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Tgb camera help

by Mike Q · in Technical Issues · 11/17/2008 (3:27 pm) · 5 replies

I'm an aspiring game developer and I'm new to TGB. I'm making a 2D side scroll/platformer and i'm not good with cameras in TGB so i need help. How do I make a moving side scroll camera that follows my avatar around the world as he navigates?

Think Water Dam level of the NES TMNT. Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqfRus5ePmI

Any ideas?
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    Torque Owner Brian Wilson
    #1
    11/17/2008 (3:30 pm)
    Whenever TDN gets back from it's prolonged break from the interwebtubes, take a look at the platformer mini-tutorial. It should be covered there...

    Mike Q
    #2
    11/17/2008 (3:45 pm)
    Cool. Thanks. How long has it been offline? Does that tutorial work with version 1.7.4? Do you know of any other places that i can learn from until it comes back?

    Torque Owner Jeffrey Sweeney
    #3
    11/24/2008 (10:55 am)
    Here, try my camera out. I don't think it's quite like what you're looking for, but...

    http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=15544

    Mike Q
    #4
    11/24/2008 (3:11 pm)
    Jeff to the rey, you are officially

    ...the...

    ...Greatest...

    ...EVER!!!

    That's actually exactly what i was going for. i just wanted the TMNT cam as a base so i could mod it myself afterwards. Thanks!

    Mike Q
    #5
    12/09/2008 (12:27 pm)
    Okay I got another issue. I love the camera and now i want to have a HUD stay on the camera as my player moves through the world. Is there a way i can fix a healthbar for instance to the top left side of the screen?