Hello,everyone. I'm in dire need of a script for an over-the-shoulder camera like the one in resident evil 4 or gears of war. And if possible a script that transitions from a standard 3rd person cam when weapon is holstered to the over the shoulder cam when weapon is drawn. If any1 can help I would be HIGHLY greatful. Thanks.

Never played those games but if they show the players head to one side then an 'entity view' may be the way to go which can be a bit of a pain to script as all your required player animations that can be seen thru the entity view needs to be scripted in, not an easy task.
Without this view you will most likely get clipping issues where your player entity appears to be cut and consequently, 'seen thru' as thoug the model is unfinished.

Perhaps some one knows how to work a round this already, I dont know.

Other wise, a standard first person camera offset by the position of the camera on the shoulder will do the trick for you or any one who may be prepared to script this for you.

Just so you understand if no one takes up your request.

its possible to do without a view entity, if my old western demo is still up i might be able to find the code from that but it is very primitive and unfinished......


just checked and it was hosted by rapidshare, so it isnt still up sorry....
but if you wanted to see what it looked like :

Maybe you can try this one:
Code:

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//in begin
var t_v[3];
var camera_mode;
//in main()
camera.clip_near = 0;
//in main > loop
if (camera_mode==4)//
{
vec_set(t_v,vector(player.min_x,player.max_y,player.max_z * 0.8));
vec_rotate(t_v,player.pan);
vec_add(t_v,player.x);
vec_set(camera.x,t_v);
vec_set(camera.pan,player.pan);
}

Okay, I really appriciate all the help and advice you guys gave,thank you.I'm trying to learn c-script and vadim647 could you please enlighten me on what exactly is goin on in your code.When you put player.x for example are you talking about my player's name plus the x position?Oh and Lostclimate that's exactly the kind of veiw I'm looking for.Anymore help or responses will be great.Thanks.

that's simple.
Normaly, you can use predefined 'player' entity*.
You can same use something like:
Code:

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//in begin
ENTITY* my_player_ent;
var t_v[3];
var camera_mode;
//in main()
camera.clip_near = 0;
//in main > loop
if (camera_mode==4)//
{
vec_set(t_v,vector(my_player_ent.min_x,my_player_ent.max_y,my_player_ent_z * 0.8));
vec_rotate(t_v,my_player_ent.pan);
vec_add(t_v,my_player_ent.x);
vec_set(camera.x,t_v);
vec_set(camera.pan,my_player_ent.pan);
}

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so then you make in beginning of player entity action:
Code:

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action human_controlled =
{
my_player_ent = me;
}

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