I know what the problem was now...

if you look at my code, you will see that I didn't have
wait(2);
after I loaded my level...

Thanks

Sorry I understood you wrong. I thought your script worked and you saved your game when you ran your script.

Try this:
Code:

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function main()
{
video_mode = 7;
level_load ("firstgame.wmb");

wait(2); // This waits until the level is loaded
camera.x = -178.42;
camera.y = 220;
camera.z = -131.31;
camera.pan = -201.01;
camera.tilt = -194;

}

---

EDIT: While I was writing this you already noticed that

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Is there any way to have my camera's start position defined within my level file created with WED? It seems pretty tedious to have to figure out all of the start position for every level in my game and code it manually.

For setting a camera position in WED you can use Object -> Add Position. But I never use that so I can't help you if you'll have problems with that. I set camera positions always in scripts.

Okay, thank you...

Does anyone else use the Add Position feature in WED to set their camera position for a level?

Hi Joshua !

I loaded your zip. The code was incomplet but I think I know what your
not doing

When the level opens...press 0 (zero) and then the down arrow.
You should see your plate. If you had made a cube you would have seen a wall.

When I added the camera coordinates I pressed 0 and backed away .
The camera was level with the plate.

The simple thing to do is to add a position in the level using WED.
Then with your script, change the angles of the camera.
( a cube will help also)

I played with your code and this should work.
Code:

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function main()
{
	video_mode = 7;
	level_load ("firstgame.wmb");
	wait (2);
	// The position was loaded in WED tested and removed
	// these position shoul work.
	camera.x = -500;
	camera.y = 0; // at the center 
	camera.z = 500;
	camera.pan = 0;
	camera.tilt = 310; // look down

}  

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Hope this helps.

Michel in Ottawa

I am very new to this too but I find that Add position works fine.You need to check all views to make sure its inside the level.

I finally got it to work by setting my camera angles (like you mentioned, Ottawa), but I can't get it to work by setting the default position of the camera in WED. Oh well for now I guess. I just don't understand how they were able to accomplish this in the workshop examples (like workshop08 of the Lite-C workshops)...

I figured out why this wasn't working for me...

I needed to have a room to put the camera in. I did and object->add position, positioned the camera within a hollow and it worked...

Now I just need to learn how to do 3rd person cameras, etc..

thanks to all

Hi Joshua!

Yes the room helps.

For camera positions,look at the code in

Gstudio7/template6/code

Patience and pratice is the way

Ottawa