define MAX_CAMERAS,20; //hold up to 20 cameras

var camera_objects[MAX_CAMERAS];

var camera_index=0;



function register_camera()

{

  if(camera_index>=MAX_CAMERAS){beep; return(0);}

  camera_objects[camera_index]=my;

  camera_index+=1;

  return(1);

}



action my_camera

{

  register_camera();

  // ... rest of code here

}



entity* temp_camera;



function get_closest_camera() //finds the closes camera object to PLAYER

{                             //returns the pointer to the nearest camera

  var i;

  var best_dist;

  var best_pointer;

  while(i<camera_index)

  {

    temp_camera = camera_objects[i];//temp_camera now points to the next camera registered in the array

    if(vec_dist(temp_camera.x,player.x)<best_dist)

    {

      best_dist=vec_dist(temp_camera.x,player.x);

      best_pointer=temp_camera;

    }

    i+=1;

  }

  return(best_pointer);

}



function test_best_cam() //moves the camera to the closest camera object to the player and rotates to the same angle as the camera object.

{

  temp_camera=get_closest_camera();

  vec_set(camera.x,temp_camera.x);

  vec_set(camera.pan,temp_camera.pan);

}

on_b = test_best_cam;