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Posted: 17th Mar 2005 23:05
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I have walls around my matrix and ive also got some code that stops the camera going off the matrix, but the walls are slightly in more than the edge of the matrix. Is there a way i can have camera collision so it stops the camera going past the walls?

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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 01:09
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Either you can move the camera around slowly as if you move an object rather than jumping it to the target in one go. That way you can clide it against the walls with some sliding collision.

Alternatively you can write a ray cast function that projects a line from the player object (such as a man walking around on the matrix) and place the camera in the spot just before it hits the walls.

Simple... yet fun!
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 03:38
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What is the coding for the second one?

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BearCDPOLD
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Posted: 19th Mar 2005 07:15
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Or you could use a substitute collision box. Have the control move the box around, make the camera mimic the box's movement, and check for collision box against walls.

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Posted: 19th Mar 2005 07:53
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How would i do that?

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Posted: 20th Mar 2005 18:53
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make a dummy object, like a sphere. Every loop you position it at the camera's position. Then, you write a sliding collison routine and detect camera collisions using the dummy object. And don't forget to hide the dummy object.

Part of solving the problem is actually noticing that the problem is there in the first place

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