The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy/Unused Railcam Positions

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Finish.

The game's camera uses what's internally referred to as a "railcam" system to position itself around the various 3D room environments. While the camera itself, during events, moves and turns as if on rails between various points, there are no actual rails, only the various stopping points. (These are not the only positions the camera can be located, as it will move itself to point at various characters as they are talking, and the camera's last railcam position affects the angles of these positions.) Not all the positions defined in the rooms' 3D environment data end up being used. Due to the camera movement outside of story segments being quite limited, these camera angles can reveal or focus on things that otherwise go unseen or unnoticed.

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Aimed at the kitchen area in the Cafeteria, which never gets clearly shown in game. This angle clearly reveals the Ration-O-Matic's existence as a 2D sprite.

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This thing definitely doesn't do its job.

Aimed at the security turret in the Garage, which never seems to even get mentioned by the game, unlike the machine guns in the Infirmary or the War Room.

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Aimed at the right and left walls, respectively, in the Gym. The text matches the in-game map name, translated as "Gym".

The text and exit signs can only normally be seen during the battles in the Gym on Days 2 and 56 of 2nd Scenario, though the exit signs can be seen in a render in the game's Digital Deluxe version artbook.

Assuming the main view is angled from the room's entrance and the in-game map is oriented facing north, these would be the west and east walls, respectively. The exit signs are pointing opposite directions, which would imply there is another exit behind the stage, though none can be seen from the hallway outside. The camera in the battles mentioned previously reveal the wall opposite the stage matches the other two, meaning the room's exit may actually be behind the stage (or a discontinuity in the art not meant to be picked apart).

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Aimed at the security turret in the War Room. There are two other railcam positions that show it, one aimed more at the security camera and the other aimed more at the gun, but this camera position is focused much closer to it than the other two.