Camera... starting views on CS maps? Created 17 years ago2007-08-24 13:24:34 UTC by Noobish UMP45

I've been looking all over the forum, but all I find are camera SCREEN type posts where you look into a monitor type deal...

I'm wondering how you set up cameras when a player first joins a map for CS 1.6, and he can see various locations across the map like in de_Nuke, de_Dust, etc.

I'm completely done with my map except for this part, so quick reply from someone would be appreciated greatly!

Try decompiling the maps and having a look for yourself.
Great way to figure stuff out

edit just look at these pictures.
There doesn't seem to be anything behind it.
A camera with a target...A target the camera faces...

I don't map for CS, though in Team Fortress Classic mapping, that "starting view" you get along with the server MotD and whatnot is just an info_player_start. Adjust its height and angling and bam, there you go.

The starting cam thing is a poorly documented/not documented at all and, thus, rarely used CS feature.
It's very simple to get up and working though.

Just set up your cams (targets, angles, etc.) and name them cam1, cam2, cam3...
They'll be triggered automatically in this order once the map is loaded.