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Heyho, it's me again.
Today I tried first time creating two camera regions with using Alcscript. But I can't export the age caused of an error in the script that I don't understand. I used a code that I've found in the forum.
May someone please help me?

the script:

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rgn_Camera_Turm1
    region:
        type: camera
        camera:
            messages:
              - newcam: Camera_Turm1



Camera_Turm1:
    camera:
        brain:
            type: avatar:
            xpanlimit: 1
            ypanlimit: 1
            zpanlimit: 1
            poa: 0,0,6
            offset: 0,6,6
            flags:
              - followlocalavatar
              - maintainLOS



rgn_Camera_Turm2
    region:
        type: camera
        camera:
            messages:
              - newcam: Camera_Turm2



Camera_Turm2:
    camera:
        brain:
            type: avatar:
            xpanlimit: 1
            ypanlimit: 1
            zpanlimit: 1
            poa: 0,0,6
            offset: 0,6,6
            flags:
              - followlocalavatar
              - maintainLOS

The export error says:

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"could not found expected ´:´
in "<string >", line 268, column 11:
region:
      ^

(must be within the camera code) What the hell does blender want from me??

If you want to be very pretty please change the code for Camera_Turm1 to a fixed camera. I don't wanna make any errors again.

Thank you very much!
Cheers, Jonnee

PS: Do I still have to add an object property like "string: regiontype camera" etc to the region object? I could not find an easy step by step tutorial.

it wants you to place a semicolon after:
rgn_Camera_Turm1

it should look like this:

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rgn_Camera_Turm1:
    region:
... rest of code....


Jonnee wrote:Do I still have to add an object property like "string: regiontype camera" etc to the region object? I could not find an easy step by step tutorial.

No (as far as I can see). regiontype (either as a Blender property or in AlcScript) and region.type (i.e. the type entry under region: in AlcScript) are equivalent, and if both are specified, the former takes precedence. I don't know which one is the more current or recommended.

OMG, things could be so easy. *g*
Thank you very much.

Will there be a king be returning soon? :9

I'm on my way.

Christian Walther wrote:I don't know which one is the more current or recommended.

region.type is considered more syntactically accurate, but either should work.

That's what it seemed to me too. Thanks for the clarification!

Hiho!

Just a short question: How does a first person camera look in the Alcscript?
I have a very small room in my age. As long as the avatar is inside this room the camera should be first person (or just a bit infront of the avatar's nose).

try this ....

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<name of camera region>:
    region:
        type: camera
        camera:
            messages:
              - newcam: <name of camera>

<name of camera>:
    camera:
        brain:
            type: firstperson
            xpanlimit: 0.95
            ypanlimit: 0.95
            zpanlimit: 0.95
            poa: 0,-0.5,6
            offset: 0,0,6.1