We changed the camera position to the center of the operators head as part of our lean-spam fix as of the Burnt Horizon patch.
There are cases where - two people in different positions, but looking at the same object will see different things - and that's due to parallax (parts of this video might help demonstrate it more clearly).
I think people are mainly complaining because that even in kill cams, their player model is missing but completely visible to the person who killed them. It creates this illusion that player models/cameras are not synced with what is actually seen by other players.
While parallax can be true and present, the kill cam of this video, along with other clips, shows the rook shooting the air and receiving a headshot.
If ash’s ear or something was present in the kill cam, it would represent that your eyes are not on the side of your head, therefore you should peek carefully to not expose the side of your head even on tight angles.
Kill cam fidelity and readability is something we can improve on, and you're right that without seeing the POV captures of each individual player it's not a great feeling when what you see and know doesn't sync up with what the kill-cam is showing you. We definitely want to improve the player experience for these types of things, and kill cam improvements are a part of our goals for that in the future.
I don't think people care so much about whether this is a scientifically justifiable feature. I think "I can't see him but he can see me" directly translates into "not fun." Also when you fiddle with such fundamental aspects of the game like this its very frustrating for seasoned players who feel like they have to relearn the game all over again.
We changed the camera position to address the lean-spam abuse that was rampant prior to the change.
Where was the camera located then earlier?
On the side of the head.
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