[Solved] Detect Player "Camera" position

[GolluM_KoMe]

Hello : )

I'm trying to detect if a player is watching a certain location on the map. Locating the center of the current view of a player would be perfect.

From what I've seen, you may only detect the positioning of a Camera object, but not the current view of a specific player.
Any idea ?

Thanks for checking the forums ; )

 

[Kazeon]

I think if you dont apply any z offset then GetCameraTargetPositionX() and GetCameraTargetPositionY() will serve you well.

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

How do I specify which player's camera it is targeting if I want to use this ? :

GetCameraTargetPositionX()

This ? :

if GetLocalPlayer() == Player(player number) then

 

[Kazeon]

GetCameraTargetPositionX()

No, you don't need to. The function itself returns asynchronous value, depending on who's machine it's called.
For example, player 1 is currently looking at the exact center of the map. So the function will return "0" for player 1.
At the very same moment, player 2 is looking at different location, so it will return different value for player 2 (not "0").
I hope you get what I mean.

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

Well, ok, but my final goal is to :
-Pick up players in a Group
-If (X,Y) of PickedPlayer's camera is in a specific region = TRUE
-Do whatever

I can't quite understand how do I do that as it is not a player specific camera change, it is simply a checker

 

[Kazeon]

So here's the pseudo code:

    if IsPlayerInForce(GetLocalPlayer(), ThePlayerGroup) and GetCameraPositionX() > RectMinX and GetCameraPositionX() < RectMaxX and GetCameraPositionY() > RectMinY and GetCameraPositionY() < RectMaxY then
        Do whatever here. But do note that everything's done here will be asynchronous. If you are not careful of what you're doing then it will lead you to desync problem.
    endif

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

Ok I'll try thanks !

 

[TriggerHappy]

GetCameraTargetPosition natives will desync if you try to use the values to modify handles or similar, unless you sync the position.

They return different values for each player (local camera position).

Of course you can still use it safely in some cases.