Just wondering if someone could give me a clue as it if I can have a camera VIEW say 100 x 100 on top of a panel thats say 200x200 on top of the level I am playing?
I can create camera VIEW now but it shows up directly on top of the level I am playing not on top of the panel.
Can I do this? I have played with various layer numbers and it doesnt seem to make a difference.
Any trick to putting a camera VIEW on top of a panel? The panel of which exists on top of the level I am playing.
thanks

Use another panel with higher layer and render the camera into that.


Only work for A7 comm or above though...

Hey Bart,
perhaps you could restate your code sample in terms of what I have below with my mini test? Your code sample is little confusing to me since I am new to programming.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>
#include <atypes.h>


function main()
{
level_load("roller.wmb"); // load the level
}

PANEL* squareone_pan = //panel between gameplay level and the VIEW camera 3rd person
{
layer = 1;
pos_x = 134;
pos_y = 134;
bmap = hpic.tga;
flags = SHOW;
}

PANEL* squaretwo_pan = //another panel?
{
pos_x = 334;
pos_y = 234;
layer = 3;//
bmap = "MPanel.tga";
flags = SHOW;
squaretwo_pan.bmap=camera3rdperson_view.bmap;//?????
}

VIEW* camera3rdperson_view =

{
layer = 3;
pos_x = 97;
pos_y = 97;
size_x = 100;
size_y = 100;
flags = SHOW;

}

Try:


I have a habit to put main at the bottom of the program. The rest is like your code

if I reverse the
squaretwo_pan.bmap=camera.bmap;
to be
camera.bmap=squaretwo_pan.bmap
it then works like you said otherwise it doesnt work. So now the camera is showing in the image squaretwo_pan MPanel.tga
The only thing is though is now the everything else is black except what is seen in the the sqaretwo_pan.
can I have both it show up in the squaretwo pan AND the level I am playing in?
thanks for your help.