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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Side strafing

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lcfcfan
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2004 00:50
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Can someone tell me why this code does not work? I'm making an fps and want the camera to strafe left and right using the left and right keys. The code below is not my actual code but thats the code i tried to use to make it do that.
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Xander
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Location: In college...yeah!
Posted: 3rd Sep 2004 03:32
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The code doesn't work because it moves the player only in the x direction. When strafing, the player actually moves in both x and z directions, based on his y angle. Here is some code for strafing:



That should get you somewhere...

Xander Moser of Bolt Software
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McChief
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Posted: 4th Sep 2004 05:29
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Walaber showed me the following code to get my camera to strafe. Works perfectly. Hope that helps too...
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lcfcfan
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Posted: 4th Sep 2004 06:21
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cheers guys will try your code out.
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