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Everything about the photo-mode in Return To Castle Wolfenstein
By Luke Puke
Interested in capturing HUD-free screenshots, mastering zoom control, and learning valuable time-saving tips for photography in RtCW? Your search ends here! Dive in, and you'll be creating stunning screenshots in no time!
   
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Category: Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Maps or Levels, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
Disabling the HUD and concealing weapon models 
Precise camera alignment 
Enabling cheats 
Free movement in all directions - /noclip 
Zoom and "cockroach" perspective - /cg_fov # 
Jump to any map instantaneously - /spdevmap 
Enemies ignore you - /notarget 
Enemies can't damage you - /god 
Farewell! 
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Disabling the HUD and concealing weapon models
/cg_draw2d 0
/cg_drawgun 0


As you gaze upon the nostalgic and atmospheric scenes of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, you're eager to capture the beauty on your screen. However, two obstacles stand in your way: the HUD and weapon models.





To disable them, first open the console. To open the console, press the tilde (~) key:




Then, type "/cg_draw2d 0" in the console and press "Enter":





The HUD has disappeared! However, the weapon model is still there.





To hide the model, you'll need to type in "/cg_drawgun 0" into the console.





Enjoy your HUD- and weapon-free camera!




Note:
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• To enable the HUD and weapon models back, type in the commands, replacing "0" with "1".

So, "/cg_draw2d 1" and "/cg_drawgun 1"
Precise camera alignment
Using the mouse to align the camera with the desired frame may not produce the desired level of precision. You may intend to adjust the camera along the vertical axis, but you might accidentally move it along the horizontal axis as well. Quiet annoying! But do not worry: there is a solution.

In the settings, you can assign keys for precise alignment transformations.


In the "Move" section, assign keys to "Turn Left" and "Turn Right" for respective horizontal movements:







In the "Look" section, assign keys to "Lookup" and "Look Down" for respective vertical movements:






In the "Look" section, assign a key to "Centerview" to allow for centering the view.



Enabling cheats
If you want more control over your camera and environment, you have to enable cheats. To enable cheats, open the console and type "/killserver":




The game will exit to the main menu, so make sure to make a save before!




Reload the save, and you will be able to use cheats!







Note:
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• You only need to do it once per gaming session; there's no need to repeat the process for every save. Unless you start a new game!
Free movement in all directions - /noclip
With cheats enabled, open the console and type "/noclip". Now you are able to move freely around the world! You can fly around and even through walls!












Note:
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● Noclip command also allows to avoid enemies spawning. When using noclip, you are not activating any script triggers. If you wish to take screenshots free of enemies, use noclip!
Zoom and "cockroach" perspective - /cg_fov #
With cheats enabled, open the console and type "/cg_fov #", where the "#" should be exchanged with a number. 90 is the default FOV. Values less than 90 will "zoom in" the camera, while values more than 90 will "zoom out" the camera.




Consider the following demonstration. The camera was unmoved, only the FOV was changed:

FOV 90:


FOV 45:


FOV 10:


FOV 135:


FOV 160:




FOV 160 is the maximum value. At this setting, the camera produces what I like to call a "cockroach perspective." The perspective is greatly skewed, but it can lead to interesting and dramatic results. Here are a few examples:















Jump to any map instantaneously - /spdevmap
With cheats enabled, open the console and type "/spdevmap MAPNAME", where "MAPNAME" should be replaced with the name of the desired map. Below you may find the list of names for every map in the game, but at first consider the following demonstration:

Assuming I want to jump to the Tram map, I open the console and type "/spdevmap tram":




The tram map loads and is ready to be explored!






List of maps:
Map name (type this in console) - Level title:

Chapter 1: Ominous Rumours
escape1 - Escape!
escape2 - Castle Keep
tram - Tram Ride

Chapter 2: Dark Secret
village1 - Village
crypt1 - Catacombs
crypt - Crypt
church - The Defiled Church
boss1 - The Defiled Church

Chapter 3: Weapons of Vengeance
forest - Forest Compound
rocket - Rocket Base
baseout - Radar Installation
assault - Air Base Assault

Chapter 4: Deadly Designs
sfm - Kugelstadt
factory - The Bombed Factory
trainyards - The Trainyards
swf - Secret Weapons Facility

Chapter 5: Deathshead's Playground
norway - Ice Station Norway
xlabs - X-labs
boss2 - Super Soldier

Chapter 6: Return Engagement
dam - Bramburg Dam
village2 - Paderborn Village
chateau - Chateau Schufstaffel
dark Part - Unhallowed Ground

Chapter 7: Operation Resurrection
dig - The Dig
castle - Return to Castle Wolfenstein
end - Heinrich
Enemies ignore you - /notarget
With cheats enabled, open the console and type "/notarget". Enemies will ignore you! Useful for taking screenshots of NPCs without disturbing their natural habitat.













Enemies can't damage you - /god
With cheats enabled, open the console and type "/god". You won't recieve any damage! Useful for taking action screenshots:







Farewell!
I hope this guide was useful to you! I wish to see more cool screenshots from my favourite game, and I hope that this guide will assist you in creating the most awesome screenshots. I wish you a keen eye and happy photo hunting!
5 Comments
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Luke Puke  [author] 24 Aug, 2024 @ 10:17am 
Happy to be of assistance!
GINGE 24 Aug, 2024 @ 1:51am 
This is probably a late comment, but omg you are a savoir i'm gunna make a video on this game and all this is the most perfect tools for recording tysm!
ツ morEEnergy ツ 7 Feb, 2024 @ 8:52am 
Danke für die Antwort.
Habe sofort einen Deutsch-Patch für RtCW heruntergeladen und installiert.
Habe das Spiel komplett deinstalliert und neu installiert - leider erfolglos.
Kann immer noch keine Screenshots mit dem Steam Overlay machen.

Werde dann wohl, wenn ich was hochladen möchte, die Screenshots als Artwork hochladen müssen
Luke Puke  [author] 6 Feb, 2024 @ 1:03pm 
Gern geschehen!

Ich habe die Standardtaste F12 verwendet. Mein Steam-Overlay funktioniert im Spiel ordnungsgemäß. Ich habe jedoch ein wenig recherchiert und herausgefunden, dass auch andere Leute Probleme mit Steam Overlay und Screenshots haben. Leider gibt es keine definitive Lösung. Folgendes ist jedoch aufgetaucht:

*Mods können Steam Overlay deaktivieren
*Das Zuweisen der Screenshot-Taste zu einer anderen Taste und das überprüfen der Dateiintegrität kann hilfreich sein

Wenn jedoch nichts hilft, hat RtCW eine integrierte Funktion zum Erstellen von Screenshots. F11, um Screenshots zu machen. Sie werden in dem RtCW-Ordner -> Main – screenshots als .tga gespeichert.


Ich hoffe das hilft!
ツ morEEnergy ツ 6 Feb, 2024 @ 11:34am 
Schöner Guide vielen Dank dafür!
Wie hast du es geschafft screenshots in RtCW zu machen?
Wenn ich F12 drücke macht steam keine screenshots bei mir und ich kann nichts hochladen... : /