Plugins + Scripts AutoCamDirector

v1.16.0 (package version 3)

NEW Director Mode companion panel - experimental: quick hard cuts inside a min/max window, adjustable cut chance
(0 = cut by hand only), a minimum hold after each cut, and optional per-cut joint / subject / close-up changes
(close-up distance is measured from the body surface). Hard cuts are exact - the camera stops exactly where it
lands - and a landing point can no longer end up inside the filmed character (body triggers count as body, checked
every frame and pushed out at limited speed). Every subject has hard Max look-down / Max look-up limits
(default 60/60), so a straight-down shot is impossible.

Front-facing fix: the front zone now always follows the subject's body (the orbit still follows it only with Use
subject facing ticked), and Front arc now defaults to 60 degrees. If a rig's facing does not match the real front
(the camera keeps ending up at the side), use the new per-subject Facing source and Facing offset (deg) - Print
diagnostics lists all three candidate directions and their difference, so you can pick one or copy the value.
Setting Front chance to 100% while calibrating is the quickest way to see it.

Preset fix: Load / Save / Default used to drop four dropdowns (Focus mode, Joint, Joint set, Orbit direction) and
four options added later (Max look-down, Max look-up, Facing source, Facing offset). All are covered now - please
re-save any preset you made earlier.

Also: new defaults (height 1.3m +/- 0.5, follow smoothing 0.15s, focus smoothing 0.2s, subject switch 10s +/- 5,
hold after cut 1s, close-up 0.5m, disable collision while directing on, target atom empty), the Director Mode
master switch is now bold green like Start directing, greyed-out sliders are fully non-interactive, and the body
collider cache is clipped to 3 m around the focus (lighter on weaker CPUs).

• Presets — every tab now has Load / Save / Default, using VaM's own file browser (with a real Save button). A global preset holds the whole plugin (global settings + all three subjects); subject presets are portable to any subject. Plain JSON in Saves\PluginData\EZhustler\AutoCamDirector.
• Adjustable front zone — the front-facing chance no longer parks the camera on one spot: those positions land at random inside a Front arc (deg) you can set (0–180°).
• Pitch offset (deg) — new companion to Look height offset: metres keeps the aim point on a body part at any distance, degrees keeps the framing constant at any distance.
• "Use subject facing" now really follows the character — the orbit and the front zone are anchored to the character's torso direction, so turning the character turns the shot; when a pose makes the facing ambiguous (lying down, bent over) the last known direction is held instead of snapping.
• Noticeably smoother motion — no more sudden pitch lift after each position change; the orbit now eases in and out on every axis; avoidance no longer cancels its own speed limit, no longer drags the camera up/down, and no longer bursts forward after being blocked; resuming from a pause no longer teleports.
• Fewer micro-stutters — removed a periodic ~200 KB/s garbage spike (preset change-detection) plus several per-frame allocations.
• Clearer panel — settings that cannot take effect in the current combination are greyed out, and the preset line reads factory defaults until you change something.
• Renamed & retuned — People block camera → Person atoms block camera; calmer defaults (height 1.5 m, height random 0.1 m, 8 orbit positions, angle random 5°, follow smoothing 0.25 s, focus smoothing 0.3 s, front chance 70 %).
• Presets/scenes saved with 1.13.x still load (unknown keys are skipped).