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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Camera Following Terrain Question

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Servant Saber
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Posted: 20th Oct 2008 02:14
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I've been working on a basic outdoor level, and I can't seem to understand how to have the camera object stay level on the terrain,
As in if the camera encounters a hill, it stays level with the terrain,
Any Ideas?
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BatVink
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Posted: 20th Oct 2008 10:38
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It depends on how you have created your terrain. If you used the advanced terrain commands, then the command you need is GET TERRAIN GROUND HEIGHT :

return float = GET TERRAIN GROUND HEIGHT( Terrain ID, X, Z )

If you used a model, then you'll have to use collision commands to get the height.

If you used a matrix, then the command is GET GROUND HEIGHT.

Once you have that, offset your camera Y position by this value plus the distance above the ground.

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Servant Saber
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I'm using Visual Terrain Maker to make .X model files.
How Would I go about offsetting my camera?

My code is set up like this


Sorry for asking you to spell it out, but I'm still new to Darkbasic
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pcRaider
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use intersect object( )

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