Cam qustion

[CrAzY-CrAsH 0]

hey peeps

just 1 quistion dose any1 know the script codes for on bord vehicle cams and stuff like that???

sorry about spelling

CrAzY-CrAsH

[Bosun 0]

Okay well l smuggled this out of that other site (which seems to be re-decorating at the moment.  So, haven't tried it but perhaps it will help you.

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; concept by Turok_GMT, modified by snYpir

; syntax:

; [<name of vehicle>, <name of unit to target>,

;  <[xoffset,yoffset,zoffset]><relative to vehicle?>] exec "vehiclecam.sqs"

; example:

; [heli, dilbert,[0,0,-10],false] exec "vehiclecam.sqs"

; get camera vehicle and target

_unit = _this select 0

_target = _this select 1

; u can change the positional offsets for the camera (these are relative to the vehicle)

; x offset

_camoffsetX = (_this select 2) select 0

; y offset

_camoffsetY = (_this select 2) select 1

; z offset

_camoffsetZ = (_this select 2) select 2

; do u want your offsets to be relative to the vehicle?

_camrelative = _this select 3

; clear the variable that will stop this script

vehiclecamstop = false

; create a camera

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

_cam cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]

; now create a loop to continuously update the cam's pos

; so it appears to be attached to the vehicle

#loop

_newpos = getpos _unit

; set posn not relative to vehicle?

? NOT(_camrelative) : _cam camsetpos [(_newpos select 0) + _camoffsetX, (_newpos select 1) + _camoffsetY, (_newpos select 2) + _camoffsetZ]; goto "commit"

; set posn relative to vehicle

_cam camsettarget _unit

_cam camsetrelpos [_camoffsetX,_camoffsetY,_camoffsetZ]

#commit

_cam camcommit 0

; aim camera at target

_cam camsettarget _target

_cam camcommit 0

; insert a small update time to avoid anychance of any nasty

; infinity loop errors

~0.01

; perform an if test to see if _stop has been set to true

; of not, do another lap of the loop

? NOT(vehiclecamstop) : goto "loop"

; the loop ends here when vehiclecamstop gets set to true by either

; a trigger or a waypoint's "on activation" field

; once loop had ended, kill the camera and return control to

; player

_cam cameraeffect ["terminate", "back"]

camdestroy _cam

exit

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Well l tried it, and it does work.....cept, error comes up ;

_target = _this select 1 this line error, but it continues to work. Play with this line; [heli, dilbert,[0,0,-10],false] exec "vehiclecam.sqs" to get your camera view. If your not in heli. -10 with show you the undercarrage of vehicle

ps; vehiclecamstop = true in a trigger to stop it. (but l guess you can read)....

[CrAzY-CrAsH 0]

cheers mate ur a champ

[Prospero 1]

Depending on the effect you're looking for, you'll achieve smoother rendering if you let the position update camCommit's float a bit - say by 0.1 or 0.2 seconds.

This is a good trick where you are viewing from cameras which you are manually camSetPos'ing via a fast loop.

Prospero