Set position of screen entity based on camera.arc

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Set position of screen entity based on camera.arc #200314 04/03/08 14:25 04/03/08 14:25
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany M maybenew OP Senior Member
maybenew OP Senior Member M Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany	hello there, is there a way to calculate the position (x,y,z) of an screen entity depending on the set camera.arc and video_mode (=resolution)? it is almost impossible to place screen ents resolution-independent on the screen! any ideas and suggestions are welcome! thanks!

Re: Set position of screen entity based on camera. [Re: maybenew] #200353 04/03/08 16:12 04/03/08 16:12
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 6,904 H HeelX Senior Expert
HeelX Senior Expert H Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 6,904	Make a second view and set the arc to a certain value. The connect all view entities via the client ID to that view and the position, etc. won't change when camera.arc is changing.

Re: Set position of screen entity based on camera. [Re: HeelX] #200395 04/03/08 20:11 04/03/08 20:11
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany M maybenew OP Senior Member
maybenew OP Senior Member M Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany	neat trick! will try it! will this solve the problem of the different resolutions, too? Last edited by maybenew; 04/03/08 21:24.

Re: Set position of screen entity based on camera. [Re: maybenew] #200400 04/03/08 21:08 04/03/08 21:08
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 6,904 H HeelX Senior Expert
HeelX Senior Expert H Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 6,904	Yes, if you go the view entity way. But you can do that with panels, too, of course.

Re: Set position of screen entity based on camera. [Re: HeelX] #200404 04/03/08 21:24 04/03/08 21:24
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany M maybenew OP Senior Member
maybenew OP Senior Member M Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany	sorry, meant REsolutions! will take a look for myself! thanks a lot, heelX

Re: Set position of screen entity based on camera. [Re: maybenew] #200437 04/04/08 02:36 04/04/08 02:36
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen Uhrwerk Expert
Uhrwerk Expert Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen	That's really a nice trick, HeelX. Thanks for sharing! Always learn from history, to be sure you make the same mistakes again...

Re: Set position of screen entity based on camera. [Re: Uhrwerk] #201586 04/09/08 22:45 04/09/08 22:45
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Zapan@work User Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 806	Keep in mind that view entites render "really" slow...