[General] Lock Camera and rotate around unit while he moves

[JnM]

Hi all,

Been dipping my feet back into WE and enjoying it. My question: Is there a way to lock a camera and make it rotate around a unit while he's moving towards a region?

So far I've only been able to find "Rotate around (position of (triggering unit))", but obviously it doesn't follow the unit.

Do I need to create a periodic event trigger with camera/unit variables or am I missing something?

EDIT: Apologies, I've moved this thread to Trigger/scripts

 

[Uncle]

Lock the camera to the unit and then adjust the Rotation field, like so:

• Camera - Lock camera target for Player 1 (Red) to Unit, offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation

• Rotate Camera
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet r = (r + 1.00)
    • Camera - Set Player 1 (Red)'s camera Rotation to r over 0.00 seconds

Note that an actual Timer would be better than a Periodic Event as it can run more times per second, creating a smoother rotation.

• Countdown Timer - Start t as a Repeating timer that will expire in 0.01 seconds

• Rotate Camera Timer
  • Events
    • Time - t expires
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet r = (r + 1.00)
    • Camera - Set Player 1 (Red)'s camera Rotation to r over 0.00 seconds

 

[Chaosy]

You can actually rotate a larger amount of degrees over a slower period of time. Might be smoother and more efficient as well.

Let wc3 handle the rotation instead of doing 1 degree per iteration.

 

[JnM]

Thank you both for your responses.

I believe I found the solution to my problem: I needed to create a camera variable that saved the lock camera position. I can apply that camera variable starting from another locked camera. I don't need to create a periodical event, but I do need to keep tabs on camera variables. It's a pretty neat effect.

If all goes well, I'll post what's cooking. It's basically a remake of DaemonKillars cinematic camera showcase, which I'm pretty certain is long gone now.

 

[Uncle]

You can actually rotate a larger amount of degrees over a slower period of time. Might be smoother and more efficient as well.

Let wc3 handle the rotation instead of doing 1 degree per iteration.

Oh right, I overlooked the "over 0.00 seconds", lol.