Hey guys,

I'm trying to set up a third person camera. I have the desired effect going. The camera starts behind the player, however when the player turns/pans the camera does not pan with the player. How can I get the camera to pan when the player moves from left to right? here's my code:

vec_set(camera.x, player.x ); // rotate the camera towards player's ship all the time
camera.x -= 100;
camera.z += 27;
vec_sub(temp, camera.x);
vec_to_angle(camera.pan, player.pan);


I appreciate any help you can provide.

http://www.coniserver.net/ubb7/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=250560#Post250560
If watched or searched for.

But I'd use (as in above link) sin() and cos() to calculate angular positions (if the term is correct :P)

Cheers!

This should work (put the code inside a while loop):

vec_set (camera.x, vector (-200, 0, 50)); // play with these values
vec_rotate (camera.x, player.pan);
vec_add (camera.x, player.x);
camera.pan = player.pan;