I need Lite-C code for a basic camera. Not attached to a player, not attached to an entity. Just something to let me move my pos_000 camera around. I was able to in C-script, but since updating everything to Lite-C, I can't move.

Please, if anyone can point me to some Lite-C code for basic camera movement, I sure would appreciate it!

here that must work;


action free_camera()
{
// c_setminmax(my);

VECTOR camera_force;
set(my,INVISIBLE|POLYGON);
// set(my,PASSABLE);

camera_force.z = 0;
vec_set(camera.x,my.x);
vec_set(camera.pan,my.pan);

while(1)
{
camera_force.x = (key_w - key_s)*10*time_step;
camera_force.y = (key_a - key_d)*10*time_step;
vec_add(my.pan,vector(mouse_force.x*(-7)*time_step,mouse_force.y*7*time_step,0));

c_move(my,camera_force,nullvector,GLIDE+IGNORE_PASSABLE+IGNORE_PASSENTS+IGNORE_PUSH);
vec_set(camera.x,vector(my.x,my.y,my.z+15));
vec_set(camera.pan,my.pan);

wait(1);
}
}

Thank you very much for the reply!

I just tried running this though and I get an "Acknex.exe has shut down" error that I wasn't getting before.

I'll try setting some breakpoints in the script to see if I can pin down where the issue is...

no problem

Okay, I think my mistake was just adding it to my main level .c file, so instead I made a separate file and did an "#include" on it and that stopped the crashing. However when my level loads I still can't move around. I looked for a way to attach the free_camera action to my pos_000 camera, but there doesn't seem to be any option for doing so.

Am I just missing something basic here? Should I be using something other than pos_000 for my camera?

Okay, I removed the pos_000 and added a model and assigned the free_camera action to it, and it works!!!!


THANK YOU!

Oh, one quick question:
I'm trying to make the camera isometric, via:
camera.flags |= ISOMETRIC;
but it doesn't seem to be working. Any tips on how to apply this to the script you supplied? I tried adding it in after the vec_set statements but it didn't make a difference.

Hmmm...
The only functions you can use with "flag" is;

VISIBLE;
OVERLAY;
TRANSLUCENT;
FILTER;
LIGHT;

(It stays like that in the handbook)

but try it with "var ISOMETRIC;" also;

action free_camera()
{

VECTOR camera_force;
var ISOMETRIC;// Give it to a var
set(my,INVISIBLE|POLYGON);
camera.flags |= ISOMETRIC;// Now no errors should show up

camera_force.z = 0;
vec_set(camera.x,my.x);
vec_set(camera.pan,my.pan);

while(1)
{
camera_force.x = (key_w - key_s)*10*time_step;
camera_force.y = (key_a - key_d)*10*time_step;
vec_add(my.pan,vector(mouse_force.x*(-7)*time_step,mouse_force.y*7*time_step,0));

c_move(my,camera_force,nullvector,GLIDE+IGNORE_PASSABLE+IGNORE_PASSENTS+IGNORE_PUSH);
vec_set(camera.x,vector(my.x,my.y,my.z+15));
vec_set(camera.pan,my.pan);

wait(1);
}
}

Not tested.
Hope it helped

@Blackchuck, who the hell told you that?(k, before the edit, there was a clear statement that, you should NOT set ISOMETRIC as a flag, but as a var.)

ISOMETRIC is a flag. and Galen is doin it right.

@Galen, what do you mean by it doesn't seem to be working? be more clear(screenshots?), so we can help better.

Sorry I changed my post.

I reed "ISOMETRIC" wrong