how do i change the cameras position relative to an entity?
ive searched around and cant find any way to do it

or isnt that the "right" way to make 3rd person view?

Here is a simple pseudocode example. In other words the general logic is correct but you may not be able to directly copy/paste to test it.

while(my.x)
{
camera.x=my.x;
wait(1);
}

Of course you'll want to offset the position of the camera as well as it's tilt to get the angle and distance you want.

erm..., well a little more math is needed than that, but yeah thats nice for a start to learn scripting. It's not psuedo code though, psuedo code is more in a written style:

psuedo code:
Code:

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while (player exists) {
   set camera [distance] behind player;
   wait(1);
}

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now for answering the question, this has been asked alot by beginners, and I remember me quite a few times giving an answer. Just perform a search on this forum about "relative rotation".

Anyway, I shall spare you the search this time and give you the answer:

Code:

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while (player) { //we dont want empty pointers when the player is gone

  //lets place the camera behind the player
  vec_for_angle (camera.x, player.pan); //returns a direction vector (values will vary from -1 to 1)
  vec_normalize (camera.x, distance); //now we stretch the camera backwards (assuming distance = -500;)
  vec_add (camera.x, player.x); //now add to player position so we are behind it
  camera.z = player.z + 800; //and we pretend to be a bird, high in the sky

  //facing camera to player
  vec_set (temp.x, player.x);
  vec_sub (temp.x, camera.x); //substract camera position from player, so we have a player-facing direction vector
  vec_to_angle (camera.pan, temp.x); //calculate the angle from the direction vector and let the camera face the player

  wait(1);
}
...

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Whoa, those lines ar far above my level :O

Still, wirh some tweaking i got it to work just like i wanted to.
THANX!!!!