okay im working on a little camera program. i know its sloppy and probably not the bjavascript:%20void(0)est written, but i just need a litle help.
i have everything pretty much how i want it except that i want to make the mouse control the player pan and turn the camera, but i dont want to just pan the camera, i want it to stay behind the character as he pans, just a simple 3rd person camera style. but idk what im doing wrong, if you think you can help me out it would be much appreciated.

heres the code so far...




function main()
{

video_screen = 1;
video_mode = 7;
level_load ("work21.wmb");
wait (2); // wait until the level is loaded
player.pan =0;
mouse_mode = 1; // show the mouse pointer
mouse_map = cursor_pcx; // set the mouse pointer bitmap
camera.z = 150; // choose a convenient height
camera.tilt =-20; // and tilt angle for the camera
while (1)
{
mouse_pos.x = mouse_cursor.x; // allow the mouse pointer to move
mouse_pos.y = mouse_cursor.y; // on the x and y axis
camera.pan -= mouse_force.x;
camera.tilt += mouse_force.y;
wait (1);
}
}


action walking_guard()
{
player = me;
while (1)
{
// move the car using relative_speed
if (key_a)
{
c_move (my, vector(0,20*time_step,0), nullvector, GLIDE);
ent_animate(my,"run",walk_percentage, ANM_CYCLE);
walk_percentage += 10 * time_step;
}
if (key_d)
{
c_move (my, vector(0,-20*time_step,0), nullvector, GLIDE);
ent_animate(my,"run",walk_percentage, ANM_CYCLE);
walk_percentage += 10 * time_step;
}
if (key_w ) // press and hold the "Space" key to move the car
{
c_move (my, vector(20*time_step, 0, 0), nullvector, GLIDE);
ent_animate(my,"run",walk_percentage, ANM_CYCLE);
walk_percentage += 10 * time_step;
}
if (key_s ) // press and hold the "Space" key to move the car
{
c_move (my, vector(-20*time_step, 0, 0), nullvector, GLIDE);
ent_animate(my,"run",walk_percentage, ANM_CYCLE);
walk_percentage += 10 * time_step;
}

camera.x = player.x -125;
camera.y = player.y;
wait (1);
}
}

First, If you want to show the mouse:


and for the space:

im not having trouble with the movement of the player entity or the mouse showing up. i just need to know how to get the camera to stay behind the player entity and rotate along with the player entity's pan.

So you're doing everything right.
Anyway. What's you version??

its just lite c idk what version im pretty sure its the newest one

but right now if i rotate the camera eventually the player is not on screen anymore

and i want it to stay at player.y right on his back

is there some sort of math function i could use to trace a circular path around the character and have the camera follow that path as player.pan increases in either direction with the camera rotating in the proper direction(ie left or right pan)

hey, try something like