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problem: third-person cam doesn't move around the entity when rotating.

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I think it would be easier, if you set the camera.pan on the player.pan and then just rotate the player with mouse and keys.

My.pan += 4 * (key_a - key_d) * time_step - 20 * mouse_force.x * time_step.
It took me longer then ur post to type coz iam using mobile

You need to be calling vec_rotate WITHIN the while() loop in camera_follow() I think. Right now it's only being called once... you need to call it every time you reset the camera's position.


Try replacing the existing function with this.

Thanks for all the comments;

, good trigger, but atm my guy already rotates with the camera, I will keep this one in mind though for future editing .

, I tried this but than these functions conflicted with the mouse camera movement because both want to set the camera.

!I was actually wrong with the camera pan, the camera pan rotates well but the x and y coordinates don't move along with the entity. So when the map starts the following line makes sure the x and y coordinates of the camera are good to have a good view (it's set in a while loop),

vec_set(camera.x,vector(50,-100,60)); // camera position relative to the player

, until you want to rotate and move another direction, the camera pan and the entity pan will follow but the x and y coordinates will stay the same, so my question is which lines do I have to use for the x and y coordinates? I hope I'm clear now ;), sorry for the inconvenience.

U set the camera position fixed (50,-100,60) instead camera.x=my.x -50; camera.y=my.y;camera.z=my.z+60 fix the values for ur needs. Hope it was what u ware asking.

, this makes the camera follow the unit, but it doesn't move the camera around the unit:

1)When you start the level the camera's position is fine (the arrows show the direction the camera and the unit are facing, ignore the underscores).

___________________camera-> unit->

2)Now lets say I move a little bit forward:

_____________________________camera-> unit->

Nothing is wrong, the camera is following the unit.

3)Now I rotate 180 degrees:

_____________________________<-camera <-unit

Now you can't see the unit, I want to have it like this:

________________________________________<-unit <-camera

Ahh... you're looking for a 3rd-person view?

I use this code for such things:


I just don't like the vec_rotate-method,
if you want to use vec_rotate, there's an example in the manual, but doesn't make many differents to my code. ^^

, yes your my hero, you will have a place in my hall of fame!! It works now!