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Mister Fuzzy

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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 00:26

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Ok, so I'm using dbSetCameratoFollow(ectect...), and it's working fine. However, I can't seem to figure out how to make the camera rotate with my character...

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kklouzal

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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 08:06

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Here maybe this will help you, I made it a while back, it doesn't use dbSetCameratoFollow() but it works none the less!

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=151682&b=22

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Mister Fuzzy

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Posted: 10th Jul 2011 03:44

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Thanks, but I got it working with some kinda quirky code I wro

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void camerasync ( int distance, int offset, int object, int height , int xoffset ) {

	dbPositionCamera ( dbObjectPositionX(object)-dbCOS(360+offset-dbObjectAngleY(object))*-distance,
					   dbObjectPositionY(object) + height,
					   dbObjectPositionZ(object)-dbSIN(360+offset-dbObjectAngleY(object))*-distance );

	dbPointCamera ( dbObjectPositionX(object), dbObjectPositionY(object)+height, dbObjectPositionZ(object));

	dbMoveCameraRight(0, xoffset );

	return;}

distance is the distance the camera will be from the specified object,
offset is the angle offset ( rotate an extra N degrees ),
object is the object to follow,
height is the camera's height, and
xoffset moves the camera to the left or right of the object ( positive values go right, negative goes left ).

I hope this mildly messy code helps someone!

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