanks so much this video was very much appreciated and helpful my brother

[pheonix]

When am in 3D person can t get shooting where am looking

[bruh-wfzm]

does it stay if I restart the game for me it did not work when i played after restarting my laptop

[Quandaledinge]

Yoooo it actully works for me thank you

[MartialEpic]

For some reason, when I am in third person, my character will not turn left and right. My camara and crosshair does, but not my character.

[pawah]

But when im in 3rd person my crosshair's movement is like im in a vsync mode, theres a delay. How can I adjust/fix it?

[Orneryforadollar]

I can’t look left or right for some reason only up and down please help! 😢

[mlony]

bind "F1" "thirdpersonshoulder; cam_idealyaw -4; camp_idealpitch -4; "

[gfalcanrx]

hey im wondering if u can bind it on the controller instead of the keyboard ????

[vogu]

just a question, how do I make my camera go lower then to the right a little bit more? because the mod im using is a small character so it doesn't really fit :( just wondering if I can fix the camera angle