Locking Camera to a Unit

[Redoubt]

So I managed to get mouse look to work. However, the camera isn't centered on anything. I've tried a hell of a lot of different ways of getting the camera to center on a specific unit, but none seem to work.

Anyone else had any luck?

P.s. I'm talking about a rotating camera with mouse look, so please don't suggest a strict 3rd person camera that won't follow mouse look.

 

[elfian]

camerainfo cam;

CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValuePitch, ...);
CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValueHeightOffset, 1.00);
CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValueDistance, ...);
CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValueYaw, ...);
[COLOR="Red"]CameraInfoSetTarget(cam, UnitGetPosition(...));[/COLOR]
CameraApplyInfo(1, cam, 0.00, 100, 0, true);

Execute it every 0.01 or so. The red line is the important one.

 

[Redoubt]

camerainfo cam;

CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValuePitch, ...);
CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValueHeightOffset, 1.00);
CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValueDistance, ...);
CameraInfoSetValue(cam, c_cameraValueYaw, ...);
[COLOR="Red"]CameraInfoSetTarget(cam, UnitGetPosition(...));[/COLOR]
CameraApplyInfo(1, cam, 0.00, 100, 0, true);

Execute it every 0.01 or so. The red line is the important one.

That's surely just going to cause a lot of un-needed lag.

 

[elfian]

Bullshit, this is how I am doing it and how I've always done it. No lag at all.

 

[Redoubt]

Bullshit, this is how I am doing it and how I've always done it. No lag at all.

Where would those values be in the trigger editor?

 

[mrzwach]

SetCameraObjectTarget is the GUI name for it.

 

[elfian]

"CameraInfoSetTarget"
is
Camera -> Set Camera Object Target

"GetUnitPosition"
is
Unit -> Position of Unit

 

[Redoubt]

Thanks.

Do you use an actual camera object? "Default Game Camera" doesn't seem to do anything. I tried using a camera object in the past but that has other properties that mess with mouse look.

 

[elfian]

Just create a variable of type camerainfo (Camera Object in GUI) and set it to (Default Game Camera) on initialization. Then just manipulate it throughout the game.

 

[Mepper]

Why not just use the Action:

Camera - Make the camera look at and follow [Unit] for player 1


Or am I looking at this the wrong way?