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spin around camera

2005-08-30, 5:16 PM #1

HAcKSaw

Funky Little Numbers?

Posts: 136

Im making a function/action that when activated it plays a key and the camera roatates around you. I know it can be done for cutscenes, but how do i do it ingame?? Any ideas?

2005-08-30, 7:26 PM #2

Emon

Imon, umon...everymon!

Posts: 19,022

I did one of those for the death camera in Space Noxx II. The camera pulls back from the player while rotating around him. The camera template is a projectile which is fired backwards from the player. The camera class COG applies a sideways force from the player's RVec. Looking at the camera COG, I'm not quite sure why I did it the way I did...but it works.

Only problem is that the camera *does* slightly spiral. It's not a perfect circular movement. But the faster the pulse, the tighter the spiral. It should take some time for it to be noticable. Oh, this thing also sets the camera back to the player if it collides with something (gets destroyed).

Code:

# Jedi Knight COG Script
#
# ghostCam.COG
#
# Created by Emon.
# Feel free to use this COG as long as credit is given in the readme file.
#
# This COG is not supported by LucasArts Entertainment Co.
flags=0x240
symbols

thing			camera			local
thing			camera2			local
thing			player			local
template		ghostTpl=ghost	local
flex			k				local

message			created
message			pulse
message			removed

end

# =============================================================================

code

created:
	camera = getSenderRef();
	player = getLocalPlayerThing();
	setPulse(0.001);
	k = 0.15;
	return;

pulse:
	setThingLook(camera, vectorSub(getThingPos(player), getThingPos(camera)));
	if(vectorDist(getThingPos(player), getThingPos(camera)) < 0.4)
		addThingVel(camera, vectorScale(getThingRVec(camera), 0.005));
	else
	{
		if(k < 0.05)
			setThingVel(camera, vectorScale(getThingRVec(camera), 0.05));
		else
		{
			setThingVel(camera, vectorScale(getThingRVec(camera), k));
			k = k - 0.001;
		}
	}
	return;

removed:
	setCameraFocus(1, player);
	return;

end

And here's the fire projectile code:

Code:

proj = fireProjectile(player, cameraProj, -1, -1, '0 0 0', '0 0 0',
						  -1, 0x1, 0, 0);

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2005-09-03, 11:14 AM #3