3D side-scrolling camera?
by Michael Gentile · in Torque Game Engine · 08/24/2005 (8:02 am) · 2 replies
Sorry if I am posting in the wrong area, I hope it is the right one.
I am trying to create a game that is 3D, but has a side-scrolling camera, similar to what contra was on the ps2 (i believe it was ps2). There will be times in the game where I will switch to a behind the player 3rd person view, but for the majority of the game I need to create a side-scrolling 3rd person view. It would also be nice to be able to tweak the height of the camera to move up and down at specific scenes, to look at the character from directly on the side and then from a little further up on an angle. I am new to torque, still learning the ropes of the engine, and I haven't been able to find this information anywhere.
Any help would be very very appreciated. Thanks Everyone!
KingNothing6805
I am trying to create a game that is 3D, but has a side-scrolling camera, similar to what contra was on the ps2 (i believe it was ps2). There will be times in the game where I will switch to a behind the player 3rd person view, but for the majority of the game I need to create a side-scrolling 3rd person view. It would also be nice to be able to tweak the height of the camera to move up and down at specific scenes, to look at the character from directly on the side and then from a little further up on an angle. I am new to torque, still learning the ropes of the engine, and I haven't been able to find this information anywhere.
Any help would be very very appreciated. Thanks Everyone!
KingNothing6805
#2
08/24/2005 (6:10 pm)
Please, please make sure that you don't create a control problem by switching the orientation of forward/backward from the right/left key bindings to the up/down keybindings when switching perspective. That's a pet-peeve of mine. It's a non-intuitive control scheme that leads to unnecessary frustration in the best case and unecessary death in the worst. Regardless, it appears non-professional. See MegaMan X7 for a good example of what not to do. 
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