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Still Remains
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Posted: 19th Jun 2009 03:11 Edited at: 19th Jun 2009 23:28
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Ok so im pretty new to programming, I only have a one year course of using DB of experience but i just dled the DBC and i was trying to get my camera to follow the character in a 3rd person manner but i cant seem to figure out and ive tried all sorts of stuff. here's my code:

sync rate 60

rem Player Creation
make object cube 1,50
color object 1, rgb(155,0,155)

rem Level Creation
make object box 2,1000,10,1000
position object 2,0,-15,0
color object 2, rgb(0,255,0)

rem Declare Variables
MySpeed = 10
angle# = object angle y(1)
posx# = object position x(1)
posy# = object position y(1)
posz# = object position z(1)

rem Main Loop Begin
do

rem Player Movement
if upkey()=1 then move object 1,MySpeed
if downkey()=1 then move object 1,0-MySpeed
if rightkey()=1 then angle#=wrapvalue(angle#+5)
if leftkey()=1 then angle#=wrapvalue(angle#-5)
yrotate object 1,angle#

rem Camera Mechanics
point camera posx#,posy#,posz#
position camera posx#,posy#+100,posz#-250

rem Main Loop End
loop
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Posted: 19th Jun 2009 09:24
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1) Please use code snippets. Highlight your code and click "code".

2) Try this:


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Posted: 19th Jun 2009 16:28
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heres a link to TDKs tutorial on set camera to follow:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=123485&b=10

and heres one to TDKs list of tutorials, they are a great place to start if you're new to programming

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=99497&b=10

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Alright TheComet, I tried your code and it does make the camera follow the cube but it won't move, the camera just sits in the middle of the level still
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Posted: 20th Jun 2009 10:26 Edited at: 20th Jun 2009 10:28
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Maybe the camera is colliding with something... Try setting the last number behind the "set camera to follow" to 0.

Sorry, wasn't thinking.

Put this in your code right before the camera commands:



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Ok so I don't have anything for the camera to collide with but I tried changing that last number anyways and it didn't change anything and I already got the variables set at the top of my code. Is there a way to keep the camera behind my object?
Thank you for all your help by the way.

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Nevermind I figured it out I did have to put the variables back in my do loop. Thank you

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