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I've been trying to get a camera region for a long flight of stairs like the great stairs in Ae'gura, but can't seem to figure it out. At first I gave it these settings:

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MainStairReg:
    region:
        type: camera
        camera:
            messages:
              - newcam: MainStairCam
                cmds:
                  - regionpushcamera

MainStairCam:
    camera:
        brain:
            type: avatar
            xpanlimit: 0.2617993951
            zpanlimit: 0.3054326177
            poa: 0,0,6
            offset: 0,8,8
            flags:
              - cutpoa
              - followlocalavatar
              - maintainLOS

but then I realized that the camera on the Great stairs is angled so that the stairs are fully visible when going down (rather than just seeing the avi's back and a few steps). I tried rotating the camera to the desired angle but that didn't work. Is there a setting that can be changed to adjust the angle of the camera? Better yet, does anyone know what Cyan's camera settings for the great stairs are?

If I am looking at the right camera its settings are:

poa: 0,0,8
offset: 0,18,12

Awesome, thx. Just out of curiosity, how did you find that? Are the camera settings in PRP Explorer or something?

I used PrpShop. It is included in the PlasmaShop 3.0 Beta.

Ah, gotcha. Which PRP file is it in? I see BuiltIn, LinkRoom, and Textures.

Anyway, while we're on the topic of Cameras, I have a desk with a chair the explorer can sit on, and the plan is that when the avi sits down it goes into a first person view like sharper's office. Naturally, I realized I would need a "firstperson" type camera region. I assumed that all I had to do is change the type to firstperson and it would work how it should. However when I sit in the chair it does not go into first person at all, and in fact does not acknowledge there's any camera region there. Here's my AlcScripts:

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DeskCamR:
    region:
        type: firstperson
        camera:
            messages:
              - newcam: DeskCam
                cmds:
                  - regionpushcamera

DeskCam:
    camera:
        brain:
            type: firstperson
            xpanlimit: 0.2617993951
            zpanlimit: 0.3054326177
            poa: 0,0,6
            offset: 0,0,6
            flags:
              - cutpoa
              - followlocalavatar
              - maintainLOS

You used the wrong type for the region.

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DeskCamR:
    region:
        type: camera
        camera:
            messages:
              - newcam: DeskCam
                cmds:
                  - regionpushcamera

The great stairs camera btw is in city_District_greatstair.prp. Yes, sometimes the world makes perfect sense.

Ok, the AlcScript is updated now, and it does go into first person... as the avi is sitting down. When the avi is completely settled down all I see is Black. Not the desk as should be in view.

The great stairs camera btw is in city_District_greatstair.prp. Yes, sometimes the world makes perfect sense.

lol why didn't I think of that?