Why doesnt my camera.sqs work?

[Gooner861]

Ive worked out how 2 work camera.sqs but wen i preview my cutscene it starts off in the sea and the camera just bobs up and down. Why???

[KTottE]

What exactly did you put in the init field of your soldier?

[Zombie]

also you can't name the cutscene "camera.sqs", that is a "hidden" sqs.  I ususlly name mine movie.sqs.  The scene will bob like that if:
1. you made a "hard target" for the camera, like _camera settarget guy1, and then there is no guy1
2.  Your variables don't match, ie:
;this creates the camera
_cam = "camera" camcreate [0,0,0]
_cam cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]
_cam camcommit 0
;this is the first view
;=== 8:37:46
_camera camSetTarget [67425.66,85963.05,27.50]
_camera camSetPos [10220.91,3941.01,8.00]
_camera camCommit 0
@camCommitted _camera
see in the 1st 3 lines it is called _cam and the rest _camera?  Make sure they all match.

These are the 2 most common probs I have had that cause what you described.  Also make sure you are not trying to run "camera.sqs" and "movie.sqs" at the same time

[Gooner861]

I think ur rite, i think i have put _cam at the top and the rest being _camera, ill check 2morrow and get back to u.

Cheers .

[Gooner861]

Take a look at it:
;=== 13:02:33
_camera = "camera" camcreate [0,0,0]
_camera cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]
_camera camSetTarget [-37510.10,91349.02,-11883.64]
_camera camSetPos [9743.72,3989.46,16.05]
_camera camSetFOV 0.700
_camera camCommit 0
@camCommitted _camera

;=== 13:03:01
_camera camSetTarget [-37510.10,91349.02,-11883.87]
_camera camSetPos [9699.45,4071.29,16.05]
_camera camSetFOV 0.700
_camera camCommit 5
@camCommitted _camera

Its probably really wrong but its my first time at using camera.sqs.

[KTottE]

Okay, let me walk you through the process of creating a cutscene with camera.sqs.

1) Make a mission
2) Decide what to put in the intro/cutscene
3) Place a player unit in the mission editor and in his init-field you type exactly: [] exec "camera.sqs"
Do not create a script called camera.sqs in the mission folder.
4) Press preview, move the camera around, and when you find a suitable spot you press "CTRL", this will dump the current information into a .txt file in the main OFP directory called clipboard.txt
5) Create the script that will power your intro/cutscene, name it what you want but not camera.sqs.
6) Use the data you collected with camera.sqs in your intro/cutscene script, namely the camera's position and target.
7) Enjoy

If you did any of the above points differently, tell me which and what.

[Gooner861]

1) Correct
2) Correct
3) Instead of [] exec "camera.sqs", i put: this "camera.sqs".
4) I didnt know about clipboard.txt so i pasted into notepad.

So do i have to rename clipboard.txt to a .sqs file which i can then activate in the players init field.

[KTottE]

http://www.ofpec.com/editors/resource_view.php?id=77

[Messiah]

exactly: [] exec "camera.sqs"
If you did any of the above points differently, tell me which and what.

sorry kotty fella... its this exec "camera.sqs"

 

[Gooner861]

Cheers, got it all working now. You can make much better cutscenes with camera.sqs.  ;D

[Messiah]

hence why i wrote the tutorial