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Gil Galvanti

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 03:06

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hey all,
how can u make the camera \"slide up\" meaning not jump, if im using:
move camera 1
turn camera left 1

To control it, i tried:
position camera camx#,camy#+1,camz#

but that just make it jump up to one above the original until i press again, also it repositions the camera at the starting point

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Baggers

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 03:43

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Um I think you could do:

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Position camera camera position x(),(camera position y()+1),camera position z()

also i really would rcommend not using the 'turn camera left' commands, its much more reliable to use the rotation commands in my mind...someone might dissagreee with me though !
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Gil Galvanti

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 05:01

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thanks but when i say im using camx#,camy#,camz#, those are variables that have been assigned the value of the camera position x, camera postion y, and camera position z, and ill use the rotate

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 06:01

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what your doing is positioning the camera camy#+1. what you want to do is increase camy# by 1 so that it increments.

if upkey()=1 then camy# = camy#+1

that'll do it.

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Gil Galvanti

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 07:06

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when i do this it doesnt move the camera forward or back, i know why, its because i have the variables camx#,camy#, and camz# defined and if i position the camera during the loop, which i have to do for "camy#=camy#+1", but to move the camera im using "move camera 1" like i said before, so any ideas how i can fix this?

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 07:12

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Could you post your code, or if its way too long then just the section in question, then we can have a butchers, and also spot any other potential problems !

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 08:54

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k, ill post the section, but i dont wanna post the whole code, cause its long, and its the source code of a very in depth game, and i wouldnt wanna give that away

, but ill post the control player section. here it is (its been edited from the original version, such as the do loop, is really a function, and the matrix is there just to orientate

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autocam off

make matrix 1,100,100,5,5

camx#=12.5
camy#=5
camz#=.4

position camera camx#,5,camz#

do
a#=.075

camx#=camera position x()
camy#=camera position y()
camz#=camera position z()
camangy#=camera angle y()


`control player
if upkey()=1
   move camera a#
endif
if keystate(20)=1
camy#=camy#+.1
endif
if keystate(17)=1
   move camera 5
endif
if downkey()=1
   move camera -a#
endif
if keystate(31)=1
   move camera -5
endif
if leftkey()=1
   turn camera left .5
endif
if keystate(30)=1
   turn camera left .5
endif
if keystate(32)=1
   turn camera right .5
endif
if rightkey()=1
   turn camera right .5
endif
position camera camx#,5,camz#
loop

(if u take out the position camera part in the main loop then u can move the camera, just not up and down)

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 09:59

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someone help plz

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 10:15

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Ok the problem was you stored the positions of the camera, then moved the camera, and then positioned the camera back where it started,now i have roughly fixed the code so it functions but to make it neater see my version below (also i dont use turn object left and right as i have known them to cause problems).

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autocam off

make matrix 1,100,100,5,5

camx#=12.5
camy#=5
camz#=.4

position camera camx#,5,camz#

do
a#=0.75


camy#=camera position y()
camangy#=camera angle y()


`control player
if upkey()=1
   move camera a#
endif

if keystate(20)=1
camy#=camy#+.1
endif

if keystate(17)=1
   move camera 5
endif
if downkey()=1
   move camera -a#
endif
if keystate(31)=1
   move camera -5
endif
if leftkey()=1
   turn camera left .5
endif
if keystate(30)=1
   turn camera left .5
endif
if keystate(32)=1
   turn camera right .5
endif
if rightkey()=1
   turn camera right .5
endif

camx#=camera position x()
camz#=camera position z()
position camera camx#,camy#,camz#
loop

Your Version with the rotate command

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`Your code with the rotate command`

autocam off

make matrix 1,100,100,5,5

camx#=12.5
camy#=5
camz#=0.4

position camera camx#,5,camz#

do
a#=0.75

camx#=camera position x()
camy#=camera position y()
camz#=camera position z()
camangy#=camera angle y()


`control player
if keystate(20)=1
 camy#=camy#+0.1
 position camera camx#,camy#,camz#
endif

if upkey()=1
 move camera a#
endif
if keystate(17)=1
 move camera 5
endif

if downkey()=1
 move camera -a#
endif
if keystate(31)=1
 move camera -5
endif

if leftkey()=1 or keystate(30)=1
 yrotate camera camangy#-0.5
endif

if rightkey()=1 or keystate(32)=1
 yrotate camera camangy#+0.5
endif
loop

or how bout the super short version !

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`Your code neatened alot !`

autocam off
make matrix 1,100,100,5,5
position camera 12.5,5,0.4

do
if keystate(20)=1 then position camera camera position x(),camera position y()+0.1,camera position z()
if upkey()=1    or keystate(17)=1 then move camera 5
if downkey()=1  or keystate(31)=1 then move camera -5
if leftkey()=1  or keystate(30)=1 then yrotate camera camera angle y()-0.5
if rightkey()=1 or keystate(32)=1 then yrotate camera camera angle y()+0.5
loop

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 10:28

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thanks, got it working

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 11:17

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No problem, any time

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