Dead space like tps zooming action

[thommoboy]

I already have my own third person camsra working, how would serb I.add a zoomi (yes I know ung action to it if.i.pdess the right mouse

[Baker]

In the console type:

fov 90 (enter ... look at what is onscreen)
fov 60 (enter ... look at what is onscreen)
fov 30 (enter ... look at what is onscreen)
fov 10 (enter ... look at what is onscreen)

Then type fov 90 in console to restore to what is probably normal.

You can mess with the zoom on a client doing stuffcmd("fov whatever value")

Maybe part of the clue you are looking for

[thommoboy]

after i add the impulse how would i zoom out because you cannot assign multiple impulses to a single key

[Baker]

You need a new field to keep track of the player zoom state. Add to the very end of defs.qc something like this ...

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.float      iszoomed; // 0 = No they are not zoomed, set to 1 to indicate they are zoomed


Have your impulse do something like

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// This is a summary, not actual code ... you will have to adapt this
if (impulse == 40)
{
    if (iszoomed)
    {
      stuffcmd ("fov 90\n"); // Restore normal
      iszoomed = 0; // Not zoomed
   }
    else
   { stuffcmd("fov 30\n"); // Not zoomed so zoom them in
     iszoomed = 1; // We are zoomed in now
  }
}

There are tons of things wrong about the above, but the logic is sound. You should be able to adapt the above idea easily enough (and if not, you'll need to be able to in order to bring your ideas into reality).

[Having the server stuffcmd for is not ideal. However, unless you are targeting DP or FTE I think it is the only method available unfortunately.]

[metlslime]

after i add the impulse how would i zoom out because you cannot assign multiple impulses to a single key

Actually you can...

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alias +zoom "impulse 25"
alias -zoom "impulse 26"
bind z +zoom

The above will bind key "z" so that it calls "impulse 25" when pressed and "impulse 26" when released.

[Spike]

note that impulses are unreliable and thus:
a) if you press and release your button fast enough, the mod will see only the release. This is also an issue if they use *any* other impulses at the same sort of time.
b) if a packet is dropped, its possible the mod will see only the press, and not the release.

so make sure its not too unusable if either happens.

if you are targetting DP or FTE, try using DP_VIEWZOOM:
.float viewzoom;
which won't kill the user's fov/sensitivity settings each and every single time they zoom in.

[leileilol]

the third person zooming in typical console shooters involve both moving the camera and adjusting the FOV at the same time. You can't seal the deal with a simple zoom alias

[thommoboy]

for your code i get error: mismatch for == (fieldfloat and float)

[Baker]

for your code i get error: mismatch for == (fieldfloat and float)

Do this easy flashlight tutorial. It is a 5 minute deal: http://inside3d.com/showtutorial.php?id=119

Once you do that tutorial, you should be able to correct my code. Sure I could correct the code, but if you correct the code yourself you'll gain +100 XP and be Level 2.

[Hint: self.origin, self.angles, self.impulse or above my crappy pseudo code ... self.iszoomed]

[thommoboy]

okay ive got it so far i made my own code based off my modified tps code

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void (float amount) CCamzoom =
{
        self.camview_z = self.camview_z + amount;
        if (self.camview_z > -5)
                self.camview_z = -5;
        if (self.camview_z < -10)
                self.camview_z = -10;
       
                self.camview_x = self.camview_x + amount;
        if (self.camview_x < 16)
                self.camview_x = -16;
        if (self.camview_x > -16)
                self.camview_x = -16;
       
                self.camview_y = self.camview_y + amount;
        if (self.camview_y < 12)
                self.camview_y = 12;
        if (self.camview_y > -12)
                self.camview_y = -12;
               
                self.camview_z = self.camview_z + amount;
        if (self.camview_z > -48)
                self.camview_z = -48;
        if (self.camview_z < -72)
                self.camview_z = -72;
};

void (float amount) CCamdoom =
{
                self.camview_z = self.camview_z + amount;
        if (self.camview_z > -16)
                self.camview_z = -16;
        if (self.camview_z < -16)
                self.camview_z = -16;
};

CCamzoom is the default

i want it so when the (left trigger psp) or z button is held it will change to CCamdoom but when released it will change back to CCamzoom

[thommoboy]

after i add the impulse how would i zoom out because you cannot assign multiple impulses to a single key

Actually you can...

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alias +zoom "impulse 25"
alias -zoom "impulse 26"
bind z +zoom

The above will bind key "z" so that it calls "impulse 25" when pressed and "impulse 26" when released.

for your code where do i put it?

[thommoboy]

woo i figured it out yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Baker]

woo i figured it out yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was pretty sure you could

[thommoboy]

how would i make it so that when the player is zoomed in he moves half the speed?

[Baker]

how would i make it so that when the player is zoomed in he moves half the speed?

Type in console cl_forwardspeed to find out what you forward speed is. Write it down. It may not be the default 350.

Type in console "fov 90; cl_forwardspeed 350". Move a little to feel the speed.
Type in console "fov 90; cl_forwardspeed 200". Move a little to feel the speed.
Type in console "fov 30; cl_forwardspeed 200". Move a little to feel the speed.
Type in console "fov 90; cl_forwardspeed 350". Back to normal.

Now messing with the player's cl_forwardspeed cvar but sending it via stuffcmd is not the proper way to do it any more than messing with the player fov via stuffcmd.

Still, it'll give you some ideas on how things work. There is a "haste" tutorial that ironically does it "wrong" too ... http://inside3d.com/showtutorial.php?id=122

The "correct" way is a bit involved and if you really want to do it "right" check out RuneQuake 1.3 source and search for "ath" for the rune of athletics that has code like:
http://www.runequake.com/html-source/runequake-1.3.0/

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Athlete_Run =
{
   if ((self.cl[CL_CMD_FORWARD] || self.cl[CL_CMD_SIDE]) && self.flags & FL_ONGROUND)
      self.velocity = self.velocity + self.velocity * 0.10;
};