Quake camera

[hellspawnchrist]

I hope this forum isn't dead :/ well here it goes.. I'm wanting to create a mod that requires a different kind of "viewpoint" as the qcdocs call it. The easiest way I can think of is using the "chase_active 1" command at the beginning of each game, but having it edited so that it views from a different angle. Unfortunately I can't find the code, I think that maybe the code for that is in the engine. I'm using the original winquake and dosquake. What do you guys think?

[Nahuel]

I tried something like that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lqoaSv4zA
but i do not know how make it

[hellspawnchrist]

That's close, those are static cameras probably created at the beginning of the game as entities and triggered on as the player ent. walks into the room. I want to create a view somewhat like an RTS but that moves with the player. The camera looks down at you isometrically. ( and no I'm not trying to make an rts)

If you can figure out how to create cameras and tell the game weather to look for them or not then you can do the survival horror maker camera.

Imma go look at the code for the camera change at the end of each level.

[Nahuel]

Do you know the castlevania mod for quake?
http://home.earthlink.net/~turdbackup3/Shots/shots.html
, the angles camera are very easy to change

[frag.machine]

Check this engine tutorial.

[hellspawnchrist]

Awesome frag.machine! Thanks! I'm assuming I'll have to find the engine source and get a c compiler.

[frag.machine]

Or just download any engine that already has this. Check for FiztQuake_Plus in the more recent messages.

[leileilol]

Almost feel like doing a GoWcam.... panning closer in when EF_MUZZLEFLASH is detected on the client entity.

[ceriux]

that would be pretty cool leilei

[hellspawnchrist]

alright this looks promising. I found the winquake source on the id ftp. Unfortunately I can't convert the visual studio project because it's to old. So I'm downloading old VC++ 6 ( which was a pain to find ), but I think that's all for today I have a class in the morning.

[hellspawnchrist]

Success! Alright now how to draw the playermodel? I'm getting a weapon and bullet lol.