Camera cog fix-ups

[Xizor42]

Here i have a camera cog. How do i make it so it can switch to different views? Like, as many as i want? Also, instead of it being activated from a console, i want it to be activated at startup or when an adjoin is crossed. Plz help fix this cog!

Here's the cog as is:


# ANT_CUTSCENE_1.COG
#
# Jedi Knight/Mysteries of the Sith
#
# This COG file plays a *simple* MotS cutscene:
#
# When the player activates a thing (name: Console)
# a sound will play (name: playsnd) and the
# camera (name: cam) will step through 4 frames
# then switch back to the player's internal view.
# Each time text is displayed, a sound will play
# (name: NotifySnd) to get the player's attention.
#
# Things to do:
# 1. Create a room with a "console" thing in the middle
# 2. Create a "ghost" object that points at the console-
# this will be the camera
# 3. Create 4 frames for the camera - 0 to 3, which
# are at points round the console, but which
# *point at the player* (change the roll/pitch/yaw)
# 4. Add this COG using the "placed cogs" window (in JED)
# 5. Set the values for the COG - the Thing numbers of
# the console and the camera you added in
# 6. Don't forget to set the flags value to "0x400448"
# for the camera thing. This is VERY important
# otherwise the camera WILL NOT MOVE!!!
# 7. Save your level (check for errors first) and then
# GOO/GOB it and run it!
# 8. Marvel at the wonders of your cutscene!
#
# (9: goto Massassi and get ANT_CUTSCENE_2.COG which
# will be a more complicated custscene tutorial!)
#
# This should be used as a base to create your own
# cutscenes or for giving you ideas, etc.
#
# See the cutscenes tutorial at the Massassi Temple:
# http://massassi.jedinights.com/
# and there's plenty of other great stuff there too!
#
# This COG by Antony Espindola
# http://www.Horrible.Demon.co.uk/
#
# Please give credit if you use it or find it useful.
# Distribute this COG with the FULL header!
#
symbols

message activated

thing console
thing cam
flex speed=2.0
flex wait=5.0
sound playsnd=Accomplish1.wav

int done=0 local
sound NotifySnd=beep1.wav local
int Player local
int check local

end

code

activated:

// make sure it hasn't been done already
// "done" will be 1 if it has.
if (done ==0)
{
// we need to check that it was the "console"
// thing that got activated - this is safe code!
check = GetSenderRef();
if (check == console)
{
// get the "handle" of the player
Player = GetLocalPlayerThing();

// freeze Kyle so he can't move
SetActorFlags(Player, 0xa00000);
// "stop" kyle as he may be moving already
StopThing(Player);

// switch to the internal focus of our camera
SetCameraFocus(0, cam);
SetCurrentCamera(0);

// wait a bit for things to settle...
Sleep(2.0);

// play our major sound
PlaySoundLocal(PlaySnd, 1, 0, 132);

// now let's do some text...
Print("Come in Control ... this is Kyle Katarn ...");

// now we tell our camera to move to the frames...
// NB: this will "buffer" the commands to the game engine
// and it will not move to the next frame UNTIL it has
// finished from the frame before
MoveToFrame(cam, 1, speed);
MoveToFrame(cam, 2, speed);
MoveToFrame(cam, 3, speed);

// the camera is moving as the frame "requests"
// have been buffered - we can now carry on our scene
Sleep(3.5);
PlaySoundLocal(NotifySnd, 1, 0, 132);
Print(">> What is your order Sir? <<");
Sleep(3.5);
PlaySoundLocal(NotifySnd, 1, 0, 132);
Print("I'll have a Big Mac please...");
Sleep(3.5);
PlaySoundLocal(NotifySnd, 1, 0, 132);
Print(">> Certainly Sir. Please move to the next window. <<");
Sleep(3.5);
PlaySoundLocal(NotifySnd, 1, 0, 132);
Print("Mmmm. I like big Macs.");

// this is our "wait period"
// we may need to increase the value if the cutscene
// is either too short, or decrease if it's too long
Sleep(wait);

// do some tricky stuff...
if (jkGetSaberCam() == 1)
CycleCamera();
DestroyThing(cam);

// unfreeze Kyle
ClearActorFlags(Player, 0xa00000);

done =1;
}
}
else
{
// cutscene has been played -
// do something else!
PlaySoundLocal(NotifySnd, 1, 0, 132);
Print("I couldn't eat another Big Mac!");
}
return;

end



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