Rotating camera aaround an object.

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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 03:30 Edited at: 16th Apr 2006 03:32

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I've seen lot's of people post versions of this, but this is the simplest and most effective, in my opinion any way...

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make object box 1,30,30,30

do

position camera sin(mousex())*mousez() / 30,80,cos(mousex())*mousez() / 30
point camera 0,0,0

loop

The two lines that do it all:

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position camera sin(mousex())*mousez() / 30,80,cos(mousex())*mousez() / 30
point camera 0,0,0

move the mouse to rotate. Use the mouse wheel to control the camera distance.

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Xarshi

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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 05:46 Edited at: 16th Apr 2006 05:52

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you could also do this. Its a little more complicated though....

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yang# = camera angle y() ` collect camera angle
if mouseclick()=1 ` if player presses mouse button move it left
  rotate camera yang#-90 ` rotate the player left
  move camera 3 `move the player with speed of 3
  rotate camera yang# ` rotate the player back to its original position
endif `hmmm...i wonder what this does!?

point camera object position x(object),object position y(object),object position z(object) ` point the camera at the object

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Posted: 20th May 2006 21:40

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Good snipplet! Works like a charm!

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