hi all!
I have a problem with camera movement for car games.. when the car is moving in a straight line i want the camera to follow it at a particular distance and when it turns i want to be able to view a little of its side when its turning (a la the 3rd person camera of player_drive)..

i used the circular movement code i.e 'my.x-100*cos(my.pan)' and 'my.y-100*sin(my.pan)'.. it works well but it always shows the same view i.e. the butt of the car, so that it looks like a 2-D sprite moving in a 3d-world.. in other words, looks weird!!

can any1 pls give a hint as to how to script a camera like the 3rd person camera in player_drive.. just a hint, don't give the soln, i'll try to do it..
circular movement is enough for me, i don't want spherical movement.. i.e. camera.z = my.z is good enough..

thanks in advance!

Try this:

Code:

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var camera_dist[3] = 100,0,-25; //play with those values to place camera where You want to

function camera_movement
{
	while(player != 0)
	{
		CAMERA.pan += 0.1 * ang(player.pan-CAMERA.pan);
		CAMERA.tilt += 0.1 * ang(player.tilt-CAMERA.tilt);
		vec_set(temp,camera_dist);
		vec_rotate(temp,player.PAN);
		CAMERA.X += 0.4*(player.X - temp.X - CAMERA.X); //play with 0.4 to change delay
		CAMERA.Y += 0.4*(player.Y - temp.Y - CAMERA.Y);
		CAMERA.Z += 0.4*(player.Z - temp.Z - CAMERA.Z);
	wait(1);
	}
}
 

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I hope that's what You want to
Cheers.

thanks tompo.. that script works very well and is flexible too.. it worked excellent with a level where i had used Newton for the car..

In another one where i had used ent_move for movement and normal.x etc for tilt and roll, the camera was panning and tilting too fast, but adjusting the values 0.1 0.4 etc made it better.. again it shows only the butt while turning, but its way better than what i was using.

thanks for the help