I found a new BF2 limit: 16 camera shots

[AnthonyBF2]

I have figured out that SWBF2 has a limit how many AddCameraShot lines we are allowed to have in our mission scripts.

I originally wanted to create a lot of new camera shot angles for Polis Massa that cover just about every aspect of the level including the outside areas.
I began with the first camera shot starting in the northeast hangar then worked my way around the map in a clock-wise fasion, finishing off with the outside areas.
When I tested these new camera shots, I noticed that the only camera shots I were seeing were from the northeast hangar area to around the middle of the map and hallway areas.
None of my camera shots from the western half section of the level were ever being displayed, despite clicking through a few thousand times total over the course of several minutes.

My camera shots were 46 total:
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(0.584935, -0.031815, 0.809260, 0.044016, 113.651199, 15.829309, -115.886131);
AddCameraShot(0.736033, -0.065748, 0.671074, 0.059945, 153.837189, 20.048080, -63.497570);
AddCameraShot(0.790976, -0.073693, -0.604774, -0.056345, 64.175720, 21.036154, -56.964710);
AddCameraShot(-0.185849, 0.018834, -0.977392, -0.099047, 111.285927, 28.223373, -54.238270);
AddCameraShot(-0.001280, 0.000083, -0.997900, -0.064766, 109.011116, 28.223373, -22.601974);
AddCameraShot(-0.183012, 0.013717, -0.980266, -0.073470, 113.267677, 30.263466, 29.434828);
AddCameraShot(0.964453, -0.104699, 0.241211, 0.026185, 114.457832, 30.263466, 63.073421);
AddCameraShot(0.992400, -0.107255, 0.059970, 0.006481, 108.915672, 30.263466, 88.068588);
AddCameraShot(0.959905, -0.092199, 0.263515, 0.025311, 74.257927, 29.590170, 73.609756);
AddCameraShot(0.683231, -0.082409, -0.720316, -0.086882, 31.704250, 31.202438, 26.538410);
AddCameraShot(0.830298, -0.055477, 0.553318, 0.036970, 39.720638, 28.345638, 84.253395);
AddCameraShot(0.561187, -0.031328, 0.825810, 0.046100, 36.971157, 28.345638, 48.274956);
AddCameraShot(0.735050, -0.056499, -0.673667, -0.051781, 11.336551, 29.386257, 65.714912);
AddCameraShot(0.707775, -0.053725, 0.702372, 0.053315, -29.159868, 27.243788, 66.175629);
AddCameraShot(0.823174, -0.069979, -0.561436, -0.047728, -55.811001, 27.243788, 83.084099);
AddCameraShot(0.573029, -0.049538, -0.814997, -0.070456, -55.937042, 27.243788, 49.701363);
AddCameraShot(0.982240, -0.090099, -0.163892, -0.015033, -61.295517, 29.610790, 85.892136);
AddCameraShot(0.173008, -0.017782, -0.979599, -0.100685, -61.614410, 29.610790, 45.912346);
AddCameraShot(0.807021, -0.078290, -0.582575, -0.056517, -121.689636, 29.610790, 25.724768);
AddCameraShot(-0.383000, 0.046196, -0.915954, -0.110479, -48.431633, 29.610790, 12.872742);
AddCameraShot(0.557964, -0.057617, 0.823484, 0.085035, -41.858772, 29.610790, 22.620537);
AddCameraShot(-0.182955, 0.020038, -0.977075, -0.107011, -58.829170, 29.610790, 6.798736);
AddCameraShot(-0.388796, 0.032306, -0.917595, -0.076246, -69.086578, 29.610790, 33.191689);
AddCameraShot(0.920115, -0.073810, -0.383400, -0.030756, -78.830750, 30.425386, 42.888916);
AddCameraShot(0.457012, -0.048952, -0.883061, -0.094588, -87.543770, 29.976128, 19.184814);
AddCameraShot(0.929891, -0.102292, 0.351207, 0.038634, -54.797810, 29.976128, 51.905849);
AddCameraShot(0.706788, -0.058730, -0.702562, -0.058379, -115.377319, 27.573608, 16.620588);
AddCameraShot(0.993194, -0.116439, 0.002627, 0.000308, -101.796677, 23.019112, 9.886441);
AddCameraShot(0.988687, -0.085472, -0.122799, -0.010616, -111.977242, 20.063837, -16.614649);
AddCameraShot(0.971906, -0.087752, 0.217513, 0.019639, -89.960732, 20.063837, -18.757191);
AddCameraShot(-0.433208, 0.001266, -0.901289, -0.002635, -82.926857, 17.222723, -42.276718);
AddCameraShot(0.432160, 0.008202, -0.901597, 0.017111, -120.614128, 16.188404, -41.560928);
AddCameraShot(0.988644, -0.025017, 0.148129, 0.003748, -103.900917, 17.786942, -62.822586);
AddCameraShot(0.004667, -0.000408, -0.996191, -0.087077, -107.905487, 20.777037, -91.118042);
AddCameraShot(0.859376, -0.080893, -0.502683, -0.047318, -138.680084, 27.347904, -102.857193);
AddCameraShot(0.835842, -0.085508, -0.539454, -0.055187, -111.555107, 27.347904, -124.002724);
AddCameraShot(-0.203931, 0.019686, -0.974259, -0.094047, -86.849838, 27.347904, -149.211700);
AddCameraShot(0.221774, -0.013758, -0.973130, -0.060369, -88.128891, 27.347904, -139.433487);
AddCameraShot(0.919751, -0.099405, 0.377508, 0.040800, -76.611458, 27.347904, -113.546669);
AddCameraShot(-0.365374, 0.093483, -0.897252, -0.229567, -68.512276, 48.999775, 32.186607);
AddCameraShot(-0.374301, 0.064261, -0.911739, -0.156531, -80.808182, 40.863174, 44.598972);
AddCameraShot(0.787426, -0.124791, 0.596205, 0.094486, 100.166710, 49.583767, 7.743818);
AddCameraShot(0.442534, -0.054447, -0.888399, -0.109303, -99.501755, 61.293411, -160.744293);
AddCameraShot(0.546671, -0.082106, 0.824069, 0.123769, 122.037178, 61.293411, -135.296982);
AddCameraShot(0.940030, -0.341091, 0.000512, 0.000186, 109.009598, 43.900810, -36.755657);

So next I ran a test. I created a new set of camera shots, 16 total. 15 of the camera shots are 100% exactly the same.
The 16th camera shot will be in the northwest hangar, a totally different area of the level.

This test was successful.
All 16 camera shots were available but of course, the 16th camera shot from the northwest hangar was rare to see since the other 15 camera shots were in the exact same location.

The next part of the test I did was add a 17th camera shot that appears in the central hangar.
I spent about ten minutes clicking through the camera shots nonstop. The 17th camera shot never ever appears.
The 16th camera shot still appeared sometimes whereas most of the camera shots displayed were among the first 15.

At this point, the 17 total camera shots were:
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(-0.193204, 0.020136, -0.975667, -0.101688, 112.649200, 17.623613, -117.789055);
AddCameraShot(0.912267, -0.135238, 0.382447, 0.056695, -76.756111, 30.076214, -114.305008);
AddCameraShot(0.555123, -0.064545, 0.823711, 0.095773, -42.186226, 30.475630, 22.398804);

Conclusion: SWBF2 has a 16 camera shot limit.
I would recommend all future modders who want a lot of camera shots to make different camera shots for different game modes.
For example, in CTF mode, have 16 total camera shots that focus on only CTF areas, such as the flag goals, flag locations, command posts, and the paths that AI use.
In other modes, like conquest, have a set of 16 different camera shots that focus more on command post locations and main pathways, perhaps vehicle spawns if applicable.

Also note that the debugger game exe doesn't print any error messages when you go over the 16 limit.

I am going to assume that SWBF1 has a similar limit but I don't feel like making a SWBF1 mod to test it. It would be nice if a SWBF1 modder can run a similar test and see what the limit is.

[Led]

nice find