Correct Avatar Camera settings (poa?)

[Jamey]

Hi guys,

I've been working on my age for a bit trying to get the correct camera settings for an avatar camera in my age. The only problem is that I've been messing with something that I will have no idea what happens when I export it

Ok, below is a picture of my avatar in Relto, I have positioned the camera with my mouse to the exact position I want to set the camera to in my age:

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http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 766xg0.png (if picture above does not show up)

Ok, now that you all have seen where I want the avatar camera to be relative to the avatar, what would be the settings I would put into the camera alc script to get the avatar camera to turn out like the picture above?

[Nadnerb]

if what you're looking for is the default relto camera settings, I can give you those, since I went to the trouble of copying the parameters for use in one of my ages at one point.

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OutdoorAvCam:
    camera:
        transitions:
          - velocity: 50
            poaveloctiy: 50
            accel: 10
            decel: 10
            poaaccel: 10
            poadecel: 10
        brain:
            velocity: 50
            poaveloctiy: 50
            accel: 10
            decel: 10
            poaaccel: 10
            poadecel: 10
            xpanlimit: 0.8
            zpanlimit: 0.8
            type: avatar
            poa: 0,0,6
            offset: 0,18,12
            flags:
              - followlocalavatar
              - maintainLOS

On the other hand, if what you're trying to get is the camera view offset slightly to the left, as seen in your picture, then you would want to add a slight negative X offset to the Point On Avatar. (POA)

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            poa: -0.5, 0, 6

[Jamey]

well, I'm actually not trying to get the camera a little to the left of the avatar, what I'm trying to do is get the camera to be as close to the avatar as shown in the picture, I don't want the camera to favor the left or right side of the avatar, I want it to be in the middle at that close range as shown in the picture. (I had to use the scroll on my mouse to move the camera as close as it is shown)

I think doing this might have something to do with the offset settings, and not the poa, but I'm not sure.


...I really hope that made sense

[Nadnerb]

Okay, in that case, you would want to reduce the length of the offset vector, moving towards the poa. The offset setting is measured from the avatar's feet, so if we subtract the poa (also measured from the feet <0, 0, 6>, which is the center of the head) from the offset, we get an offset from the poa. <0, 18, 6> Then, if we wanted to say, make it half as far away from the head as the default, we would divide by 2, getting <0, 9, 3>, add the poa again for a final offset of <0, 9, 9>. Note that I'm assuming that the poa isn't added to the offset automatically, and haven't taken the time to test and see that this is true. The alternative is that it is relative to the POA, in which case you would just divide the offset to bring the camera closer to the head.