How can I get a smooth transition between spawn points?

#1 Have you tried Newton Fly Mode?

#2 Not sure how to implement that, can you please give me an example.

Thank you.

#3 It's just another camera mode. Check the documentation on camera modes (under scripting-> advanced -> camera modes) and also the Torque Script .chm file.

#4 Have you tried using a path (PathedCamera) to move between spawn points instead of jumping to them (Static Camera).

#5 I'm new to Torque script, I mostly worked with Java in the pass. If you can tell me where to find some examples or where the class library is for this function I'll definitely look into it and try to implement them.

Thank you.

#6 Like Steve said - in the documentation under Scripting->Advanced->Camera Modes....

Or in the .chm file - search for "camera mode"

#7 Got it to work.

For those who might need it.

Datablock -I added this to

./Core/art/datablocks/camera.cs

(Note: This datablock takes a shapefile. Without it, my path camera did not work.)

datablock PathCameraData(CamPath)  
{ 
   mode = "";
   shapeFile = "core/art/shapes/camera.dts";
};

I added these in my Mission file. (This is the path I used.)

new Path(CamPath) {  
       isLooping = "1";  
       canSave = "1";  
       canSaveDynamicFields = "1";  
      
       new Marker() {  
          seqNum = "1";  
          type = "Normal";  
          msToNext = "1000";  
          smoothingType = "Spline";  
          position = "-25.0275 -11.5198 1.51868";  
          rotation = "1 0 0 0";  
          scale = "1 1 1";  
          canSave = "1";  
          canSaveDynamicFields = "1";  
          speed = "5";  
       };  
       new Marker() {  
          seqNum = "2";  
          type = "Normal";  
          msToNext = "1000";  
          smoothingType = "Spline";  
          position = "-25.0275 -12.5198 1.51868";  
          rotation = "1 0 0 0";  
          scale = "1 1 1";  
          canSave = "1";  
          canSaveDynamicFields = "1";  
          speed = "5";  
       };  
       new Marker() {  
          seqNum = "3";  
          type = "Normal";  
          msToNext = "1000";  
          smoothingType = "Spline";  
          position = "-25.0275 -13.5198 1.51868";  
          rotation = "1 0 0 0";  
          scale = "1 1 1";  
          canSave = "1";  
          canSaveDynamicFields = "1";  
          speed = "5";  
       };  
       new Marker() {  
          seqNum = "4";  
          type = "Normal";  
          msToNext = "1000";  
          smoothingType = "Spline";  
          position = "-25.0275 -14.5198 1.51868";  
          rotation = "1 0 0 0";  
          scale = "1 1 1";  
          canSave = "1";  
          canSaveDynamicFields = "1";  
          speed = "5";  
       };  
    };

Here is my script. (Call it whatever name you want just make sure that you are exec'ing the script.)

function CameraGoToPath(%path)  
{  
   // First let's clear out our splines before adding more to it
   localclientconnection.camera.reset();
   createCameraPath(%path);
   localclientconnection.Camera.setPosition(0.0);
} 
  
function createCameraPath(%path)  
{  
   //if the object exits and its not null
   if( isObject(%path) && %path.getCount())
    {  
        //go through every marker and add it to the path camera array  
        for(%i = 0; %i <= %path.getCount(); %i++)  
        {  
            %pathNode = %path.getObject(%i);
            %transform = %pathNode.getTransform();
            %speed = 5000; //5 seconds
            %type = "Normal"; 
            %smoothingType = "Linear";
            

            $Camera.pushBack(%transform,%speed,%type,%smoothingType);
        }  
          
        return $Camera;  
}

Now to test it we just run our game and in the console we type in:

CameraGoToPath(CamPath);

I used CamPath since that's the path I created.

#8 Excellent work - keep it up!