Need help with a cameraMatrix.

[Clydian]

So i have a simple login, theres a picture in background. I want to change the picture, to a flying camera effect around Los Santos. How do i do that? I can just make it look at one position.

fadeCamera ( false, 0, 0,0,0 ) 
        setCameraMatrix (1217.103515625, -1307.1328125, 52.016986846924, 1131.939453125, -1352.66796875, 49.851699829102) 
        setTimer(function () 
            fadeCamera ( true, 1, 0,0,0 ) 
        end, 1000, 1) 

This make the camera near LSPD and looks at a fountain. I want the camera to rotate around the fountain.

[Clydian]

*up*

[Captain Cody]

Best way to do it, is to get two objects and move their positions use one object for xyz of the first argument and the other object for the other xyz

[Wumbaloo]

Use https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/SmoothMoveCamera ?

[Clydian]

Use https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/SmoothMoveCamera ?

But why douesnt this work?

local sm = {} 
sm.moov = 0 
sm.object1,sm.object2 = nil,nil 
  
local function removeCamHandler() 
    if(sm.moov == 1)then 
        sm.moov = 0 
    end 
end 
  
local function camRender() 
    if (sm.moov == 1) then 
        local x1,y1,z1 = getElementPosition(sm.object1) 
        local x2,y2,z2 = getElementPosition(sm.object2) 
        setCameraMatrix(x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2) 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler("onClientPreRender",root,camRender) 
  
function smoothMoveCamera(x1,y1,z1,x1t,y1t,z1t,x2,y2,z2,x2t,y2t,z2t,time) 
    if(sm.moov == 1)then return false end 
    sm.object1 = createObject(1337,x1,y1,z1) 
    sm.object2 = createObject(1337,x1t,y1t,z1t) 
    setElementAlpha(sm.object1,0) 
    setElementAlpha(sm.object2,0) 
    setObjectScale(sm.object1,0.01) 
    setObjectScale(sm.object2,0.01) 
    moveObject(sm.object1,time,x2,y2,z2,0,0,0,"InOutQuad") 
    moveObject(sm.object2,time,x2t,y2t,z2t,0,0,0,"InOutQuad") 
    sm.moov = 1 
    setTimer(removeCamHandler,time,1) 
    setTimer(destroyElement,time,1,sm.object1) 
    setTimer(destroyElement,time,1,sm.object2) 
    return true 
end 
  
  
fadeCamera ( false, 0, 0,0,0 ) 
smoothMoveCamera (1715.978515625, -1732.900390625, 19.510538101196, 1750.73046875, -1732.919921875, 15.30633354187, 1814.8818359375, -1732.6376953125, 28.479869842529, 1750.73046875, -1732.919921875, 15.30633354187, 1) 
setTimer(function () 
    fadeCamera ( true, 1, 0,0,0 ) 
end, 1000, 1) 

[Clydian]

Best way to do it, is to get two objects and move their positions use one object for xyz of the first argument and the other object for the other xyz

im sorry, but i have no idea what that means.

[Wumbaloo]

At time you need to set at least 50 ms, because

setTimer 

needs a minimum of 50 ms.

Use your code in a function like

onClientResourceStart 

[Clydian]

At time you need to set at least 50 ms, because

setTimer 

needs a minimum of 50 ms.

Use your code in a function like

onClientResourceStart 

I set the Timer to 50 but it didnt change nothing.

Where do you want me to put "onClientResourceStart"?

EDIT: i set it to 5000 and it works. So thats fixed. Thanks.

And theres another thing, basicly when the camera moves to that x2,y2,z2, can i somehow make that the camera moves somewhere else?

[Wumbaloo]

onClientResourceStart is an event, use it like this:

addEventHandler( "onClientResourceStart", getRootElement( ), 
    function ( startedRes ) 
        outputChatBox( "Resource started: " .. getResourceName( startedRes ) ) 
    end 
) 

And theres another thing, basicly when the camera moves to that x2,y2,z2, can i somehow make that the camera moves somewhere else?

Use a table, for loop and setTimer to make this

  
local cameraPos = { 
    [1] = {0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2} 
    [2] = {2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0} 
} 
  
cameraTimerPosition = 0 
for _, position in ipairs(cameraPos) do 
    cameraTimerPosition = cameraTimerPosition + 10000 
    setTimer(moveCamera, cameraTimerPosition, 1, position) 
end 
  
function moveCamera(position) 
    local x, y, z, lx, ly, lz = getCameraMatrix() 
    smoothMoveCamera(x, y, z, lx, ly, lz, position[1], position[2], position[3], position[4], position[5], position[6], 1000) 
end 

[Clydian]

onClientResourceStart is an event, use it like this:

addEventHandler( "onClientResourceStart", getRootElement( ), 
    function ( startedRes ) 
        outputChatBox( "Resource started: " .. getResourceName( startedRes ) ) 
    end 
) 

And theres another thing, basicly when the camera moves to that x2,y2,z2, can i somehow make that the camera moves somewhere else?

Use a table, for loop and setTimer to make this

  
local cameraPos = { 
    [1] = {0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2} 
    [2] = {2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0} 
} 
  
cameraTimerPosition = 0 
for _, position in ipairs(cameraPos) do 
    cameraTimerPosition = cameraTimerPosition + 10000 
    setTimer(moveCamera, cameraTimerPosition, 1, position) 
end 
  
function moveCamera(position) 
    local x, y, z, lx, ly, lz = getCameraMatrix() 
    smoothMoveCamera(x, y, z, lx, ly, lz, position[1], position[2], position[3], position[4], position[5], position[6], 1000) 
end 

Cheers lad. Cookie to you

[Wumbaloo]

No problem, if I can help !