3rd person camera

[turtlelink2]

I have been working on a 3rd person camera system... it works great, the only problem is if you turn it on, even once commands like move, attack or other things cannot interupt each other... say I am in combat and I want to heal my character must finish fighting before he heals......or say I am walking towrds a point and an enemy steps infront and starts attacking me, I have to walk to that point before I can attack the enemy witch is imposable because I cant walk around him untill I get there....I dont know why its doing this, thease are my camera triggers

• lock
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • check Equal to 1
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Third Person Camera
  • Actions
    • Camera - Lock camera target for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to (Triggering unit), offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation
    • Camera - Set (Owner of (Triggering unit))'s camera Distance to target to 750.00 over 0.10 seconds
    • Camera - Set (Owner of (Triggering unit))'s camera Angle of attack to -30.00 over 0.10 seconds
    • Camera - Set (Owner of (Triggering unit))'s camera Rotation to (Facing of (Triggering unit)) over 0.40 seconds
    • Wait 0.03 seconds
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • check Equal to 1
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on lock Copy <gen>
        • Trigger - Run (This trigger) (ignoring conditions)
      • Else - Actions
        • Do nothing

and

• lock Copy
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Third Person Camera
  • Actions
    • Set check = 2
    • Camera - Reset camera for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to standard game-view over 0.10 seconds
    • Camera - Pan camera for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to (Position of (Triggering unit)) over 0.00 seconds
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Set check = 1
    • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

please help

 

[Pharaoh_]

Use a periodic event to constantly set the distance to target/angle of attack and rotation. Running this trigger might actually causing a new order to the unit. Just add the player to a player group:

• Trigger0
• Events
  • Map Initialization
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
  • Set Hashtable = (Last created hashtable)

• Trigger1
• Events
  • Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to Third Person Camera
• Actions
  • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • (Check) Equal to 1
    • Then - Actions
      • Set Check = 2
      • Player Group - Add (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to CameraGroup
      • Trigger - Turn on (Trigger 2 <gen>)
      • Camera - Lock camera target for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to (Triggering unit), offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation
      • Hashtable - Save Handle of (Triggering unit) as 0 of (Key(Owner of (Triggering unit))) in Hashtable
    • Else - Actions
      • Set Check = 1
      • Player Group - Remove (Owner of (Triggering unit)) from CameraGroup
      • Hahtable - Clear all child hashtables of (Key(Owner of (Triggering unit))) in Hashtable

• Trigger2
• Events
  • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game-time
• Conditions
• Actions
  • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • (Number of players in CameraGroup) Not Equal to 0
    • Then - Actions
      • Player Group - Pick every player in (CameraGroup) and do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • Set Unit = (Load 0 of (Key(Picked player)) from Hashtable
          • Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Distance to target to 750.00 over 0.10 seconds
          • Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Angle of attack to -30.00 over 0.10 seconds
          • Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Rotation to (Facing of (Unit)) over 0.00 seconds
    • Else - Actions
      • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

Reference:
• http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/trigger-gui-editor-tutorials-279/hashtables-mui-133407/

 

[turtlelink2]

This made the camera not work instead of 3rd person it just locks on. worse yet, my movement issue still continues...

 

[Pharaoh_]

The initial value of your "Check" integer variable must be 1. For the movement issue, elaborate about what's happening.

 

[turtlelink2]

Commands like move attack heal, any command you can do cannot interrupt each other example: I am fighting an enemy, I run low on health, I can cast heal but nothing will happen until i finish fighting, then I will heal.... Or if I am walking from point A to point B and an enemy steps in my way, I cannot attack that enemy until I reach point B, I also can't walk around then enemy so i must wait for myself to die... Check is initialy one BTW

 

[Pharaoh_]

Does this happen once you initiate your 3rd person camera triggers? Camera triggers are not supposed to have the power to affect units in any way.

 

[turtlelink2]

Once I use the ability it happens before that, its fine its like the commands are put into a list instead of immediate reaction. Oh and after I disable the ability it continues to do this

 

[Pharaoh_]

What did you base the ability on?

 

[turtlelink2]

Avatar, duration 0.01 cool down 2sec

 

[Pharaoh_]

Doesn't seem that important, but, to make everything sure, use Channel instead or Howl of Terror with Targets allowed set to only "None" (buffs and effects and duration removed).

 

[turtlelink2]

Well for some reason that fixed the movement, still my cameras defective now... is there something wrong with my previous triggers? any reason i shouldn't use it?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Send me the map, I will fix it for you.

 

[turtlelink2]

I would rather you try to explain it =P I would rather learn how to do it rather then running to the fourms for all my problems

 

[Pharaoh_]

First of all, since I used hashtables = MPI, change the "Check" comparison to the boolean:

• ((Owner of (Triggering unit) is in CameraGroup) Equal to False

• If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • ((Owner of (Triggering unit) is in CameraGroup) Equal to False
  • Then - Actions
    • Player Group - Add (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to CameraGroup
    • Trigger - Turn on (Trigger 2 <gen>)
    • Camera - Lock camera target for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to (Triggering unit), offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation
    • Hashtable - Save Handle of (Triggering unit) as 0 of (Key(Owner of (Triggering unit))) in Hashtable
  • Else - Actions
    • Player Group - Remove (Owner of (Triggering unit)) from CameraGroup
    • Hahtable - Clear all child hashtables of (Key(Owner of (Triggering unit))) in Hashtable

The triggers have nothing wrong; are you sure you did them exactly as I suggested?

 

[turtlelink2]

Ah i found the issue ty so much =D +rep