Positioning Camera?

[Guest]

Positioning the Camera:

Ok, I'm trying to place my character at a position, and have my camera look at him there. I'm having problems getting my camera to position/look correctly:

Server:

function spawnFunct ( playerNode, inout ) 
    if (inout == 0) then 
        local dones 
        bindTheKeys( playerNode ) 
        playerSkin[ playerNode ] = 1 
        setPlayerSkin(source, PlayerClasses[ playerSkin[ source ] ]  )  
        spawnPlayer ( playerNode, 2438.6921, -54.5835,28.1535, 354.0469 ) 
        dones = setCameraMode( playerNode, "fixed" ) 
        if (dones) then 
            SendText( "Fix: Good" ) 
        else 
            SendText( "Fix: Bad" ) 
        end       
        triggerClientEvent ( "onJoin", root, playerNode )         
    end 
end 

SpawnFunct gets called everytime a player joins

Client

root = getRootElement() 
  
  
function playerJoin ( playerNode ) 
    setTimer ( setCameraPosition, 1000, 1, source, 2438.6921, -54.5835,28.1535, 354.0469 )  
    setTimer ( setCameraLookAt, 1000, 1, source, 2438.6921, -54.5835,28.1535, 354.0469 )  
    SendText( "Grrr. Did I get here?", playerNode )     
end 
addEvent("onJoin", true) 
addEventHandler("onJoin", getRootElement(), playerJoin) 
  
function SendText( text, playerid ) 
    outputChatBox( text, playerid ) 
end 

The camera does not get moved or anything. What am I doing wrong?

[Silentlink]

root = getRootElement() 
  
  
function playerJoin ( playerNode ) then <---- Hm? 
    setTimer ( setCameraPosition, 1000, 1, source, 2438.6921, -54.5835,28.1535, 354.0469 )  
    setTimer ( setCameraLookAt, 1000, 1, source, 2438.6921, -54.5835,28.1535, 354.0469 )  
    SendText( "Grrr. Did I get here?", playerNode )     
end 
addEvent("onJoin", true) 
addEventHandler("onJoin", getRootElement(), playerJoin) 
  
function SendText( text, playerid ) 
    outputChatBox( text, playerid ) 
end 

Alright, I'm horrible at Lua but shouldn't there a then where I've marked?

[mabako]

You're lacking setCameraMode to "fixed"

[Guest]

You're lacking setCameraMode to "fixed"

function spawnFunct ( playerNode, inout ) 
    if (inout == 0) then 
        local dones 
        bindTheKeys( playerNode ) 
        playerSkin[ playerNode ] = 1 
        setPlayerSkin(source, PlayerClasses[ playerSkin[ source ] ]  )  
        spawnPlayer ( playerNode, 2438.6921, -54.5835,28.1535, 354.0469 ) 
        [u][b]dones = setCameraMode( playerNode, "fixed" )[/b][/u] 
        if (dones) then 
            SendText( "Fix: Good" ) 
        else 
            SendText( "Fix: Bad" ) 
        end       
        triggerClientEvent ( "onJoin", root, playerNode )         
    end 
end 

Question, setCameraMode can only be used server side right?

[Guest]

You can use toggleCameraFixedMode for client-side scripts.

[Guest]

addEventHandler ( "onClientPlayerSpawn", getLocalPlayer(), setupSpawn )

Would be to add the function setupSpawn for onClientPlayerSpawn, does that include the player yourself? LIke for when you spawn?

[eAi]

dab, not entirely sure what you're saying. The code you quote will call the function only when the local player spawns.

[Guest]

Im trying set camera with server-side scripts.But it wont wok.

  
function OnPlayerSpawn ( posX, posY, posZ, spawnRotation, theTeam, theSkin, theInterior, theDimension ) 
  
    setTimer ( setCameraPosition, 1000, 1, source, -2618.9541,1414.4677,7.1016 )  
    setCameraMode ( source, "fixed" )    
    toggleAllControls ( source, false ) 
    bindKey ( source, "enter", "down", unfreezeBind ) 
  
  
end 
  
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerSpawn", getRootElement(), OnPlayerSpawn ) 
  

How can i make it work ?