This has been an issue for a few versions. When switching bikes in the garage, the view for camera view 1 gets locked in too close as if setting the “set gUseSpringyCamera=false” setting in the config file. Have to get completely out of Zwift to reset it and then it’s ok (until you switch bikes again). Here is a video of it, switching wheels is ok, switching bikes is not. You can see as soon as I click on a bike in the garage, the view in the background changes and brings the bike and rider closer. It even happens if you switch bikes at the main screen before starting a ride.
Still happening months later. @shooj any chance this could get looked at? I’ve heard from lots of others complaining about the zoomed in view, just not realizing what is causing it.
It’s been an ongoing issue for longer than that, just caused by different things. But I can understand the justification that they’ve got bigger problems to worry about with fixes to problems that actually “break the game.” Still, would be nice to finally get this view bug fixed.
Yeah, Zwift has never fixed this issue. But, if you have Plays connected, there’s a little trick to get camera 1 view the way it’s supposed to look without exiting and re-entering the game.
If your camera 1 view places your avatar way too “close” to the bottom of the screen:
Step 1. Unpair your Plays by deselecting them in the pairing screen.
Step 2. And then pair your Plays again by selecting them in the pairing screen. Your avatar should move back out, farther away from the camera, once you’ve closed out of the pairing screen.
This deselecting/selecting is a recent additional step to fix this. Until the last update, all you had to do was go to the pairing screen, and it would solve the problem. Now, there’s the Play step involved.
The camera 1 bug still happens for me whenever I view another rider, and usually (but not always) whenever I change bikes (no other equipment).
It’s still baffling to me the amount of Zwift friends I know who don’t even notice this visual issue. Guess they have me to thank for making things unpleasant. Sorry!
Yup, still really annoying and easily reproduced. Thankfully the steps that Charles outlined mean it can be worked around without restarting Zwift but it would really be nice if it was fixed.
Awesome! I know sometimes these things can be computer-dependent. It’ll likely keep happening every time, but now you have a (hopefully) temporary solve.
