Casto 0 Posted December 27, 2001 well, how can i make a camera inside a driving/flying vehicles and look at the persone who is in the back seat inside the vehicle ?? plzzzz help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snake1999 0 Posted December 27, 2001 This can be achived very easily with a external camera script. By creating a loop that will make the camera stay fixed (or be in movement), in relation to the vehicle: #Update _myCam camSetTarget vehicleName _myCam setSetRelPos [x,y,z] _myCam camCommit 0 ~0.01 goto Update This will make the camera stay fixed at the X,Y,Z coordinates, relative to the target (in this example; "vehicleName"). Then you can rewrite it, so that you can move the camera around, in the vehicle, while it's moving for example. Then you can add a counter, which keeps track on time, and after a X seconds the script will continue (stop the loop). If you're not familiar with camera scripting, or not scripting at all, I recommend you to visit OFP editing center's tutorial section. Look for the camera ( "How to script a cutscene" ) tutorial by snYpir. hmm.. maybe there's another solution? (Edited by Snake1999 at 5:06 pm on Dec. 27, 2001) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 1 Posted December 27, 2001 all youve done there is target the vehicle. he wants to attatch it. use this script. ; syntax: ; [<name of vehicle>, <name of unit to target>, <[xoffset,yoffset,zoffset]>,<relative to vehicle?>,<time limitation>] exec "vehiclecamV3.sqs" ; example: [heli, dilbert,[0,0,-10],false,300] exec "vehiclecam.sqs" ; get camera vehicle and target _unit = _this select 0 _target = _this select 1 _timelimit = _this select 4 ; define relative time at start of this script _initialtime=daytime ; you can change the positional offsets for the camera (these are relative to the vehicle) _camoffsetX = (_this select 2) select 0 _camoffsetY = (_this select 2) select 1 _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"] #loop ; get actual time and calculate the time difference to _initialtime in seconds _actualtime=daytime _runtime=(_actualtime-_initialtime)*3600 ; now create a loop to continuously update the cam's pos, so it appears to be attached to the vehicle _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 ; aim camera at target _cam camcommit 0 _cam camsettarget _target _cam camcommit 0 ; insert a small update time to avoid anychance of any nasty infinity loop errors ~0.005 ; perform an if test to see if _stop has been set to true or _uint has been killed: if not, do another lap of the loop ? (NOT(vehiclecamstop) AND (alive _unit) AND (_runtime<_timelimit)): 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 TitleCut ["","BLACK OUT",2] vehiclecamstop = true ~2 _cam cameraeffect ["terminate", "back"] camdestroy _cam TitleCut ["","BLACK IN",2] exit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casto 0 Posted December 27, 2001 Thanx Rob, but this sounds rather difficult, do you know where i can find a tutorial or a example mission. Thanx again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 1 Posted December 27, 2001 i shall make u one. give me 10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 1 Posted December 28, 2001 got one herre waiting for you but it would help if you put your e-mail up on the forum so i can send it without faffing around waiting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted December 28, 2001 Don't know if it helps but there is a tutorial type thing for attaching a camera to a vehicle at the Opf editing centre http://www.ofpeditingcenter.com/coding.shtml#4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casto 0 Posted December 30, 2001 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Rob on 6:42 pm on Dec. 27, 2001 all youve done there is target the vehicle. he wants to attatch it. use this script. ; syntax: ; [<name of vehicle>, <name of unit to target>, <[xoffset,yoffset,zoffset]>,<relative to vehicle?>,<time limitation>] exec "vehiclecamV3.sqs" ; example: [heli, dilbert,[0,0,-10],false,300] exec "vehiclecam.sqs" ; get camera vehicle and target _unit = _this select 0 _target = _this select 1 _timelimit = _this select 4 ; define relative time at start of this script _initialtime=daytime ; you can change the positional offsets for the camera (these are relative to the vehicle) _camoffsetX = (_this select 2) select 0 _camoffsetY = (_this select 2) select 1 _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"] #loop ; get actual time and calculate the time difference to _initialtime in seconds _actualtime=daytime _runtime=(_actualtime-_initialtime)*3600 ; now create a loop to continuously update the cam's pos, so it appears to be attached to the vehicle _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 ; aim camera at target _cam camcommit 0 _cam camsettarget _target _cam camcommit 0 ; insert a small update time to avoid anychance of any nasty infinity loop errors ~0.005 ; perform an if test to see if _stop has been set to true or _uint has been killed: if not, do another lap of the loop ? (NOT(vehiclecamstop) AND (alive _unit) AND (_runtime<_timelimit)): 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 TitleCut ["","BLACK OUT",2] vehiclecamstop = true ~2 _cam cameraeffect ["terminate", "back"] camdestroy _cam TitleCut ["","BLACK IN",2] exit <span id='postcolor'> this commands what do they mean, and what should be inseted on these commands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 1 Posted December 30, 2001 Casto what are you talking about i gave you an example mission via e-m! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casto 0 Posted December 31, 2001 yep sorry but i think there was al little lag in the mail cuase i recieved it to day, the 31th. ps: happy new year every one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishu 0 Posted January 1, 2002 I got drifted away with this and made rotational, zoom out/in and up/down loop script Perhaps not any useful as it is, but modified for some purpose it might be _followthis = _this select 0 _camera = "camera" camCreate [6333,9672,14] _camera cameraEffect ["internal","back"] _camera camSetFOV 0.850 _roundgo = 0 _distance = 5 _pZ = ((getpos _followthis) select 2) + 2 _godir = 1 _godist = 1 goto "roundwego" #loop _camera camsettarget _followthis goto "zoomwego" #continue _camera camsetpos [_pX,_pY,_pZ] _camera camcommit 0 @camcommitted _camera ~0.01 goto "loop" #zoomwego _distance = _distance ?(_distance >= 30) : _godist = 0 ?(_distance <= 5) : _godist = 1 ?(_godist == 1) : _distance = _distance + 0.02 ?(_godist == 0) : _distance = _distance - 0.02 #roundwego _pX = ((getpos _followthis) select 0) + cos _roundgo * _distance _pY = ((getpos _followthis) select 1) + sin _roundgo * _distance ?(_roundgo == 360) : _roundgo = 0 _roundgo = _roundgo + 0.5 #vertwego _pZ = _pZ ?(_pZ >= ((getpos _followthis) select 2) + 5) : _godir = 0 ?(_pZ <= ((getpos _followthis) select 2) + -5) : _godir = 1 ?(_godir == 1) : _pZ = _pZ + 0.05 ?(_godir == 0) : _pZ = _pZ - 0.05 goto "continue" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 1 Posted January 1, 2002 nice one but he has it now! lol :biggrin: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishu 0 Posted January 1, 2002 Since I got drifted away so much.. I also made timing these things easier - no questimating or calculating, just give commit time in seconds Of course modifiable to many purposes.. like rotate 270 degrees in # seconds. _followthis = _this select 0 _into = 300 _distance = 500 _timer = 5 _camera = "camera" camCreate (getpos _followthis) _camera cameraEffect ["internal","back"] _camera camSetFOV 0.850 _camera camsettarget _followthis _camera camsetrelpos [_distance,0,2] _camera camcommit 0 _distance = _distance- _into _reducedistance = (_distance / _timer) * 0.01 #loop ~0.01 _distance = _distance - _reducedistance ?(_into >= _distance + _into) : exit _camera camsettarget _followthis _camera camsetrelpos [_distance + _into,0,2] _camera camcommit 0 goto "loop" ..very badly drifted away.. oh well, perhaps someone finds use Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
