Camera + FirstPerson + ControlObjects + Confusion

The TWO Cameras
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Just checking - but the camera in First Person View, and the "Camera"/cameraObject (ALT C) ar not the same thing, are they? In FirstPerson View I can see the cameraObject in the editor.

Fo ease of use in calling with script I've got my client and the camera set as globals - $client and $camera.

When setting a controlobject, it automatically switches to eyenode view of that object. Back in the days of TGE you had to specify this seperately - it was amusing to have a view from one playerobject, whilst controlling another.

What I'm trying to do:
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Either mount a camera or move the FirstPerson camera to a different node on the player (eg a mountpoint or even an object mounted to the player), and still have control over the player.

I can mount the cameraObject on to my player at a mountpoint, but can't control my player without reverting to FirstPerson view with $client.setcontrolObject(%playerID);

There's a few functions regarding mounting, though I think I initially misunderstood which was the mounter and which was the mountee (lots of attaching my player to things rather than attaching things to my player).

So before I totally start rambling - Is there a way to get/return the FirstPerson View camera (if it is a seperate camera from the CameraObject), and can it be offset/move/mounted away from getEyeTransform.

Cheers

[edit]
I thought I remembered something akin to a getnode() function somewhere (maybe as a resource) but couldn't find that via search, and now think I might have confused that idea with the functions in TsShapeConstructor.