Cameras Created 20 years ago2004-09-12 18:18:48 UTC by lucky4444

I know there is a tutorial on some of these and maybe another forum, but can you post here specifically how to make:
1) cameras that pan a certain area when looked through.
2) how to make a controllable camera, and with a lmit on how far it turns.
3) when you press button you see in a camera and controll turret at same time.

1) Don't understand what you mean - pan?
2) Can't. Cameras are pretty static, can be moved as trains.
3) You could try making a func_tankcontrols infront of the button - probably wont work, but try.

1)Pan means it moves back and forth, like in a corner of a hallway.
2)How do I do it with trains?
3) Nevermind about three...

lucky, please stop bumping your threads up after two hours of non-posting. This isn't a huge community.

1. Target a func_train with an origin brush;
2. You can't directly control cameras;
3. I've seen something like this somewhere, but not sure where. Google.

http://www.vlatitude.com has a good tutorial on trigger_cameras and their properties. I suggest searching there before asking.

I love working with cameras--- Has anybody herd the song "Get Down With The Sickness" Well I Reskinned models that I did to make a swat team--- I got them going down an elevator go up a ramp defue a big security high tech door and then walk into a room to the beat of the music with cameras--Its sweet after you kill them You trigger another event in which the grunt repel from the cieling..... Anyways Im going to stop rambling on--- LOL.

There are also several good articles at

http://collective.valve-erc.com/

one of which is "turret_camera" or something like that. It doesn't provide camera controls (as 7th says, can't be done), but triggers a camera view of the general direction of a turret repeatedly every 1/10th of a second or so. Allows you to control the turret and have a camera view. A very flickery display, however.

how do u make those cameras that follow you like on sevenths discombobulator map (lol that word has haunted me 4 so long)

im itchen to make those cool looknig cameras and if seventh lets me i might use his cool 1s if he lets me if not i can go bak to mapping sad

Enter 'player' in the target field. Might be a flag named "follow player" too, not too sure.

Can't say I remember putting in any following cameras

Perhaps you're referring to the bug where cameras face their Pitch Yaw Roll value instead of their target when first triggered, then pan over to their aimpoint?

Note that cameras target monsters' feet.

Yes theres a flag to check

You don't need to enter 'player' in the target field if you have the 'Follow Player' flag checked.

The entity is described:

http://cariad.co.za/twhl/entityinfo.php?ent=trigger_camera&game=1