Hey, it seems to me to be a much better idea to program something like this on your own and gain experience... Oh well, just a thought.

I agree trial and error is good for learning, but for some of those people who don't have time or are not scripters this would be good. This way you could also learn how you trace from the player to the camera.

Bump if anyone still needs a camera code with entity collision.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS CODE - ITS PERFECT
i modified it this way, i think you will like it:

define _camera_dist_min, 64;
define _camera_dist_max, 512;

var camera_dist = _camera_dist_max;

function Camera_Collision()
{
var camera_dist_traced;
trace_mode = ignore_me + ignore_models + ignore_passable + use_box;
camera_dist_traced = trace(player.x, camera.x);
if(camera_dist_traced != 0)
{
camera.x = player.x - camera_dist_traced * cos(camera.pan) * cos(camera.tilt);
camera.y = player.y - camera_dist_traced * sin(camera.pan) * cos(camera.tilt);
camera.z = player.z - camera_dist_traced * sin(camera.tilt);
}
}

function camera_move
{
while(1)
{
if(mouse_left)
{
camera.pan -= 50 * mouse_force.x * time;
camera.tilt = min(max(ang(camera.tilt + 50 * mouse_force.y * time),-90),15);
}

camera_dist = min(max(camera_dist + mickey.z * time,_camera_dist_min),_camera_dist_max);

camera.x = player.x - camera_dist * cos(camera.pan) * cos(camera.tilt);
camera.y = player.y - camera_dist * sin(camera.pan) * cos(camera.tilt);
camera.z = player.z - camera_dist * sin(camera.tilt);

Camera_collision();

wait(1);
}
}

while pressing mouse_left you can change the camera pan AND TILT
with mouse wheel you can change the camera dist!

i think is a littlebit more usable...