Discussion: Simple Toggling 1st person camera script

I wrote a simple script using the camera system that when you say "/2 front cam" it goes into an interactive first person view, and when you say "/2 normal cam" it goes back to normal. This is very simple, so I wont leave any license or something like that. Here it is

camera() 
{ 
    llSetCameraParams([ 
        CAMERA_ACTIVE, TRUE, 
        CAMERA_POSITION, llGetPos(), 
        CAMERA_DISTANCE, 0.0, 
        CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.0, 
        CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, 
        CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 0.0, 
        CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.0, 
        CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 0.0, 
        CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, 
        CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <1,0,1> 
    ]); 
} 

default 
{ 
    state_entry()
    {
        llClearCameraParams();
        llListen(2,"",llGetOwner(),"");
     
}
    listen( integer channel, string name, key id, string message )
    {
        if (message == "front cam")
        {
            llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA); 
            llOwnerSay("1st person camera activated");
                }
            
        
    if (message == "normal cam")
    {
        llOwnerSay("Camera back to normal.");
        llClearCameraParams();
        llResetScript();
    }
}
    run_time_permissions(integer perm) 
    { 
        if ((perm & PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA) == PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA) 
        { 
           camera();  
        } 
    } 
}

Is there a way to set the parameters so that the camera looks at me from off to the side, as I move around? Or from my front? Or maybe from overhead? In other words, to not have the camera always be looking at the back of my head!! This would be as I move around in the world, not just in a particular building. Thanks!

There is a script in the scripting librrary that someone made which allows you to have a movie-based camera. It moves away from buildings, and won't get stuck in things.

One I've found that works well is the overhead cam, it only needs these:

CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
CAMERA_DISTANCE, 10.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
CAMERA_PITCH, 80.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees

The distance tells how high it is, and the pitch controls how directly overhead it is. 80 degrees is the maximum which is almost straight overhead. This stays above me as I move around.

I've also had fun with this combination:

CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
CAMERA_POSITION, llGetPos() + <0,0,5>, // region relative position
CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, TRUE, // (TRUE or FALSE)

This creates a fixed position overhead camera that always aims at me as I move around. It's really fun to watch myself run and jump, fly and land, from a different angle. Usually I only get to see other people like that. Plus you can set the position offset as high or as far as you like, so you can see a huge area if you want. You aren't limited to 10 meters like with the moving camera.

I get the impression that some combinations of parameters don't make sense. Like if you set CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED to TRUE, I don't think CAMERA_DISTANCE or CAMERA_PITCH matter. Probably not the BEHINDNESS stuff or the other CAMERA_POSITION_ ones either. I need to experiment with these more.