im basically done with the controls of my flight simulator...d problem now is i can only tilt up,dive down, left and right.. i'd like to make view on camera move automatically... in the code attached it just move in the Z-axis..it doesnt follow the camera angle...
im working on a 3rd person camera view and using arrow keys and eventually change to joystick if ever i finish dis...
here's my code...
// Dark GDK - The Game Creators - www.thegamecreators.com
// include the Dark GDK header
#include "DarkGDK.h"
void DarkGDK ( void )
{
// entry point for the application
// switch on sync rate and set to a maximum of 60 fps
dbSyncOn ( );
dbSyncRate ( 75 );
// set window in maximize mode, remove window title and control box
dbMaximizeWindow ( );
dbSetWindowOff( );
// we are going to use a skybox in this demo and it will
// be scaled up to quite a large size, this will initially
// result in it being outside of the cameras default range
// therefore it will not be drawn, to adjust this we simply
// increase the cameras range
dbSetCameraRange ( 1.0f, 50000.0f );
// two textures are going to be used for the terrain, the first
// will be the diffuse part and the second will be used to
// create extra detail on the terrain
dbLoadImage ( "texture.jpg", 1 );
dbLoadImage ( "detail.jpg", 2 );
// the first step in creating a terrain is to call the
// function dbSetupTerrain, this will perform some internal
// work that allows us to get started
dbSetupTerrain ( );
// now we can get started on making the terrain object
dbMakeObjectTerrain ( 1 );
// here we pass in a heightmap that will be used to create the terrain
dbSetTerrainHeightMap ( 1, "practice.jpg" );
// now we set the scale, this will have the effect of making
// the terrain large on the X and Z axis but quite small on the Y
dbSetTerrainScale ( 1, 3.0f, 0.6f, 3.0f );
// adjust the lighting for the terrain, this function takes the ID
// number, then a direction for the light, then 3 colours for the light
// and finally the scale, by using this function we can adjust the
// overall colour of the terrain
dbSetTerrainLight ( 1, 1.0f, -0.25f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.78f, 0.5f );
// in this call we're telling the terrain that its diffuse texture
// will come from image 1 and its detail texture will come from
// image 2
dbSetTerrainTexture ( 1, 1, 2 );
// once we have set all properties of the terrain we can build it,
// at this point it gets created and added into your world
dbBuildTerrain ( 1 );
// with the terrain in place we can now load a skybox
dbLoadObject ( "skybox2.x", 2 );
dbLoadObject ( "col.x", 3);
// we dont need it to respond to light so switch light off
dbSetObjectLight ( 2, 0 );
// make the skybox much larger
dbScaleObject ( 2, 30000, 30000, 30000 );
dbScaleObject ( 3, 10, 10, 10 );
// position the camera
dbPositionCamera ( 385, 20, 100 );
// adjust texture properties of sky box
dbSetObjectTexture ( 2, 3, 1 );
dbLoopObject ( 3 );
dbSetObjectSpeed ( 3, 40 );
// camera variables
float fCameraAngleX = 0.0f;
float fCameraAngleY = 0.0f;
// now onto our main loop
while ( LoopGDK ( ) )
{
// let the user move the camera around with the arrow keys
dbControlCameraUsingArrowKeys ( 0, 2.0f, 2.0f );
// find the ground height of the terrain
float fHeight = dbGetTerrainGroundHeight ( 1, dbCameraPositionX ( ), dbCameraPositionZ ( ) );
// create a rotation axis based on Key Press
fCameraAngleX = dbWrapValue ( fCameraAngleX + dbUpKey ( ) * 0.4f );
fCameraAngleX = dbWrapValue ( fCameraAngleX - dbDownKey ( ) * 0.4f);
fCameraAngleY = dbWrapValue ( fCameraAngleY + dbRightKey ( ) * 0.4f );
fCameraAngleY = dbWrapValue ( fCameraAngleY - dbLeftKey ( ) * 0.4f );
// rotate camera
dbXRotateCamera ( fCameraAngleX );
dbYRotateCamera ( fCameraAngleY );
// reposition the camera so it is directly above the ground
dbPositionCamera ( dbCameraPositionX ( ), 200.0f, dbCameraPositionZ ( ) + 2.0f);
dbPositionObject ( 3, dbCameraPositionX ( ), 195.0f, dbCameraPositionZ ( ) );
// update the terrain
dbUpdateTerrain ( );
// update the screen
dbSync ( );
}
}