[vJASS] Camera functions

[Sephalo]

Hey there,

I'm having some trouble with the Spacebar snippet in combination with activating a specific camera object.

I'm using a 0.03 sec timer that pans the camera to my camera object but doing this every 0.03sec makes it harder to detect when im pressing the spacebar for some reason.
Is there a way to lock the camera to a camera object without using a timer loop? I must be able to use my space and arrow buttons without moving the camera.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Use the Camera Lock function to lock the camera to an invisible unit. I don't know how this will interact with spacebar.

 

[Almia]

does the Spacebar Event doesnt work with changing camera position?

 

[Sephalo]

I tried locking it to a unit which resulted in the spacebar event not working at all.
I suppose that spacebar event requires movement to be allowed since it basically tracks if the camera moved or not.
Hmm kinda stuck now...

 

[deathismyfriend]

when u have ur actions for spacebar cant u just add another action tht resets the camera to the point tht u want it at ?

 

[Zwiebelchen]

The reason for this not working is that the camera position is only updated once every 0.0x seconds. I don't know the correct interval, but I suppose it's something like 0.1 seconds.
I once wanted to create a mouse camera turning system (you know, moving the mouse to the border of the screen will turn the cam locked on a unit instead of swaying the camera), but this issue was the killer to my idea.
(Actually, it wasn't the killer, because it worked, but the turning speed differed depending on the unit movement - only if the unit was standing still, the camera turned at full speed)

On an unrelated note (might not be an issue for you, but it was for me, and this was the REAL killer for my idea):
There is also no way to instantly pan a camera to a point without also stopping the camera swaying caused by moving the mouse curser to the border of the screen. The only way to do this is by setting the camera bounds, but this was slow as hell so it wasn't smooth anymore.