3D Camera Movement

Pixelcraft · 22nd January 2003, 02:10

What do you need to do in order to make the camera turning 3D?

cmountford · 22nd January 2003, 03:34

Check out UnConeD's work for some ideas, especially look at Neon Roller Coaster. I'm not positive which Whacko pack it was in, but he does a lot of work in that. You can change the camera inside some SSC like in Neon Rolelr Coaster. That's my best guess. I'm nowhere near good enough to do anything like that.

Sorry I couldn't help more

anubis2003 · 22nd January 2003, 13:53

I don't know the actual code to do it, but I know about how it is done. You first have the global coordinates and then the camera coordinates. Since these two coordinate planes arent in alignment, then you have to rotate the global coordinates the correct amount for the camera coordinates. The coords then need to be translated. This is a very difficult process, and doing it is extremely difficult. Like cmountford said, try looking at unconed's presets (or other people's which are probably less complicated) and try to take them apart. This isn't very easy to do(I've tried). Also, you can try to look at 3-D programming resources on the web (knowing some c++ or java helps) and figuring it out from there.

Clinical · 23rd January 2003, 02:28

Can I just interject with a question here? It's sort of related to this (not entirely, but sort of

), and I didn't want to start a whole new thread just for this.
Anyway, can one of you math/AVS geniuses (genii?) explain the basic principles of the "surface" dynamic movement? I've been toying around with one for a couple days now and I still have no idea what I'm doing...

dirkdeftly · 23rd January 2003, 03:44

There's a huge thread on this...search the forums before you post.

Clinical · 23rd January 2003, 19:50

I did... I couldn't find much, although I might have been using the wrong search terms or something. I'll try again, and I'm sorry for having stolen 30 seconds from your life.

<edit> Okay, I searched using "surface dynamic movement", "dynamic movement", "DM", and not to mention looking at tons of the threads in this section, and I can't find what I'm looking for. Am I just an idiot, or looking wrong, or something? Maybe I'll figure it out on my own eventually... back to the grind, then.

dirkdeftly · 24th January 2003, 00:37

try "raytracing" since that's what you're asking about

Clinical · 24th January 2003, 21:51

Wow... I am just an idiot...

Thanks for pointing that fact out, Atero.

22nd January 2003, 02:10	#1
Pixelcraft Wildly Confused (Major Dude) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,204	3D Camera Movement What do you need to do in order to make the camera turning 3D? "It's like saying give a man a Les Paul guitar and he becomes Eric Clapton, and of course that's not true, give a man an amplifier and a synthesizer and he doesn't become...whoever; he doesn't become us." - Roger Waters

22nd January 2003, 03:34	#2
cmountford The Rapper (Major Dude) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 989	Check out UnConeD's work for some ideas, especially look at Neon Roller Coaster. I'm not positive which Whacko pack it was in, but he does a lot of work in that. You can change the camera inside some SSC like in Neon Rolelr Coaster. That's my best guess. I'm nowhere near good enough to do anything like that. Sorry I couldn't help more I'm a DJ. You can DL my mixes free from my website: www.djcmount.com You have the right to refrain from posting unless you write in the "rap battles" thread. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court by mods.

22nd January 2003, 13:53	#3
anubis2003 Forum King Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: middle of somewhere Posts: 5,564	I don't know the actual code to do it, but I know about how it is done. You first have the global coordinates and then the camera coordinates. Since these two coordinate planes arent in alignment, then you have to rotate the global coordinates the correct amount for the camera coordinates. The coords then need to be translated. This is a very difficult process, and doing it is extremely difficult. Like cmountford said, try looking at unconed's presets (or other people's which are probably less complicated) and try to take them apart. This isn't very easy to do(I've tried). Also, you can try to look at 3-D programming resources on the web (knowing some c++ or java helps) and figuring it out from there. [Over The Monkey] \| [My DeviantArt] \| [Se ti] \| [Atmo Digital Design Forums]

23rd January 2003, 03:44	#5
dirkdeftly Forum King Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cydonia, Mars Posts: 2,651	There's a huge thread on this...search the forums before you post. "guilt is the cause of more disauders than history's most obscene marorders" --E. E. Cummings

23rd January 2003, 19:50	#6
Clinical Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: somewhere within Posts: 41	I did... I couldn't find much, although I might have been using the wrong search terms or something. I'll try again, and I'm sorry for having stolen 30 seconds from your life. <edit> Okay, I searched using "surface dynamic movement", "dynamic movement", "DM", and not to mention looking at tons of the threads in this section, and I can't find what I'm looking for. Am I just an idiot, or looking wrong, or something? Maybe I'll figure it out on my own eventually... back to the grind, then. Last edited by Clinical; 23rd January 2003 at 20:59.

23rd January 2003, 02:28	#4
Clinical Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: somewhere within Posts: 41	Can I just interject with a question here? It's sort of related to this (not entirely, but sort of ), and I didn't want to start a whole new thread just for this. Anyway, can one of you math/AVS geniuses (genii?) explain the basic principles of the "surface" dynamic movement? I've been toying around with one for a couple days now and I still have no idea what I'm doing...

24th January 2003, 00:37	#7
dirkdeftly Forum King Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cydonia, Mars Posts: 2,651	try "raytracing" since that's what you're asking about "guilt is the cause of more disauders than history's most obscene marorders" --E. E. Cummings

24th January 2003, 21:51	#8
Clinical Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: somewhere within Posts: 41	Wow... I am just an idiot... Thanks for pointing that fact out, Atero.

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