lock camera

[Silvenon]

What is the best way to lock the camera to a certain point (so the player can't move it)? Is there a better way than creating an invisible unit and locking the camera to it? Other than that nothing is coming to my mind, except periodically setting the camera, but that's stupid.

 

[Anachron]

I do periodicly, since even an hidden unit is buggy, and there is no other way as periodicly setting it, becaues there is the CONTROL + C comment, which resets the camera...

 

[Starquizer]

I do periodicly, since even an hidden unit is buggy, and there is no other way as periodicly setting it, becaues there is the CONTROL + C comment, which resets the camera...

Why its buggy ?

 

[Ciebron]

Locking the camera to a hidden unit he means

 

[Anachron]

yeah, I meant not a hidden unit is buggy, but to lock to the hidden unit.

 

[Megafyr]

You can pan the camera to x and y of an invisible/invurnerable none pathing unit owned by neutral passive every 0.04 seconds of game time. : >

 

[Silvenon]

Why is locking the camera to a hidden unit buggy? I didn't get that part....

@Megafyr
I think that counts as "periodically setting the camera "

The iritating part about periodically setting it is that the interval has to be 0.02 or even 0.01, because otherwise the panning is visible.

 

[Megafyr]

Yeah, but since hidden unit is buggy (appearently, not that I knew) I thought of a way to make it look hidden. : >

If you lock the camera every 0.04 it doesn't show up.

 

[Silvenon]

If you lock the camera every 0.04 it doesn't show up.

I tried 0.035 already, it shows a bit (I don't know why exactly). Should I use "apply camera" action? Is there a way to instantly apply the camera? Without the panning, I mean.

 

[Anachron]

Just set the Pantime to 100000 so it will take ages to pan way...
The trick here is that you set it to something high, because, once you have the panned on the right location, you give the camera x seconds to do, so it can not be changed.

 

[Just_Spectating]

isn't setting camera bounds to a location the best way?

 

[Anachron]

Nope, since its destroying the minimap picture and looks really awful ingame as solution.

Edit: But nice idea, JS!

 

[Starquizer]

I still don't know what is the problem if I locked the camera on a dummy unit with no model ?

 

[Megafyr]

I tried 0.035 already, it shows a bit (I don't know why exactly). Should I use "apply camera" action? Is there a way to instantly apply the camera? Without the panning, I mean.

try this:

if ( GetLocalPlayer() == Player(YOURPLAYER) ) then
call SetCameraTargetController(YOURUNIT, 0, 0, false)
endif

and do it every 0.04 seconds. That really shouldn't show up. : <

 

[Anachron]

Try my solution and be suprised.

 

[Starquizer]

• Initialization Copy
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- Forget about the god-damn leak --------
    • Wait 5.00 seconds
    • Unit - Create 1 Peasant for Player 1 (Red) at ((Center of (Playable map area)) offset by (-256.00, -128.00)) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Set camTarget = (Last created unit)
    • Camera - Lock camera target for Player 1 (Red) to camTarget, offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Unit - Remove camTarget from the game

This worked with a dummy unit having locust ability and no model and shadows.

 

[Anachron]

Starquizer, press CONTROL + C ingame and feel free to move the camera again...
Edit: Maybe it was ALT + C

 

[Starquizer]

Starquizer, press CONTROL + C ingame and feel free to move the camera again...
Edit: Maybe it was ALT + C

I made this

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 5.00 seconds
    • Camera - Lock camera target for Player 1 (Red) to Paladin 0001 <gen>, offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation

And during the game I pressed CTRL+C and ALT+C but it did nothing ??!!


<< EDIT >>

Ohh ... bloody hell it worked, you were right.


<< SECOND EDIT >>

You were right about CTRL+C only when you select the unit that the camera is locked on but if a dummy unit with locust it will be unselectable and you can't press CTRL+C to reset the camera.

 

[Anachron]

Yeah, so I told you to use periodic functions which will update the camera. Just use my answer of post this and you will have it.

You were right about CTRL+C only when you select the unit that the camera is locked on but if a dummy unit with locust it will be unselectable and you can't press CTRL+C to reset the camera.

Doesn't matter, as far as I know.

 

[Silvenon]

Tested, something is wrong with that "pan with 100000" method, at least when I was testing it. Locking the camera to an invisible unit, however, works fine.

Thanks for your effort guys.

EDIT: Lol, Megafyr and Anachron, I have to spread first

 

[Anachron]

Hum? First time you pan instantly with 0.0000 delay, after that you pan periodicly with 100000 pantime (so it will not change at all).

Silvenon, did you press CONTROL + C? I think you didn't... Control + C releases the camera from an hold, while this is known about the half of bnet players.

 

[Silvenon]

Hmm you try it and see if you'll have any luck with it. I didn't know about Ctrl + C...thanks