Camera moving along path

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Here is a small code snipset to add pathed camera that will follow a path in the game (useful for cute-scene and intro). This code is based on my previous contribution with dynamic shape moving along path(Object moving along path). You should install it before changing your camera.cc & camera.h source with the ones available in the archive file.

Then you will can use the following script command to set the camera to followMode :

camera.setFollowMode(pathId, <ticksynchro>);

Here is a working example that we used in DoP to have a view of the map during player selection (useful for race mode in order to show the complete map).

In the mission file, add a group named like that

new Path(FollowCam) {
      type = "3";

      new Marker(0) {
         position = "98.5565 -59.2192 145.86";
         rotation = "0 0 1 138.083";
         Scale = "1 1 1";
         seqNum = "0";
         msToNext = "10000";
      };
      new Marker(1) {
         position = "549.357 -619.466 116.362";
         rotation = "0 0 -1 111.909";
         Scale = "1 1 1";
         seqNum = "1";
         msToNext = "10000";
      };
      new Marker(2) {
         position = "116.233 -79.7992 147.749";
         rotation = "0 0 -1 43.7272";
         Scale = "1 1 1";
         seqNum = "2";
         msToNext = "10000";
      };
      new Marker(3) {
         position = "-66.688 432.816 140.754";
         rotation = "0 0 -1 68.9373";
         Scale = "1 1 1";
         seqNum = "3";
         msToNext = "10000";
      };
   };

and in the OnClientEnterGame, add the following bit of code at the end of the function

%path = findMissionObject( "Path", "FollowCam" );
   if( !isObject(%path) ) {
       error("[onClientEnterGame] Cannot find path " @ %pathGroup );
   }
   else {
        // Get path id
        %pathId = %path.getIndex();
        %this.camera.setFollowMode(%pathId);
        echo("Set follow mode for camera");
   }