3rd person problems..

[NoxMortus]

Hi, im *trying* to make an rpg, i really wanted to use the 3rd person view, so i used darg's trigger in "free trigger code" thread, when i used this trigger in my map, the camera did follow the unit in a 3rd person view, but im having trouble with the camera following the unit's rotation - the camera does rotate to the unit's current facing rotation, but it is very jagged (as oppose to smooth) as it repositions the camera to the back of the unit. So does anyone have an idea how to smooth out the movement of the camera? .I think this thread will be kinda hard to understand for some people (i have trouble myself) , but please try

here is my altered Darg's trigger - (i reduced all the 'seconds' fields to 0 in an attempt to smooth out the camera movement - which didnt work)

Actions
    Camera - Pan camera for (Owner of (Sold unit)) to (Position of (Sold unit)) over 0.00 seconds
    Camera - Lock camera target for (Owner of (Sold unit)) to (Sold unit), offset by (0.00, 0.00) using The unit's rotation
    Camera - Set (Owner of (Sold unit))'s camera Distance to target to 800.00 over 0.00 seconds
    Camera - Set (Owner of (Sold unit))'s camera Angle of attack to -45.00 over 0.00 seconds
    Camera - Set (Owner of (Sold unit))'s camera Rotation to (Facing of (Sold unit)) over 0.00 seconds
    Wait 0.01 seconds
    Trigger - Run (This trigger) (checking conditions)

 

[Regalth]

Actually, setting everything to 0 is the worst thing you could have done. This means that everything happens instantly. What you want is everything to happen over time. For example:
Say you have a unit, facing 0 degrees (East). It turns 90 degrees, now facing 90 (North). If the time is set to 0, the camera will snap to 90 degrees, no smooth movement. If the time is set to, say, 2 seconds, it will rotate at 45 degrees a second, fairly slowly. If I quickly turn back to 0 (East), then, at 0, my camera will be bouncing all over. If I set it to 2 seconds, and turn back after 1 second, then the camera will go halfway and turn around.

Ideally, you'd want a time that's fast enough that the camera doesn't lag behind, but slow enough that it doesn't snap around. Perhaps setting in a slow time, and giving all units an ability to instantly set the camera.

 

[NoxMortus]

Nice one Regalth, i set it to 2 seconds, now it's running smoothly