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Nic
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Posted: 28th Oct 2004 15:43
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ive been having this probelm for a while and just cant suss it.
i have my player object - an aeroplane for example. I give my camera position variable
CX
CY
CZ
And now i want my camera to follow the object. But it shakes when the object is placed at an angle. Im using this code as a very simple way of following the object, just for the early stages of the programmming.

Can anyone help?
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Lost in Thought
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Posted: 28th Oct 2004 15:53
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Have you tried using floats instead?

Depending on your object movement code this might help. If you move whole number distances it won't. If you use float (decimal) numbers to move the object 1 this will smooth it out.

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Nic
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Posted: 28th Oct 2004 16:24
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Ok thanx im at work now so ill try it another time buti am moving whole number distances.
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Lost in Thought
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Posted: 28th Oct 2004 17:11
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It may not help then. Make sure you are using sync on, sync rate, and sync to control syncing. Also you may want to search and make sure there is nothing else in the program changing any of those variables accidently or accidently moving the camera's position. Also make sure if you use CY in one spot you don't have CY# in another and so on with all 3 variables this can cause weird results. Hope you get it straightened out. Good luck.

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Posted: 28th Oct 2004 18:55
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you could also use curvevalue() and curveangle() to smooth the transition.

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