/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

entity lens_ent
{
	type = <sphere.mdl>;
	x = 700; // 700 quants ahead of the view
	y = 0; // and in the center of the view
	z = 0; // on the y and z axis (x and y on the screen)
	layer = 40; // give it a big layer
	flags = visible; // and make it visible
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

view lens_view
{ 
	layer = -10; // hide this view; we don't need to see it anyway
	flags = visible; // enable the view
	arc = -20; // give it a decent zoom factor (play with this value)
} 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

starter init_lens()
{
	lens_view.pos_x = 0; // set the same position for the second (lens) view
	lens_view.pos_y = 0;
	lens_view.size_x = screen_size.x; // and the sam size with camera's size
	lens_view.size_y = screen_size.y;
	lens_view.bmap = bmap_for_entity (lens_ent, 0); // render the view on the lens_ent's bitmap (sphere.mdl's skin)
	while (1)
	{
		lens_view.x = camera.x; // keep the lens view in sync with the camera
		lens_view.y = camera.y;
		lens_view.z = camera.z;
		lens_view.pan = camera.pan;
		lens_view.tilt = camera.tilt;
		lens_view.roll = camera.roll;
		wait (1);
	}
}