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Shogun Blackbrunei
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Posted: 9th Feb 2005 18:05
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Hmm, I've been trying allmost anything and I just can't get the result I want, here is what I want:
I have an object (object number 2) and a camera (standard camera) now what I want is that the distance between my camera and the model is always the same, however I do want to be able to turn the camera. Basically I have a point (the object) and a camera which turns around that point on a fixed distance.
Does anyone know how to do this? I would appreciate it.
PS: The object is moveable, so the camera will move along with it!

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Robin
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Posted: 9th Feb 2005 20:36
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Every loop, position the camera where the object is, rotate it about the x and y axis, and then move it backwards using the move object command with a negative value. Something like the following (Though I haven't tried this out so it might not work )

rem position the camera where object number one is
position camera object position x(1),object position y(1),object position z(1)

rem rotate the camera according to your mouse movements
xrotate camera camera angle x()+mousemovey()
yrotate camera camera angle y()+mousemovex()

rem move the camera back a bit
move camera -100

(I'm assuming your object is number 1, and you can change the -100 to whatever distance you want the camera to be (just keep it negative)) Pop the above at the end of your code, before the sync and fingers crossed it'll work. YOu should be able to control the camera with the mouse

Hope I helped,
Robin

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Shogun Blackbrunei
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Posted: 9th Feb 2005 23:30
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Well I allready tried something alike that, but it keeps moving my camera up
I need my camera to stay still when the mouse isn't moving, this keeps it moving up and up :x

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Shogun Blackbrunei
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Posted: 10th Feb 2005 02:07
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I've tried some things with tangens and all that as well, but they all result into unwanted things
Any good coder has a solution?

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Shogun Blackbrunei
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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 22:46
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Weeee I found it out myself, wasn't easy though

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