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Murdock 743

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I have a model that I created in wings 3d I have exported it to 3ds format and I can load it into my game. This is my first "big" attempt to make a network game and in all my other games the person has never actually been a model just a camera. In a net game this really doesn't work so how would I go about doing this while keeping the "view" in first person?
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Posted: 16th Jun 2005 01:35

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SET CAMERA TO FOLLOW is the easiest way. Check out the parameters in the help files, it's a very versatile command.

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Thanks... I haven't messed with DBPro in a year or two so I cant remember all the commands... I ought to reread a bit.
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Posted: 16th Jun 2005 04:00

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I still don't understand how to do this... I have never had to mess with camera's like this...
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Posted: 16th Jun 2005 18:25 Edited at: 16th Jun 2005 18:27

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Go to http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=55689&b=10, to view a short post, holding about nine replys with a couple of methods, with code, to have the camera follow behind an object.

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Posted: 18th Jun 2005 12:19 Edited at: 18th Jun 2005 15:05

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you want to have a camera folow an object? its actually pretty simple once you figure out how to use th command.

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x#=object position x(object number)
y#=object position y(object number)
z#9object position z(object number)
a#=object angle y(object number)
d#=distance
h#=height

set camera to follow camera number,x#,y#,z#,a#,d#,h#,smooth,collision

the x#,y#, and z# tells the camera where the position of the object is (what to follow). the a# tells the camera to be facing the same direction of the object. the d# and h# tell how far away the camera will stay from the object. and the smooth tells the camera how smooth its movement will be (a value of 0 will make its movement take effect immediately while a value of 100 will make the cameras movement very
smooth). i have absolutly no idea what the collision does but i always set it to 1 and it doenst give me an error message

. just so you know, you will need to use variables because the actions that they represtent will constantly be changing. hope that helped.

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Posted: 18th Jun 2005 12:24

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another good command that i personally like to use with the " set camera to follow" is the "point camera" command.

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 point camera camera number,x#,y#,z#

you can just use the x#,y#,z# variables from before. just like with the other command, these will tell the camera what to point at.

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Thank you very much that helped alot
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Okay, I attempted to put in the "camera" using the ideas that superunknown 13 showed me and here is what I came up with...

`load all junk and hide mouse
ship = 1
hide mouse
load object "starfighter.3ds",ship
load image "blueworld.jpg",2
load image "moon.jpg",3
`position starfighter and scale down
position object ship, 20,20,20
rem stars
for f=1 to 50 : e=rnd(255) : dot rnd(255),rnd(255),rgb(e,e,e) : next f : get image 1,0,0,256,256
rem star sphere
make object sphere 99,30000000000000,20,20 : texture object 99,1
scale object texture 99,8,8 : set object 99,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
rem set camera to see stars
set camera range 1,30000000000000
rem create planet
make object sphere 100,2300000,20,20 : texture object 100,2

position object 100, 2300000,2300000,23000
`create a moon for our planet
make object sphere 101,400000,20,20 :texture object 101,3
position object 101,2300000+43000,230000+ 33000,4000
`position camera
position camera -1000,-1000,-1000

rem declare all variables
distance# = 20
speed = 0
sync on
do
sync

gosub player_control
gosub camera_commands
gosub throttle
move camera speed

sync
loop

rem takes care of all speed issues
throttle:
if upkey() = 1 then speed = speed + 1
if downkey() = 1 then speed = speed - 1
if speed < 1 then speed = 1
if speed > 6000 then speed = 6000
return

` tracks ship
camera_commands:
posx#=object position x(ship)
posy#=object position y(ship)
posz#=object position z(ship)
posa#=object angle y (ship)
if leftkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# + 1
if rightkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# - 1
hight#=100
set camera to follow posx#, posy#,posz#,posa#,distance#,hight#,smooth,collision
position camera posx#,posy#,posz#
return

`all of the free flight controls
player_control:
   if keystate(17) = 1 then pitch object down ship,.5
   if keystate(31) = 1 then pitch object up ship,.5
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object left ship,.5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr - 1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object right ship,.5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if tr < -15 then tr = -15
   if tr > 15 then tr = 15
   if tr < 0 then tr = tr + 0.1
   if tr > 0 then tr = tr - 0.1
   roll object right ship,tr
return

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`load all junk and hide mouse
ship = 1
hide mouse
load object "starfighter.3ds",ship
load image "blueworld.jpg",2
load image "moon.jpg",3
`position starfighter and scale down
position object ship, 20,20,20
rem stars
for f=1 to 50 : e=rnd(255) : dot rnd(255),rnd(255),rgb(e,e,e) : next f : get image 1,0,0,256,256
rem star sphere
make object sphere 99,30000000000000,20,20 : texture object 99,1
scale object texture 99,8,8 : set object 99,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
rem set camera to see stars
set camera range 1,30000000000000
rem create planet
make object sphere 100,2300000,20,20 : texture object 100,2

position object 100, 2300000,2300000,23000
`create a moon for our planet
make object sphere 101,400000,20,20 :texture object 101,3
position object 101,2300000+43000,230000+ 33000,4000
`position camera
position camera -1000,-1000,-1000

rem declare all variables
distance# = 20
speed = 0
sync on
do
sync


gosub player_control
gosub camera_commands
gosub throttle
move camera speed

sync
loop



rem takes care of all speed issues
throttle:
if upkey() = 1 then speed = speed + 1
if downkey() = 1 then speed = speed - 1
if speed < 1 then speed = 1
if speed > 6000 then speed = 6000
return


` tracks ship
camera_commands:
posx#=object position x(ship)
posy#=object position y(ship)
posz#=object position z(ship)
posa#=object angle y (ship)
if leftkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# + 1
if rightkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# - 1
hight#=100
set camera to follow posx#, posy#,posz#,posa#,distance#,hight#,smooth,collision
position camera posx#,posy#,posz#
return


`all of the free flight controls
player_control:
   if keystate(17) = 1 then pitch object down ship,.5
   if keystate(31) = 1 then pitch object up ship,.5
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object left ship,.5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr - 1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object right ship,.5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if tr < -15 then tr = -15
   if tr > 15 then tr = 15
   if tr < 0 then tr = tr + 0.1
   if tr > 0 then tr = tr - 0.1
   roll object right ship,tr
return

For some reason the model is "sideways" and also the camera is inside the model... Also when I attempted to scale the object down it was nonexistent... Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers,
Christian

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Posted: 19th Jun 2005 23:10

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you fix the objects pivot by using the command fix object pivot nr

like this:
yrotate object 1,90
fix object pivot 1

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Posted: 19th Jun 2005 23:51

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Or if you wanted to have the camera stay directly behind the object at all times you could just add a limb to the object, position it behind the user and a bit above the user, position the camera at the limb, and point the camera at the user, just like the snippet in the code base and on the forums Ive posted tonnes of times yet people somehow miss it o.O

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There still seems to be something wrong with the camera...

`load all junk and hide mouse
ship = 1
hide mouse
load object "starfighter.3ds",ship
load image "blueworld.jpg",2
load image "moon.jpg",3
`position starfighter and scale down
position object ship, 20,20,20
rotate object ship, 0,90,0
fix object pivot ship
rem stars
for f=1 to 50 : e=rnd(255) : dot rnd(255),rnd(255),rgb(e,e,e) : next f : get image 1,0,0,256,256
rem star sphere
make object sphere 99,30000000000000,20,20 : texture object 99,1
scale object texture 99,8,8 : set object 99,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
rem set camera to see stars
set camera range 1,30000000000000
rem create planet
make object sphere 100,2300000,20,20 : texture object 100,2

position object 100, 2300000,2300000,23000
`create a moon for our planet
make object sphere 101,400000,20,20 :texture object 101,3
position object 101,2300000+43000,230000+ 33000,4000

rem declare all variables
distance# = 20
speed = 0
sync on
do

gosub player_control
   gosub camera_commands
   gosub throttle
   move camera speed

sync
loop

rem takes care of all speed issues
throttle:
   if upkey() = 1 then speed = speed + 1
   if downkey() = 1 then speed = speed - 1
   if speed < 1 then speed = 1
   if speed > 6000 then speed = 6000
return

` tracks ship
camera_commands:
   posx#=object position x(ship)
   posy#=object position y(ship)
   posz#=object position z(ship)
   posa#=object angle y (ship)
   if leftkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# + 1
   if rightkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# - 1
   hight#=100
   set camera to follow posx#,posy#,posz#,posa#,distance#,hight#,smooth,collision
   position camera posx#,posy#,posz#
   point camera posx#, posy#, posz#
return

`all of the free flight controls
player_control:
   if keystate(17) = 1 then pitch object down ship,.5
   if keystate(31) = 1 then pitch object up ship,.5
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object left ship,.5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr - 1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object right ship,.5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera left .5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr -1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera right .5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if tr < -15 then tr = -15
   if tr > 15 then tr = 15
   if tr < 0 then tr = tr + 0.1
   if tr > 0 then tr = tr - 0.1
   roll object right ship,tr
return

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`load all junk and hide mouse
ship = 1
hide mouse
load object "starfighter.3ds",ship
load image "blueworld.jpg",2
load image "moon.jpg",3
`position starfighter and scale down
position object ship, 20,20,20
rotate object ship, 0,90,0
fix object pivot ship
rem stars
for f=1 to 50 : e=rnd(255) : dot rnd(255),rnd(255),rgb(e,e,e) : next f : get image 1,0,0,256,256
rem star sphere
make object sphere 99,30000000000000,20,20 : texture object 99,1
scale object texture 99,8,8 : set object 99,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
rem set camera to see stars
set camera range 1,30000000000000
rem create planet
make object sphere 100,2300000,20,20 : texture object 100,2

position object 100, 2300000,2300000,23000
`create a moon for our planet
make object sphere 101,400000,20,20 :texture object 101,3
position object 101,2300000+43000,230000+ 33000,4000


rem declare all variables
distance# = 20
speed = 0
sync on
do

   gosub player_control
   gosub camera_commands
   gosub throttle
   move camera speed

sync
loop



rem takes care of all speed issues
throttle:
   if upkey() = 1 then speed = speed + 1
   if downkey() = 1 then speed = speed - 1
   if speed < 1 then speed = 1
   if speed > 6000 then speed = 6000
return


` tracks ship
camera_commands:
   posx#=object position x(ship)
   posy#=object position y(ship)
   posz#=object position z(ship)
   posa#=object angle y (ship)
   if leftkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# + 1
   if rightkey() = 1 then distance#=distance# - 1
   hight#=100
   set camera to follow posx#,posy#,posz#,posa#,distance#,hight#,smooth,collision
   position camera posx#,posy#,posz#
   point camera posx#, posy#, posz#
return


`all of the free flight controls
player_control:
   if keystate(17) = 1 then pitch object down ship,.5
   if keystate(31) = 1 then pitch object up ship,.5
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object left ship,.5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr - 1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object right ship,.5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera left .5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr -1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera right .5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if tr < -15 then tr = -15
   if tr > 15 then tr = 15
   if tr < 0 then tr = tr + 0.1
   if tr > 0 then tr = tr - 0.1
   roll object right ship,tr
return

when I run the code the camera doesn't seem to follow the craft it seems to make it dissapear into nothing...
Thanks for all the wonderful help
Christian

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Alright... I did a bit of tweaking and I kinda sorta fixed the camera... but I can't seem to keep the camera at a fixed distance... or when I tell the ship to pull upward it just pulls the object not the camera as well... here is my code that I have "tweaked"

`load all junk and hide mouse
ship = 1
hide mouse
load object "starfighter.3ds",ship
load image "blueworld.jpg",2
load image "moon.jpg",3
`position starfighter and scale down
position object ship, 20,20,20
rotate object ship, 0,90,0
fix object pivot ship
rem stars
for f=1 to 50 : e=rnd(255) : dot rnd(255),rnd(255),rgb(e,e,e) : next f : get image 1,0,0,256,256
rem star sphere
make object sphere 99,30000000000000,20,20 : texture object 99,1
scale object texture 99,8,8 : set object 99,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
rem set camera to see stars
set camera range 1,30000000000000
rem create planet
make object sphere 100,2300000,20,20 : texture object 100,2

position object 100, 2300000,2300000,23000
`create a moon for our planet
make object sphere 101,400000,20,20 :texture object 101,3
position object 101,2300000+43000,230000+ 33000,4000

rem declare all variables
distance# = 20
speed = 0
sync on
do

gosub player_control
   gosub camera_commands
   gosub throttle
   move camera speed
   move object ship, speed
   point camera posx#,posy#,posz#
sync
loop

rem takes care of all speed issues
throttle:
   if upkey() = 1 then speed = speed + 1
   if downkey() = 1 then speed = speed - 1
   if speed < 1 then speed = 1
   if speed > 6000 then speed = 6000
return

` tracks ship
camera_commands:
   posx#=object position x (ship)
   posy#=object position y (ship)
   posz#=object position z (ship)
   posay#=object angle y (ship)
   posax#=object angle x (ship)
   posaz#=object angle z (ship)
   distance#=10
   hight#= 10
   set camera to follow posx#,posy#,posz#,posay#,distance#,hight#,smooth,collision
   position camera posx#,posy#,posz#
   rotate camera posax,posay,posaz
return

`all of the free flight controls
player_control:
   if keystate(17) = 1 then pitch object down ship,.5
   if keystate(31) = 1 then pitch object up ship,.5
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object left ship,.5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr - 1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object right ship,.5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera left .5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr -1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera right .5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if tr < -15 then tr = -15
   if tr > 15 then tr = 15
   if tr < 0 then tr = tr + 0.1
   if tr > 0 then tr = tr - 0.1
   roll object right ship,tr
return

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`load all junk and hide mouse
ship = 1
hide mouse
load object "starfighter.3ds",ship
load image "blueworld.jpg",2
load image "moon.jpg",3
`position starfighter and scale down
position object ship, 20,20,20
rotate object ship, 0,90,0
fix object pivot ship
rem stars
for f=1 to 50 : e=rnd(255) : dot rnd(255),rnd(255),rgb(e,e,e) : next f : get image 1,0,0,256,256
rem star sphere
make object sphere 99,30000000000000,20,20 : texture object 99,1
scale object texture 99,8,8 : set object 99,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
rem set camera to see stars
set camera range 1,30000000000000
rem create planet
make object sphere 100,2300000,20,20 : texture object 100,2

position object 100, 2300000,2300000,23000
`create a moon for our planet
make object sphere 101,400000,20,20 :texture object 101,3
position object 101,2300000+43000,230000+ 33000,4000


rem declare all variables
distance# = 20
speed = 0
sync on
do

   gosub player_control
   gosub camera_commands
   gosub throttle
   move camera speed
   move object ship, speed
   point camera posx#,posy#,posz#
sync
loop



rem takes care of all speed issues
throttle:
   if upkey() = 1 then speed = speed + 1
   if downkey() = 1 then speed = speed - 1
   if speed < 1 then speed = 1
   if speed > 6000 then speed = 6000
return


` tracks ship
camera_commands:
   posx#=object position x (ship)
   posy#=object position y (ship)
   posz#=object position z (ship)
   posay#=object angle y (ship)
   posax#=object angle x (ship)
   posaz#=object angle z (ship)
   distance#=10
   hight#= 10
   set camera to follow posx#,posy#,posz#,posay#,distance#,hight#,smooth,collision
   position camera posx#,posy#,posz#
   rotate camera posax,posay,posaz
return


`all of the free flight controls
player_control:
   if keystate(17) = 1 then pitch object down ship,.5
   if keystate(31) = 1 then pitch object up ship,.5
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object left ship,.5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr - 1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll object right ship,.5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera left .5 else if keystate(30) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr -1
   if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 0 then roll camera right .5 else if keystate(32) = 1 and st = 1 then tr = tr + 1
   if tr < -15 then tr = -15
   if tr > 15 then tr = 15
   if tr < 0 then tr = tr + 0.1
   if tr > 0 then tr = tr - 0.1
   roll object right ship,tr
return

the ship is in the download button on any of the above download buttons...
Cheers,
Christian

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Posted: 21st Jun 2005 14:19

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Ahh I fixed it never mind...
Cheers,
Christian

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