how do I turn my camera with pivots(left & right)? what are pivots? how do you use them?
turning camera with pivots
Blitz3D Forums/Blitz3D Beginners Area/turning camera with pivots A pivot is a type of entity with no surfaces/vertices/polys attached. Think of it as just an axis/handle/pivot point.
Example showing a camera attached to a pivot. Moving the pivot, also moves the camera.
(Hopefully this'll work - haven't touched Blitz3D in years)
Example showing a camera attached to a pivot. Moving the pivot, also moves the camera.
(Hopefully this'll work - haven't touched Blitz3D in years)
Graphics3d 800,600 cam = CreateCamera() pivot = CreatePivot() sphere = CreateSphere() MoveEntity sphere,0,0,25 EntityParent camera,pivot While Not KeyDown(1) TurnEntity pivot,0,1,0 RenderWorld() Flip Wend
ok, so how would I use this to turn my camera when it is looking down and not have it flip over? I had another topic like this called
Camera Turning problem
Camera Turning problem
ok, so how would I use this to turn my camera when it is looking down and not have it flip over?
Apply the pitch changes to the camera and the yaw changes to the pivot.