Camera Lock

[adeoin]

How do you lock a camera behind a unit but have it rotate as the character rotates. Like a rpg game camera.

Thanks in advance

 

[Ryushi]

I do something like:

• Trigger
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.04 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set TempPoint = (Position of Unit)
    • Camera - Pan camera for (Owner of Unit) to TempPoint over 0.00 seconds
    • Camera - Rotate camera ((Facing of Unit) - 90.00) degrees around TempPoint for (Owner of Unit) over 0.00 seconds
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempPoint)

With Unit being whatever unit you want this done for.

 

[Parsival]

I think there is no sense of setting camera position every 0.04s. It's better to lock that camera earlier IMO.

And I personally use other action for rotating camera.

• Camera - Set PLAYER's camera Rotation to (Facing of UNIT) over 0.00 seconds

It's a bit better to multiplayer mode IMO.
It doesn't need 'point' variable also. If you lock camera earlier, whole trigger limits to ONE action. Take under note that it is periodic event (every 0.04s), so you really need nice optimizing.

Have a nice mapping

 

[xPass]

I think there is no sense of setting camera position every 0.04s. It's better to lock that camera earlier IMO.

And I personally use other action for rotating camera.

• Camera - Set PLAYER's camera Rotation to (Facing of UNIT) over 0.00 seconds

It's a bit better to multiplayer mode IMO.
It doesn't need 'point' variable also. If you lock camera earlier, whole trigger limits to ONE action. Take under note that it is periodic event (every 0.04s), so you really need nice optimizing.

Have a nice mapping

Agree...