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kfoong

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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 01:54

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How do i make the camera like zelda or the othe games where you make it swing around to look in front of the character?

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QuothTheRaven

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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 02:22

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rotate the camera individually from the player, move the camera around but make the player stand still

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kfoong

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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 02:23

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kfoong

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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 06:24

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quoth please explain

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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 13:46

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like this?:

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sync on
sync rate 95
autocam off

rem make player
make object box 1,2,4,2
position object 1,0,2,0

rem make terrain
make matrix 1,50,50,5,5
position matrix 1,-25,0,-25

rem camera
position camera 0,10,-15
point camera 0,5,0

rotate$="Clickmouse to view front of player"

do

if mouseclick()=1
 angle#=180
 for x=1 to 180
  position camera cos(angle#)*15,10,sin(angle#)*15
  point camera 0,5,0
  sync
  dec angle#,1
 next x
 if mid$(rotate$,20)="f"
  rotate$="Clickmouse to view back of player"
 else
  rotate$="Clickmouse to view front of player"
 endif
endif

text 0,0,rotate$
sync

loop

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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 21:59

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ok thats slightly wrong
try this:

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sync on
sync rate 95
autocam off

rem make player
make object box 1,2,4,2
position object 1,0,2,0

rem make terrain
make matrix 1,50,50,5,5
position matrix 1,-25,0,-25

rem camera
position camera 0,10,-15
point camera 0,5,0

rotate$="Clickmouse to view front of player"
angle#=180
do

if mouseclick()=1
 for x=1 to 180
  position camera cos(angle#)*15,10,sin(angle#)*15
  point camera 0,5,0
  sync
  dec angle#,1
 next x
 if mid$(rotate$,20)="f"
  rotate$="Clickmouse to view back of player"
 else
  rotate$="Clickmouse to view front of player"
 endif
endif

text 0,0,rotate$
sync

loop

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kfoong

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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 22:16

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sorry i cant view it i use netscape and my IE is refusing to work. p

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Flashing Blade

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Posted: 16th Feb 2003 00:28

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this format best then:

sync on
sync rate 95
autocam off

rem make player
make object box 1,2,4,2
position object 1,0,2,0

rem make terrain
make matrix 1,50,50,5,5
position matrix 1,-25,0,-25

rem camera
position camera 0,10,-15
point camera 0,5,0

rotate$="Clickmouse to view front of player"
angle#=180
do

if mouseclick()=1
for x=1 to 180
position camera cos(angle#)*15,10,sin(angle#)*15
point camera 0,5,0
sync
dec angle#,1
next x
if mid$(rotate$,20)="f"
rotate$="Clickmouse to view back of player"
else
rotate$="Clickmouse to view front of player"
endif
endif

text 0,0,rotate$
sync

loop

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aidwe

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Posted: 16th Feb 2003 22:34

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umm i no this sounds dum but how do u make it so it rotates round the player using left and right keys
(note i am very new to dark basic)

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Flashing Blade

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Posted: 16th Feb 2003 23:54

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like this:

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rem make player
make object box 1,2,4,2
position object 1,0,2,0

rem make terrain
make matrix 1,50,50,5,5
position matrix 1,-25,0,-25

rem camera
position camera 0,10,-15
point camera 0,5,0

angle#=180
do

anginc=0
if rightkey()then anginc=1
if leftkey()then anginc=-1

angle#=wrapvalue(angle#+anginc)
position camera cos(angle#)*15,10,sin(angle#)*15
point camera 0,5,0
text 0,0,"Use cursor keys to move camera"
sync

loop

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Flashing Blade

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Posted: 16th Feb 2003 23:57

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that posted wrong:

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autocam off
sync on
sync rate 90

rem make player
make object box 1,2,4,2
position object 1,0,2,0

rem make terrain
make matrix 1,50,50,5,5
position matrix 1,-25,0,-25

rem camera
position camera 0,10,-15
point camera 0,5,0

angle#=180
do

anginc=0
if rightkey()then anginc=1
if leftkey()then anginc=-1

angle#=wrapvalue(angle#+anginc)
position camera cos(angle#)*15,10,sin(angle#)*15
point camera 0,5,0
text 0,0,"Use cursor keys to move camera"
sync

loop

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kfoong

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Posted: 18th Feb 2003 23:37

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sorry i dont have dbp and i cant view code snippets.

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Posted: 19th Feb 2003 02:06

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If you want to view snippets with out internet explorer you have to view source and search for "codesnippet" until you find the one you want.

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aidwe

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2003 17:07

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umm im sorry but u no i dont have dark basic pro so is there a way of doin that not on pro?

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2003 15:04

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In case you haven't twigged, yet, click on the text saying "Code Snippet" to see the snippet

If you're talking about running snippets, then the above snippets seem to be compatible with DB1 so there should be no problem

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kfoong

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Posted: 2nd May 2003 15:59

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thanks alot for your help!

Quote from my brother:

Quote: " Patience is a virtue... I know that but how does that help me? "

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kfoong

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Posted: 3rd May 2003 09:49

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but there is one more thing i want to ask. Your source code swings around but not around the object. So if you move the object you swing around the place where the object was.

So how dou you make it swing around the object NOT around a point

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Quote: " Patience is a virtue... I know that but how does that help me? "

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LREM 8888

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Posted: 3rd May 2003 12:14

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put the point invisibly in the middle of the object!

An orange can't be a tomato but a tomato can be orange...

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Flashing Blade

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Posted: 3rd May 2003 14:07 Edited at: 3rd May 2003 14:09

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change this line:

position camera cos(angle#)*15,10,sin(angle#)*15

to this:

position camera object position x(obj)+(cos(angle#)*15),10,object position z(obj)+(sin(angle#)*15)

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