Camera View Control

Not sure if this is the right place to post my question ... but will give it a try

I'm trying to stop an avatar ending up with a strange viewpoint ( eg next door) when he/she sits on a piece of furniture. To do this I used a little script like this that sets two of a prim's hidden properties:

default {
state_entry() {
llSetCameraEyeOffset(<-2, 0, 1>;
llSetCameraAtOffset(<2, 0, 1>;
}
}

Now, if I have walked up to the chair using the movement controls and chose to sit, it triggers the animation and I get the view I want. However, if I have used any kind camera movement before sitting, then it does not behave the way I want and I get all kinds of different views.

Is there a way around this ? TY in advance for any help.

Gryff

I would suggest you look at llSetCameraParams.

See these two links:



You basically want to check when the user sits on the furniture and set their camera view accordingly.

I also know of a few cheap (free?) scripts on SLX that will let you set the sitting camera view.

I think the same constraint applies to llSetCameraParams; unless your cam is in the default view (via the esc key), it does not work.

You're correct EF, the same goes for llSetCameraParams. There's no way to override non-default camera angle through LSL. However, is it really a problem? If a user has set his camera viewpoint to what suits him, than he'll probably want it to stay that way even when he sits.

To return camera view to default while sitting hit shift-left or shift-right.

Well TY for the replies.

I had a feeling there was likely no solution. I did think about creating a camera ... but that did not seem natural as I believe it requires getting permissions. And if it also has the same problem ... glad I was warned

I have found that once sitting with the hidden parameters set ...that just trying to move backwards/fowards with the little movement hud/controls results in the default camera view being restored.

The reason I was investigating was to get around the avatar ending up viewing the wallpaper from the room next door - which seems to happen

Gryff

Jopsy has a pretty decent overview on camera controls in his new Vehicle Laboratory.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Slate/182/45/262

I had to deal with exactly the same question last week as I was building tutorial displays for a newbie orientation area. As you've discovered, there's really no foolpoof way to be sure that all people will have the same camera view angle when they sit on the same object. If they have moved the camera at all, you can't override the non-default camera angle they have produced. My solution was to post a large sign that says,"Camera tip: When you are seated, you can control your viewing perspective with the arrow keys," accompanied by a small graphic illustration.