Smooth camera movement?

[megaman54]

I have a question here. How i can smoothly move the camera from place A to place B without instant warp?

[Castillo]

I would say setCameraMatrix, maybe onClientPreRender slowly change the position.

[megaman54]

So i must add multiple cordinates and multiple setCameraMatrix functions and trigger them with onClientPreRender?

[12p]

Unless your camera is moving only in a specific direction, then yes, you need to set multiple coordinates.

[megaman54]

What i'm trying to do is this: the camera moves in a interior from room to another when the user switches the GUI menu. So the camera must move and rotate in multiple directions.

[12p]

Then I suppose you know what to do, do you?

[megaman54]

Well, i dont...

[12p]

For example:

Suppose I want to move an object X from place A to place B. Distance between both is 100 units. Okay?

Remember that "speed = distance/time"

If I want X to be moved to B in 5 seconds:

you must use onClientPreRender (or onClientRender, dunno which is better), and then set X's position relative to "100/fps" (fps may be around 30, if I'm right) from A to B (it's + math operation).

[megaman54]

That clears it nicely, thanks . But do i have to calculate the fps too?

[12p]

It was an idea. Actually I have no idea about the time that GTA uses xDDDD. But you can use 30 as your reference (give it more or less value), it will work anyway.

[megaman54]

Ok, thanks I will try this tomorrow when i have more time.

[NotAvailable]

Attach it to an object and move the object. Update camera position by using the event onClientPreRender.

[12p]

Attach it to an object and move the object. Update camera position by using the event onClientPreRender.

God, I was going to post that lol

Seriously, I thought "why not moveObject for camera?", /me remembers the objects and... Eureka lol

This can be used for rotation too; the last three arguments on moveObject aids that. You can also set your camera facing point from the direction with some useful functions in the wiki