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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Camera runs

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Silicon Zombie
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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 20:12
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I am probably being thick, but I am trying to do a looped camera run around an object (zooming towards the object every so often)

Now the way Ive tackled this issue is to have a loop that takes or adds values to the possition camera command until it gets to a certain place and then with a IF camerazpos=-4 then ......

This works reasonably well but the camera run function is now a mess of if statements and I was wondering, is there an easier way to tackle the camera run issue? am i being lame?

Thank you.
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MonoCoder
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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 21:04 Edited at: 25th Nov 2007 21:05
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If the problem is that your zoom code is a mess, replace it with:



where distance_from_object is how far back you will move the camera;
median_distance is your average distance from the object;
a is a looping value between 0-360, which returns -1 to +1;
zoom_speed is the speed at which a (and the zoom) changes;
zoom_range is how close/far away from the median_distance the zoom can get.

After that, point the camera at the object, then move the camera by -distance_from_object.

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Silicon Zombie
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Posted: 25th Nov 2007 21:28
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Thanks so much....thats exactly what I needed.

A page of IF's was no fun to work with!!!

Thankyou!
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