Pi-3rdPersonCamera v 0.1

[Rick]

File Name: Pi-3rdPersonCamera v 0.1

File Submitter: Rick

File Submitted: 01 Jan 2010

File Category: Lua Scripts

 

Here is a very basic 3rd person camera thingoid. Just drag it into your scene and give it a target. The game script that you need to run also is:

 

require("Scripts/constants/collision_const")
require("Scripts/constants/engine_const")
require("Scripts/LinkedList")
require("Scripts/filesystem")
require("Scripts/math/math")



if fw==nil then --we are not in Editor
       RegisterAbstractPath("")
       Graphics(800,600)		-- need a better way to get screen res
       fw=CreateFramework()
       scene=LoadScene("")		-- need a way to get a scene to load
       scene:SetCollisionType(COLLISION_SCENE)
       TFilter(1)
       AFilter(4)
end

-- set globals
SetGlobalString("mode", "GAME_MODE")
SetGlobalString("quit", "false")

FlushKeys()
FlushMouse()


--main function
while (KeyHit(KEY_ESCAPE) == 0) and (GetGlobalString("quit") == "false") do

       fw:Update()
       fw:Render()
       Flip(0)
end

-- reset values
SetGlobalString("mode", "DESIGN_MODE")
SetGlobalString("quit", "false")

 

Click here to download this file

 

 

Will be creating a video that shows 3 of my Thingoids working together.

[Laurens]

Very nice Rick, thanks!

[Michael Betke]

So this is just a camera with target and if I enter game-mode in editor the 3thrd person will spawn?

[Rick]

It's actually just a camera that you can rotate around anything you give it as a target when you enter game mode given you are using the game script I posted above. It also has an offset setting. When you give it a target you'll see a white box. That white box is where the camera will point to. It'll start at the origin of the target, but you can offset it.

 

Also you rotate with holding down the left mouse button and moving the mouse.

 

I'm uploading a video right now that shows 3 controls, this being one, that allow you to get a quick moving 3rd person style player going in about a few mins. It's still very early and any ideas/help is welcome. The video and Thingoids should be up within an hour or so.

[VicToMeyeZR]

awesome. Thanks Rick. I will learn a thing or three from this. now I just need to get my characters converted to gmf's, so I can start playing with it.

[wailingmonkey]

thank yee kindly.

[VicToMeyeZR]

How did you link the objects?

[Rick]

To make a link you left click and hold on one object, and then drag it to another object. Just make sure you are dragging to the 2d images because that's the object. When working with the character object it can be confusing because it won't work if you drag to your model.

[VicToMeyeZR]

do you position lock your before you do that? I can't seem to get it to hold on to the object without moving it..

 

THats how I thought it worked, I just was having a little issues.

[Rick]

I didn't need to position lock. I do know what you are talking about, but you just have to make sure your cursor doesn't change to indicate it's going to move the object. I guess I don't have much of an issue doing it though.

[VicToMeyeZR]

yeah, will have to wait till I get back home... I am using a remote connection so thats probably my problem. Thanks Rick

[Gabriel]

Hello Rick

I would use this principle followed by the camera, I know how to create a Link Dynamics bypassing the sandbox and LUA and how do the equivalent of SetGlobalString (), I'll assume it is with the function lua_setglobal, but I do not know how it works.

 

Thank you for your help

 

Gabriel

 

PS: for the C + + code

[Rick]

Not following your question.

[Gabriel]

Not following your question.

 

hello, this is normal it should be very late when I posted this question. but I solved my problem.

 

About a nice job;-)

 

Gabriel