Cameras in Game-Mode

[Jeep]

I am trying to make a script that, when a player spawns, their camera is placed like the Rampage Game-Mode for 6 seconds, then it it moved to another angle. After this, the player character is spawned. Any ideas?

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[TripNick]

Camera position is defined in the datablock. You'll have to make two different datablocks and change them 6 seconds after spawn.

Oh, I misunderstood his question.

[Greek2me]

Camera position is defined in the datablock. You'll have to make two different datablocks and change them 6 seconds after spawn.

No, just use %camera.setTransform(%transform).

Here's an example from the Rampage gamemode:

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	// get the position
	%pos = "-44.5949 -89.0925 21.4696 0.25952 -0.10295 0.960235 0.783533";
	
	// set their camera to the position
	%client.camera.setTransform( %pos );

	// remote control our player from the camera
	%client.setControlObject( %client.camera );
	%client.camera.setControlObject( %client.player );
	
	// right now we don't want the user to see his player, so let's set their transform somewhere far off
	// we do this to keep the camera frozen, probably a better way to do this
	%client.player.setTransform( "0 0 -20" );
	%client.player.setScale( "1 1 1" );

There are actually better ways to do the last part, but that works well enough and it's what they used in the Rampage mode.

[Jeep]

Any way of getting the orbs position via the console?

[Ipquarx]

I would think %camera.getTransform();, what else would it be?

[Greek2me]

findClientByName("Jeep").camera.getTransform();

[Jeep]

Setting the camera doesn't seem to be working. Nothing happens when the event is called, but I do get these warnings:

Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setTransform'
Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setControlObject'

[Greek2me]

Is %client defined...?

Post your code.

[Jeep]

Is %client defined...?

Post your code.

%client is defined. It is initiated on:

GameConnection::onClientEnterGame(%client)

Everything else under the onClientEnterGame works fine that calls %client

[Greek2me]

Make sure that you do that stuff after the parent.

[TripNick]

Oh, I misunderstood his question. I thought he meant the third person camera was at a different angle and he wanted it to be changed to normal after 6 seconds.

their camera is placed like the Rampage Game-Mode for 6 seconds, then it it moved to another angle

"angle" is what threw me off

[Fluff-is-back]

If you want the transition to be smooth, research pathCameras.

That's what I used in this.

[Jeep]

Any ideas how to return the player to their blockhead after?

[jes00]

Any ideas how to return the player to their blockhead after?

I think it's %client.setControlObject(%client.player);