Camera problems

[LaserGuidedBunnyRabbit 0]

I'm new to cameras, and what I want to do is make it so that a camera gets placed in a spot, then follows a unit. So, I put a black op, named p1, some waypoints for him, and a marker named testcam1, so then I made a script named cam.sqs, put it in the right directory, then put a trigger that calls it up immediately. I know for a fact that it is executing my script, but nothing happens, here is the code:

_cam = "camera" camcreate [1,1,1]

position = "getMarkerPOS testcam1"

_cam camsetpos position

_cam camcommit 0

_cam camsettarget p1

_cam camcommit 0

I also tried _cam camsetpos "getmarkerpos testcam1", which gave me an error.

[Nic 0]

Try this...

_cam = "camera" camcreate [0,0,0]

_cam cameraeffect ["internal","back"]

_cam camsettarget p1

_cam camsetrelpos [4,3,2]

_cam camcommit 0

this should work

oh, and to explain the camsetrelpos a little for you...

the 4 equals left or right, negative number left, positive right

the 3 equals front or behind, negative number rear, positive front

the 2 equals the height, the higher the number, the higher the camera

Hope this gets you started

[LaserGuidedBunnyRabbit 0]

that would follow the player, I want it to stay at a fixed spot and watch him as he moves.

[Nic 0]

well, then create an object that isnt going to be moving and put the camera on it instead

[Bart.Jan 0]

Try this :

_cam = "camera" camcreate [1,1,1]

_cam cameraeffect ["internal","back"]

position = getMarkerPOS "testcam1"

_cam camsetpos position

_cam camcommit 0

_cam camsettarget p1

_cam camcommit 0

Or this : (efect is the same as above)

_cam = "camera" camcreate getMarkerPOS "testcam1"

_cam cameraeffect ["internal","back"]

_cam camsettarget p1

_cam camcommit 0

If p1 is man in some vehicle you must target that vehicle for camera.

[LaserGuidedBunnyRabbit 0]

thx bud, that worked, now, how to I increase the Z axis a little bit? Also, I set a trigger that when someone steps into an area it executes cam2.sqs, but aparently nothing happens.

It looks like this:

_cam cameraeffect ["internal","back"]

_cam camsettarget t1

_cam camcommit 0

Thx in advance

[=BFP=Cheetah 0]

did you create a camera?

[Bart.Jan 0]

Increasing Z value :

Instead of getMarkerPOS "testcam1"

put :

[getMarkerPOS "testcam1" select 0,getMarkerPOS "testcam1" select 1,(getMarkerPOS "testcam1" select 2) + 2]

Changing last number (+2) will change Z value.