Retro birdseye view shooter - need help

#21 Not going good, I cant fix the lag between the player and the cursor.

Also I dont even know where to begin to try and create the camera effect where the camera shifts slightly depending on the cursors location.

How about you?

#22 Not good either. I got the player and tried to update his view rotation based on the cursor position but all it does is make him look like hes having a seizure or something.

#23 Here is what i have so far..its not right tho

Point2I ext = getExtent()- evt.mousePoint;
	Point2I pos = evt.mousePoint - getPosition();
	F32	YawSpeed = MoveManager::mYawRightSpeed;
	F32	PitchSpeed = MoveManager::mPitchUpSpeed;

	
	GameConnection* conn = GameConnection::getConnectionToServer();
	if (!conn)
		return;
	ShapeBase* control = dynamic_cast<ShapeBase*>(conn->getControlObject());
	if (!control || !(control->getType() & ObjectMask))
		return;
	Player*	Psubj =	dynamic_cast<Player*>(control);

	MatrixF cam_xfm;
	Point3F dummy_pt;
	if (GameGetCameraTransform(&cam_xfm, &dummy_pt))    
	{
		Point3F cameraPoint; cam_xfm.getColumn(3,&cameraPoint);
		Point3F screen_pt((F32)evt.mousePoint.x, (F32)evt.mousePoint.y, 1.0f); 
		Point3F screen_pt_temp((F32)evt.mousePoint.x, 1.0f, 1.0f);
		Point3F world_pt;      
		if (unproject(screen_pt, &world_pt))       
		{         
			  Point3F mouseVec = world_pt - cameraPoint;         
			  mouseVec.normalizeSafe();    
		      
			  mMouse3DPos = cameraPoint;
			  mMouse3DVec = mouseVec;

			  F32 selectRange = arcaneFX::sTargetSelectionRange;
			  Point3F mouseScaled = mouseVec*selectRange;
			  Point3F rangeEnd = cameraPoint + mouseScaled;
			  
			  Psubj->setCameraFov(360);
			  //MoveManager::mYaw = evt.mousePoint.x;
			  MoveManager::mYaw = mouseVec.x;
			  //Psubj->setTransform(cam_xfm);
			  //MoveManager::mXAxis_L = mouseVec.x;
			  //Point2I CursorPos = GuiCanvas::getCursorPos();
			  //PLAYER TRANSFORM
			  //Psubj->mRot = screen_pt;
			  //Psubj->setRenderTransform(cam_xfm);
			  //Psubj->setPosition(Psubj->getPosition(),mouseVec);
			 
			  //arcaneFX::rolloverRayCast(cameraPoint, rangeEnd, arcaneFX::sTargetSelectionMask);
		}   
	}

#24 Hows it coming Callum?

#25 Havent made any progress as far as the user using the mouse to turn the player is concerned, I still have a lag problem, I am pretty sure i am going to have to rethink the way I have done it all together. I have tried to make a start on the camera effect, where the position of the cursor moves the camera slightly along the x axis. But I am still familiarising myself with the AFX camera system. The Good news is that someone who knows tgea far better than I ever will is helping me out, but I don't know if he's had a chance to look at it yet.
I will let you know if he has any luck, as at the moment I am fairly stuck, although I am not giving up just yet.

#26 Hi Tim, have you made any progress?

#27 Nope, i think im going to move on to something else and come back to this later.

#28 I am now going to put my full and undivided attention into trying to get this work. I have coded myself into all kinds of trouble with the way I took, so I have given up with that idea. I have browsed through your code, and tested its effects. I now understand what you mean by the way the player doesnt face the camera. I have a few ideas how to fix it, I will give them a whirl and let you know how i get on. But im not gunna put all my eggs in one basket so to speak, so I will make a post in the TGEA private forum, to see if anyone has any ideas or advice. Mainly because I am pretty sure that the solutions I am thinking of will all result in significant problems when I come to stop the camera from rotating, so that only the player turns and the camera stays fixed. Can I ask a question, in this line

if (!control || !(control->getType() & ObjectMask))

why do you use ObjectMask? I just took it out as I didnt see any need for it.

#29 That was copied from another section i wasnt sure what it did so i just left it in.

#30 What do you define it as?

#31 What do you define it as?

#32 Just remove it, it doesnt need to be there.

#33 What do you define it as?

#34 In afxtscrtl.cpp right after the includes

IMPLEMENT_CONOBJECT(afxTSCtrl);
//TCASTAGNA
static const U32 ObjectMask = PlayerObjectType;// | VehicleObjectType;

#35 Tim Take a look at this post I made, I have had some really good advice:

www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=78726#553224

#36 Yea i saw that post earlier

#37 Yes, I have finally got it to work, all thanks to terrence tan. The code he has very kindly provided does most of what we wanted. Have you had a chance to implement it yet tim?