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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Camera following player goes through walls

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DirkVW
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Posted: 15th Mar 2003 06:01
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I have the camera following my player (using SET CAMERA TO FOLLOW) through a 3D level, but the camera goes through walls whenever the player turns corners, goes up/down, or some other movement that requires the camera to follow the player "through" a wall. I want the camera to "collide" with the walls so it doesn't go through them, but i'm not sure how to do this. Can I use "AUTOMATIC CAMERA COLLISION"? I tried that and it doesn't work, even though my actual object collision routine works fine.

I hope this is enough information
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qacoolguy
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Posted: 15th Mar 2003 06:21
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A possible solution is to set the collision field (the last variable) to 1 for static collision. If this doesn't work, then you could always position an object on the camera and hide it. When the object hits a wall, you could decrease the distance value to move the camera away from the wall. When the object on the camera is not colliding with a wall, you could increase the distance value back to its original number. Hope this helps!

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DirkVW
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Posted: 15th Mar 2003 06:29
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That's a great suggestion, thanks

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