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Does anyone know the default camera fov in degrees (vertical and horizontal) in darkBASIC pro? I need to know what the field of view is in both vertical and horizontal directions. Are the vertical and horizontal directions the same?

David

The tutorial on the site says that the default value is 69.9621.

To calculate what the FOV should be, the equation is:

tan(angle) = (h / 2) / d

h is the height of the screen in pixels.
d is either depth or the width of the screen in pixels.
The angle is half of the FOV necessary.

I hope this helps.

So, to find out an angle from the camera, going through the mouse position, I would be able to use this. For example, if the mouse was at the center of the screen, the projected angle would be the same as the camera angle, but if the mouse was at the top of the screen, the projected angle would be slightly steeper than the camera angle.

To find the projected angle (vertically), I think I would do the following:

angle=(70/screen height())*mousey()

70 is the camera fov (69.9621 is about 70). This would need some extra adjustment using the actual camera angle, but I think this is about right.

The only problem was, I tried this, and all it gave was 0. I am pretty sure I am right, or I could be being very stupid, so can someone please check this?

Thanks, David

in dbc it tell you the exact equation:
3.902/2.198
(or something similair)