Set camera to a camera in the scene/level/map

[MexSource]

There is already a list with all entities from the world, which you could just iterate over and search for the camera, only to mention that by the way. (world->entities)

[bandrewk]

It's even easier, there is a list of cameras:

 

World::cameras

 

the same goes for lights, models, brushes, etc.

[Vulcan]

I think you could just place out those cameras in LE editor and then create one camera in code, then just assign position and rotation of camera instead of switching camera.

 

something like this:

someCamera.FindCamera("AirportTowerCamera")
camera->SetPosition(someCamera.GetPosition());
camera->SetRotation(someCamera.GetRotation());

 

But don't know how this method would hit the performance.

[Rick]

Generally you don't want 2 cameras. Why not just create the camera in code and be done with it?

[MexSource]

Yes, I for example create one camera by code and place pivots at the position I need the camera later. Then I set the camera position to the position of the pivot

[bandrewk]

Generally you don't want 2 cameras. Why not just create the camera in code and be done with it?

 

I can't see any reason for not having multiple cameras, could you please explain why?

[Rick]

There might be situations that cause strange results with multiple cameras all shown at the same time. Like Mex stated above it's probably best to just use pivots as markers for where cameras should be positioned/rotated. You could probably show/hide multiple cameras if you wanted to go that route. I just find it cleaner and reduce any chance for errors by having 1 and just moving it around to markers.