First person view (FPV) camera option

[TigerDen]

How difficult is it to add a FPV feature to the game?  I envision hitting a hotkey to switch back and forth between 3rd person view (TPV) and FPV like this:

1) user hits a hotkey after selecting an actor (citizen, soldier, hero, etc)

2) game saves current TPV setting

3) game switches to follow mode

4) camera location changes to (x,y,z) of the head of the actor

5) camera view sets to direction of actor view

6) track mouse movement to change camera view (up, down, left, right)

7) return to saved TPV when user hits hotkey again or when actor died or enter a building

Hopefully this can be implement in JS.  I'm no expert in JS but if someone can point me to relevant sections of the code to implement this mod I would appreciate it very much.

Peace.....

[Loki1950]

 

It would need C++ code to handle the new view point as that is part of the render pipeline and further code to define which actor of a possible hundreds to choose from  either side's army that would require constant calculation ie: C++ code just to be fast enough so causing more lag, only the toggle between mode can be handled by JS by passing values to C++ code.

Enjoy the Choice

[TigerDen]

Thanks for the reply... sounds like NOT GONNA HAPPEN wish then.  I was hoping the code for flexible camera view available in Atlas is already hard coded in the simulation and just need to be activated using JS.

[Gurken Khan]

What is possible is to rotate the camera downwards and then follow a unit; or some other camera option, just an idea. I believe to get a ~horizontal view you have to edit the config file, because the default setting won't go so far. Maybe someone here knows what to do.

[TigerDen]

Gurken Khan, I'm thinking of some sort of clever hack like you suggested.  But if it requires digging into C++ code as Loki1950 mentioned then I need to ramp up my coding skills significantly to make my wish comes true.  Just where to find the code that follows a unit around is a start.

[Darkcity]

My suggestion would be experiment for FPV for Heroes, as you will have 1 target which you can choose, also he has high health so won't die so fast; so camera switch will not happen too much automatically. This will allow you to test FPV without massive computions or lag.

[Stan`]

There is already a follow unit option in observer mode. Would just have to tilt the camera.

I think it's all JS.

[vladislavbelov]

2 hours ago, Stan` said:

I think it's all JS.

Camera related code is C++. Only interfaces to switch modes are JS.

[Stan`]

9 minutes ago, vladislavbelov said:

Camera related code is C++. Only interfaces to switch modes are JS.

Then he can switch mode at game start no?

[vladislavbelov]

4 minutes ago, Stan` said:

Then he can switch mode at game start no?

Via JS - yes, but mouse tracking isn't implemented.

[Stan`]

9 minutes ago, vladislavbelov said:

Via JS - yes, but mouse tracking isn't implemented.

We have unit tracking though

[nifa]

When being attacked, hitting the spacebar or clicking the notification also makes the camera follow the unit. Maybe you can find the code you're looking for there: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D1461

[TigerDen]

Thank you all for the helpful hints - I'll give it a try with my limited coding skills...

[maroder]

@TigerDen iirc there actually already is the possibility to do this although it is experimental. Check out the boonGUI mod, especially this part:

https://github.com/LangLangBart/boonGUI/blob/main/gui/pregame/mainmenu~boongui.js#L59

There is afaik a hotkey to go into FPV. (But it's been a while since if tried it, so no guarantee)

[TigerDen]

Maroder, I'll check boonGUI out... thanks for the hint!

[Gurken Khan]

@seeh Did you say in a recent vid that you use F3 to get into FPV?

[TigerDen]

My motivation for FPV is simple... I just want to admire the beautiful Aegean Archipelago map created by Yavin as a tourist in the age before jetliners (i.e. -2023 years agon)