The only way to hopefully fix it is to reload the save and eventually that works. I have no external cameras, nor camera shortcuts. In SH3/4 you'd just hit one of the different views (since the boat didn't have free walking like SH5). It's easy to fix.when you have camera shortcuts turned on and external views and whatnot, since if you switch to one of them it fixes the camera. The worst part about that error message is, it's just saying that the camera (viewpoint) is outside of the playable/renderable space.

What did the trick for me was to install a version of the Uplay installer someone had uploaded to a Steam 'Guide' page, I'll see if I can find that. Even now, the damn auto-connect to the Uplay servers from the vanilla Steam copy (which is necessary to complete first time set up of the game) did not work right for me. Note: in the past it was apparently a real hassle to try to get that mod to work with the Steam version of the game. Ubisoft should give those guys who made all those mods and the compilation a cut! I would've never bought the game had I not seen some pretty compelling info about the mod and yeah, that mod makes that game 'worth it.' Especially at the $10 it is now being sold for on Steam. What I can say is: With the Wolves of Steel mod installed it is FANTASTIC! I don't know for sure because I didn't play it much vanilla. Apparently at release it was a nightmare and even now the vanilla game is probably fairly lacking. This game has suffered a lot of bad press probably deservedly so.

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