Author Topic: Third Person View Orb (Read 6115 times)

Crispy_ · August 22, 2014, 09:24:12 AM

Simply allows you to go into third person view while admin orbing. This will allow you to see your orb and move the camera around it.

It should be toggleable via tab, obviously.

Concept image:
(this is just a floating brick with the emitter)

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Space1255 · August 22, 2014, 10:46:58 AM

Do very so want.

RarwMuffinz · August 22, 2014, 01:19:00 PM

hm, Ill see what I can do

jes00 · August 22, 2014, 01:48:58 PM

I'd love this so much.

Furling� · August 22, 2014, 03:34:23 PM

Good Idea!

MYST · August 22, 2014, 06:34:06 PM

this would be really good

RarwMuffinz · August 22, 2014, 11:40:36 PM

Harder than I thought. Would be so much easier if DropCameraAtPlayer was open source

portify · August 23, 2014, 01:23:33 PM

Quote from: RarwMuffinz on August 22, 2014, 11:40:36 PM

Would be so much easier if DropCameraAtPlayer was open source

Er, not really. Practically all it does is:

Make sure you're admin.
Respawn you if you're dead.
Put your camera into orbit mode, move it to your player's eyeTransform and make you control it.
Mount an image with an emitter to the camera.

Furling� · August 26, 2014, 04:33:05 PM

Quote from: portify on August 23, 2014, 01:23:33 PM

Er, not really. Practically all it does is:

Make sure you're admin.
Respawn you if you're dead.
Put your camera into orbit mode, move it to your player's eyeTransform and make you control it.
Mount an image with an emitter to the camera.

Maybe...

Headcrab Zombie · August 27, 2014, 02:02:35 PM

Quote from: RarwMuffinz on August 22, 2014, 11:40:36 PM

Harder than I thought. Would be so much easier if DropCameraAtPlayer was open source

This is the source from the default game

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function serverCmdDropCameraAtPlayer(%client)
{
   //if ($Server::TestCheats)
   if(%client.isAdmin || %client.isSuperAdmin)
   {
      %client.camera.setTransform(%client.player.getEyeTransform());
      %client.camera.setVelocity("0 0 0");
      %client.setControlObject(%client.camera);
   }
}

The only addition to Blockland's would be

Quote from: portify on August 23, 2014, 01:23:33 PM

Mount an image with an emitter to the camera.

But as Port said, having this doesn't really help

Furling� · August 27, 2014, 02:31:29 PM

Quote from: Headcrab Zombie on August 27, 2014, 02:02:35 PM

This is the source from the default game

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function serverCmdDropCameraAtPlayer(%client) { //if ($Server::TestCheats) if(%client.isAdmin || %client.isSuperAdmin) { %client.camera.setTransform(%client.player.getEyeTransform()); %client.camera.setVelocity("0 0 0"); %client.setControlObject(%client.camera); } }
The only addition to Blockland's would be

How about add the tab keyboard to change the view 1/3 person?

Pecon · August 27, 2014, 05:02:24 PM

Quote from: Furling� on August 27, 2014, 02:31:29 PM

How about add the tab keyboard to change the view 1/3 person?

It does not work like this. The whole thing would have to be made differently in order to accomplish this.

Rally · August 28, 2014, 05:32:42 AM

could you offset the emitter for the illusion of 3rd person? Just a guess, don't know a great amount about scripting

ErenTr75 · August 28, 2014, 08:39:01 AM

Amazing idea!

Thorfin25 · August 28, 2014, 10:52:45 AM

Quote from: Rally on August 28, 2014, 05:32:42 AM

could you offset the emitter for the illusion of 3rd person? Just a guess, don't know a great amount about scripting

Then when you look around you don't get a 3rd person feel to it. Just a normal camera with an emitter in front of it.