How to play Crysis 2 in Third Person view mode

Question

In "Saves" directory of Crysis 2, I saw a file named "actionmaps.xml" which says

  <action name="flymode" onPress="1" noModifiers="1">
   <key name="f3"/>
  </action>
  <action name="godmode" onPress="1" noModifiers="1">
   <key name="f4"/>
  </action>
  <action name="ulammo" onPress="1" noModifiers="1">
   <key name="np_2"/>
  </action>
  <action name="debug" onPress="1">
   <key name="7"/>
  </action>
  <action name="thirdperson" onPress="1" noModifiers="1">
   <key name="f1"/>
  </action>

How do I play in third person view mode? Pressing F1 does nothing.

Answer 1

You need to enable the Developer Mode in order to be able to use these commands.

To enable the developer mode, you need to start the game with the "-devmode" command line parameter (either edit the start menu shortcut or create a batch file containing "Crysis2.exe -devmode". When the developer mode is enabled, you'll be able to use the following key bindings:

• F1: toggles between first and third person view
• F2: teleports you to the next checkpoint
• F3: switches between fly mode, noclip mode, and back to normal
• F10: removes many textures and shows polygons
• Num1: gives quite a few weapons (notably the JAW and L-TAG) and refills ammunition

Update: After some research it has been found out that the "-devmode" cannot be used after patching the game to version 1.2. However, there might be ways to bypass this through using scripts and/or similar.

Source: Wiki4Games