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Advanced Camera queston

by Harrison Brock · in Torque Game Engine · 04/17/2007 (4:19 pm) · 3 replies

I have the Advanced Camera set with a offset A. What I need is if press Key "L" is for the off set to change to (0,0,0);

I have been trying to do something like this:

function SideView(%this)
{
%this.advCamera.setThirdPersonOffset(0 0 0);
}

and

moveMap.bind( keyboard, L, SideView);

but this dose not work.

thanks for any help.
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Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#1
04/18/2007 (5:50 am)
You are most likely going to have to make a server command for this to work:

example\starter.fps\client\scripts\default.bind.cs:
moveMap.bind(keyboard, L, SideView);

function SideView(%val)
{
   if(%val)
       commandToServer('SwitchToSideView');
}

example\starter.fps\server\scripts\commands.cs:
function serverCmdSwitchToSideView(%this)
{
      %this.advCamera.setThirdPersonOffset("0 0 0");
}


You can change the file paths to suit your own projects, but you'll want the first code block in a client side script, and the second code block in a server side script.

Now for the explanation: we both used the %this variable to access the advCamera member. The difference is, my function actually has this variable passed in with a value referencing the client containing the advCamera, where as your function is referencing either nothing or the function itself.

Whenever you call a commandToServer, the function being called automatically receives the %this pointer for the client, so you just have to code your serverCmdFunction to have the %this variable first.

Hope that clears up the confusion.

Torque 3D Owner Harrison Brock
#2
04/18/2007 (7:36 am)
Thanks for ur help. That works.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#3
04/18/2007 (7:47 am)
Cool...always happy to help =)