Unit FPS

[Zelzahim]

Hello there hiveworkshop!
I would like to make an FPS RPG.
How do i make the camera follow the rotations of the unit and look from his eyes?
Please answer soon

//Zelzahim

 

[Avator]

I believe something like that might just be possible, but if it is: Don't do it. It'll be incredibly hard to make and seeing that you're only new here and asking how to change camera along with the unit's facing angle, I can assume you don't know very much about triggering, so you pretty much have no chance to make a First Person Shooter in Warcraft III.

Lots of people enter here daily, thinking they're going to make an amazing game because they know exactly what they want. The problem is: They don't know how to make it. So if you still want to make a map in Warcraft III, I suggest you read Septimus' Path Of Proper Map Making to see if you're willing to do that in order to upload a proper map here. If you still want to make maps (or contribute to one), I suggest you specialise in something used in map-making. These are stuff like GUI/JASS Triggering, 2D artist (Skinning/Icon making), Modelling, Terraining, etc. This way, you can team up with other people to make a map. You provide the part you're specialised in and you team up with people that are specialised in other parts required for the map.


Good luck

 

[Zelzahim]

I know pretty much triggering.
But when it comes to cameras, i can only make the camera follow the unit, and not "attached" to the unit or what i shall call it.
Give me a tutorial/instuctions and i'll try it out.

//Zelzahim

 

[Avator]

Apparently you're far from being an advanced GUI triggerer if you don't know that. It's just 1 command:

• Camera - Lock camera target for Player X to YourUnit, offset by (0.00, 0.00) using The unit's rotation

 

[Zelzahim]

Yes, but i dont know how to make the camera look from the units eyes.

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

something like this

Camera - Lock camera target for (Picked player) to Test Player 0035 <gen>, offset by (0.00, 0.00) using The unit's rotation
Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Height Offset to 100.00 over 0.00 seconds
Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Distance to target to 0.00 over 0.00 seconds
Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Field of view to 120.00 over 0.05 seconds
Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Far Z to 10000.00 over 0.10 seconds
Camera - Set (Picked player)'s camera Angle of attack to 0.00 over 0.30 seconds

 

[Zelzahim]

Okey, i'll try it out right now.

{EDIT}
I can't find the Height offset.
Should i use the same trigger(Camera - Set Camera Field (Timed))?

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

should be in the same place as all the other camera actions below it. there should be one camera action that has quite a few camera options to choose from.

 

[Zelzahim]

You mean this menu?
Hopefully the attachment came with>.<

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

yeah, height should be under rotation, it is the last one on the drop down. do you have TFT xpac?

 

[Zelzahim]

Yes i have, i wonder why it isnt there?

{EDIT}
Can anyone make a map with a trigger only containing a trigger with that action in it so i can copy it over?
I would be realy happy if this would work.

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

ok, this what you wanted?

 

[Zelzahim]

?!

What the heck??!
This isnt even working, it says "unknown" instead of "Height"...
Watch the picture.
Do i need a patch or somthing?

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

thats really odd, u dont have an old wc3 patch do you?

 

[Zelzahim]

It's risk of that.
But i cant Download it from Battle.net
because the CDkey is invalid(I lost my old Reign of Chaos and had to get one from my friend)
is there any site i can download it from, if so, send a link.

//Zelzahim

{EDIT 1}
Thank you, xXx-Tricky-xXx!
I finally found it. I had to download a patch. now i just have to see if it works.

{EDIT 2}
Hmm... The camera doesnt look the unit from "Behind" and follows it, it is locked to North all the time. is it something easy to fix?

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

heres a simple working first person view for the peasant on the map.

 

[Zelzahim]

It dont work

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

odd, seems to work fine for me when i test it.

 

[[K40$]-Spectre]

y, add:

• Camera - Set Player 1 (Red)'s camera Rotation to (Facing of (Triggering unit)) over 0.00 seconds

 

[Zelzahim]

Ohh god, Nothing of this is working. lets just trash it.

 

[xXx-Tricky-xXx]

ahh, my apologies, I somehow renamed the file wrong. it was still under height.w3x

heres a working one.

 

[Zelzahim]

Thank you, Tricky!! Your just great. finaly it works.