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DarkBASIC Discussion / FPS Camera position

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superSully
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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 20:42
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Hey

I am making a first person shooter game with dark basic. I was wondering... is it better to use a person and place the camera right in front of his head, or is it best to just have the camera floating in mid-air, with guns sticking out?

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elVee
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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 21:15
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Most the real, professional ones (like half-life) just have a floating camera, with a gun model sticking out.
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how about when you're playing multiplayer? how do you see the real model? just curious

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Posted: 27th Oct 2003 10:21
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Yeah good point darwin!

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Mussi
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Posted: 27th Oct 2003 23:01 Edited at: 27th Oct 2003 23:01
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on the player machine you're playing against: loads a player model>recieves you're camera position> place the playermodel there
hope I helped

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superSully
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Posted: 28th Oct 2003 03:15
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cool so if i make it multiplayer, then on the other player's script i should put a command to tell it that where my camera is is where the is?

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Posted: 29th Oct 2003 15:57
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kind of...

i am making an fps for my compo entry and i have a floating camera with a gun sticking out

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make a multiplayer game first. i am working on one now and it is hard. even if you had the image of the character in the players game you would still have to send it to the other players for them to see anyways.

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