camera that rotates around player?

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David iz cool

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Posted: 29th May 2006 03:52

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how can i code my camera to rotate around my player like in 'morrowwind'???

not sure if any of u here have played it but u can hold down tab & the camera points toward the player & rotates around the player.

i want to have a camera like this for a side-rpg project im making.

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RUCCUS

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Posted: 29th May 2006 05:38

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SYNC ON:SYNC RATE 0:AUTOCAM OFF:HIDE MOUSE

MAKE OBJECT CUBE 1,20

DO

POSITION CAMERA 0,0,0
TURN CAMERA LEFT .5
MOVE CAMERA -300
POSITION CAMERA CAMERA POSITION X(),CAMERA POSITION Y()+100,CAMERA POSITION Z()

SYNC
LOOP

Just some basic code to work with. Though itd be easier to just have a limb offset from the user and position the cam at the limbs position, then just turn the limb's parent object.

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David iz cool

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Posted: 29th May 2006 06:18

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thanks! i can use this code for something else.

but not what i wanted,i forgot to mention u rotate the camera using the mouse.

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Daemon

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Posted: 29th May 2006 06:44 Edited at: 29th May 2006 06:44

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Heavily based off of Ruccus's code-

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SYNC ON:SYNC RATE 0:AUTOCAM OFF:HIDE MOUSE

MAKE OBJECT CUBE 1,20

DO

POSITION CAMERA 0,0,0
TURN CAMERA LEFT mousemovex()
MOVE CAMERA -300
POSITION CAMERA CAMERA POSITION X(),CAMERA POSITION Y()+100,CAMERA POSITION Z()

SYNC
LOOP

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Mr X

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Posted: 29th May 2006 11:09

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Once I made a rotating camera with the help of the "set camera to follow" and the "point camera" commands. I simply manipulated the values in "set camera to follow" and then pointed it at the player with "point camera". Even though it was not a perfect method, it worked.

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CuCuMBeR

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Posted: 29th May 2006 22:38 Edited at: 29th May 2006 22:39

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Using trigonometry gives you more freedom

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make matrix 1, 1000, 1000, 20, 20
Position Matrix 1, -500, 0, -500
make object cube 1, 10
Position Object 1, 0, 5, 0

sync on
do

ox# = object position x(1)
oy# = object position y(1)
oz# = object position z(1)

REM BELOW VALUES EFFECT YOUR ROTATION PLAY WITH THEM
dist# = 100
height# = 20
spd# = 0.1

cay# = wrapvalue(cay# + spd#)
camX# = x# + sin(cay#) * dist#
camY# = y# +  height#
camZ# = z# + cos(cay#) * dist#
position camera camX#, camY#, camZ#
point camera ox#, oy#, oz#

sync
loop

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