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Lock Camera
Jan 7 2011, 6:56 am
By: payne  

Jan 7 2011, 6:56 am payne Post #1

:payne:

Are there any ways to prevent a player from zooming out (scrolling out) when a camera is applied?
Something else than "Lock Camera Input" because it completely ruins the purpose of a 3rd person view (which allows you to rotate your mouse).



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Jan 7 2011, 4:13 pm Roy Post #2

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This has been a problem since World Editor. At least SC2 doesn't reset to the default game camera when you hit delete/insert.

Here's a primitive way to solve the problem, because I don't expect Blizzard to have one directly. You can use the "Trigger - Turn Trigger On/Off" action to toggle the lock on the camera if you use this trigger:

LockCamera
    Events
        Timer - Every 0.05 seconds of Game Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        Camera - Apply MyThirdPersonCamera for player 1 over 0.0 seconds with Existing Velocity% initial velocity, 10% deceleration, and Don't Include Target


I think the method of applying a camera is "smart" application, like smart panning, where it won't actually run the action if the camera is already properly applied for the player.




Jan 7 2011, 4:33 pm Ahli Post #3

I do stuff and thingies... Try widening and reducing the number of small nooks and crannies to correct the problem.

I think you can edit the zooming limits in the data editor under "game data", if you want to disable that.




Jan 7 2011, 6:19 pm payne Post #4

:payne:

Quote from Roy
This has been a problem since World Editor. At least SC2 doesn't reset to the default game camera when you hit delete/insert.

Here's a primitive way to solve the problem, because I don't expect Blizzard to have one directly. You can use the "Trigger - Turn Trigger On/Off" action to toggle the lock on the camera if you use this trigger:

LockCamera
    Events
        Timer - Every 0.05 seconds of Game Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        Camera - Apply MyThirdPersonCamera for player 1 over 0.0 seconds with Existing Velocity% initial velocity, 10% deceleration, and Don't Include Target


I think the method of applying a camera is "smart" application, like smart panning, where it won't actually run the action if the camera is already properly applied for the player.
I had already tried this, and it prevents the player from rotating the camera because X and Y target are set values.
What I currently have is a "Set distance of camera for player" running periodically. :/

Quote from Ahli
I think you can edit the zooming limits in the data editor under "game data", if you want to disable that.
I went into "Cameras", and changed the "Default Camera" fields related to Distance respectively to 0, 7.5 and 7.5
I'm not quite sure if it worked, but it looks like it. And in any case, I just decided to let players type "-fix" to re-apply the camera properties. :P



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Jan 8 2011, 12:45 pm LooKe Post #5



Quote from payne
Quote from Roy
This has been a problem since World Editor. At least SC2 doesn't reset to the default game camera when you hit delete/insert.

Here's a primitive way to solve the problem, because I don't expect Blizzard to have one directly. You can use the "Trigger - Turn Trigger On/Off" action to toggle the lock on the camera if you use this trigger:

LockCamera
    Events
        Timer - Every 0.05 seconds of Game Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        Camera - Apply MyThirdPersonCamera for player 1 over 0.0 seconds with Existing Velocity% initial velocity, 10% deceleration, and Don't Include Target


I think the method of applying a camera is "smart" application, like smart panning, where it won't actually run the action if the camera is already properly applied for the player.
I had already tried this, and it prevents the player from rotating the camera because X and Y target are set values.
What I currently have is a "Set distance of camera for player" running periodically. :/

Quote from Ahli
I think you can edit the zooming limits in the data editor under "game data", if you want to disable that.
I went into "Cameras", and changed the "Default Camera" fields related to Distance respectively to 0, 7.5 and 7.5
I'm not quite sure if it worked, but it looks like it. And in any case, I just decided to let players type "-fix" to re-apply the camera properties. :P

I think it's in this video that it explains how to stop the camera from jumping inside of a cliff wall (like your map does or did before you fixed I'm unsure) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE0s2d7zXTc



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