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3rd person camera question

by John Eric Miller · in Torque Game Engine · 03/23/2004 (5:40 am) · 12 replies

I want to change how the 3rd person camera and the player interact. I am developing a 3rd person adventrue game where the 3rd person camera looks down on the player in a 3/4 view. Currently this also causes the player to face down toward the ground so when he shoots he fires into the ground. I would like to change the player facing to always remain parallel to the ground independent of the camera angle. So, if the player is running up a hill he will shoot up the hill and not into the ground.

What would I need to look at to make this change? Can it be done in script or would I need to modify some of the engine code? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Torque Owner Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund
#1
03/23/2004 (6:15 am)
Somewhere in the resources there is a "god view camera". You might be able to disect that one to find the answer

Torque Owner John Eric Miller
#2
03/23/2004 (6:39 am)
That resource looks like it will help me with this change. From what I read it doesn't address the aiming of the player. How would I address this issue?

Torque Owner Josh Moore
#3
03/23/2004 (10:55 am)
In void playey::updatemove, replace

F32 p = move->pitch;
      if (p > M_PI) p -= M_2PI;
with 
F32 p;
      p = 0;

Torque Owner John Eric Miller
#4
03/24/2004 (7:21 am)
Will this make the player always face forward and not look up or down? If so, how could I change it so the player is always facing parallel to the ground, ie facing down will running down hill or facing up when running up hill? I would assume you would need to use the height of the terrain in front of you compared to the hegiht of the train you are standing on and get the angle from that. How would I do this?

Torque Owner Josh Moore
#5
03/24/2004 (8:51 am)
This makes it so the player cannot move his veiw up or down. I use this code in my project, and I think its what your looking for. In my codbase, I have a variable so I can switch this on and off.

Torque Owner John Eric Miller
#6
03/24/2004 (11:26 am)
Are you doing a auto targeting system? How would you handle having to aim up a hill in 3rd person?

Torque Owner Josh Moore
#7
03/24/2004 (4:44 pm)
While auto targeting, I don't have the view locked. If your looking for auto targeting, its a resource. Although you may need to improve the script functions a bit(I did).

Edit:www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=4077

Torque Owner John Eric Miller
#8
03/25/2004 (10:03 am)
I am going for a more arcade type action so I am not using auto targeting. Since I want to do this I am going to need the player to look up when running up hills and look down when running down them. This will enable him to shoot up and down hills. Do you know how I might be able to do this?

Torque Owner Josh Moore
#9
03/25/2004 (10:28 am)
Use that code, and add the conform player to terrain resource.

Torque Owner John Eric Miller
#10
03/25/2004 (12:01 pm)
Ok thanks, this exactly what I need :)

Could you also help me with ther Seperate camera resource? I made comments to my issue in the resource. I appreciate your help!

Torque Owner Josh Moore
#11
03/25/2004 (2:48 pm)
The resource workd just fine, make sure you added everything exactly as the tutorials says.

Torque Owner John Eric Miller
#12
03/26/2004 (6:54 am)
I got it working. Thanks!