How do I create a camera?

[Cyberdemon531]

Like have a switch that opens a door, and a camera next to it to show what opens? Could someone fill me in?

[lukas]

I have been told that these tutorials are a bit outdated however the 'cameras' section of http://zdoom.org/zdkb has helped me when I started working with Zdoom.

[Cyberdemon531]

Uhhh... I still don't get it.

[lukas]

First you put the camera object on your map (for example the Security Camera object), you set the three parameters in your editor

1. pitch: pitch of camera in degrees, 0 is straight ahead, 1-89 is down, and 166-255 is up (angle subtracted from 256).
2. degrees pan: number of degrees camera will rotate in either direction from its original orientation.
3. time to cycle: number of octics to complete one cycle of turning.

Then when you assign the camera object a unique Thing ID
And when you want the camera to be activated you use http://zdoom.org/wiki/ChangeCamera function in your ACS script (you know ACS, right? If not take a look at some general ACS tutorials first)

[Cyberdemon531]

Um. That changes the whole screen, right? I wanted a camera that's on a texture next to said switch..

[XutaWoo]

Here you go, then.

Just a warning: for some reason, camtexs murder some people over at Skulltag. Of course, if you're not planning on a mostly multiplayer thing, this doesn't really matter.

[Cyberdemon531]

Is there a way to do it without ANIMDEFs? Because I don't understan ANIMDEFs at all!

[InsanityBringer]

no, unless you want to switch the entire view to the camera, which is commonly considered annoying.

[XutaWoo]

You might want to, y'know, read the page.

It tells you exactly how to set up a camtex with ANIMDEFS.

[lukas]

Um. That changes the whole screen, right? I wanted a camera that's on a texture next to said switch..

Ah, I understood you wrong. In that case, try XutaWoo's link - it's not at all hard to do.

[Cronyne]

Just something to add.

When you make your camtexture, you might wanna define it to be a 4:3 ratio. If the texture is a square, it'll look stretched vertically. 4:3 ratios are 64x48, 32x24, 128x96, etc, rather than a square 64x64.

The reason for this is that... well computer monitors are a rectangle too. So if you force the image to fit inside a square, the picture will stretch vertically, noticably. If it's a 4:3 rectangle, it should be perfect.

[Gez]

Is there a way to do it without ANIMDEFs?

No.

Because I don't understan ANIMDEFs at all!

Too bad for you then.

[Nightfall]

What you first need to know is the resolution of your camera. As Cronyne said, 4:3 ratio is a good idea 128x96 pixels for instance). Then, you define a camera texture in ANIMDEFS with

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CAMERATEXTURE <cameratexture> <width> <height>

, in which <cameratexture> is the name of the cameratexture you're defining. It's arbitrary. In this case, it'd be "CAMERATEXTURE CAMTEX1 128 96".

Next, you'd make the camera sector by probably recessing it in a wall, the area being 96 in height and 128 in width (in this case again). The recess texture then naturally is the cameratexture, "CAMTEX1" in this case. And finally, you'd have an OPEN script, which would call SetCameraToTexture to attach the camera thing to the texture.

Hope this helps.