Cameras Created 17 years ago2006-06-27 07:33:39 UTC by S.O.T.E.

Hey, I need help with cameras, and not the cameras that are in the tutorial (as in the one that focuses on the player in 3rd person mode while still allowing you to play)...
I need a camera that is placed somewhere in, for example, a room. Then, there are screens somewhere else so that when you press "e", you can see whatever the camera is looking at.
Any ideas anyone?

Have an example map!

http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=3363

Don't focus on the TV, the TV has a screen inside it which shows what a camera can see.

All you need is:
A camera.
An Info_camera_link (I think)
A brush tied to the entity func_monitor with a face which has applied a monitor texture (search monitor in texture browser)
I don't think I need to explain how it is done, just check through the entity properties.

Here's a better example map btw:
http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=3014

A mistake I recently found out... When your putting the camera texture on the screen brush, make sure to go into the texture application and FIT it.. Otherwise it will be cut up.

http://www.snarkpit.net/editing.php?page=tutorials&id=125
http://www.twhl.co.za/tutorial.php?id=103

Ok, thanks a lot guys!

Hey, I read up the tut and I realised I didn't have a lot of the entities needed for the camera. I don't really need to "unpluggable TV screen" thing, just a camera and a screen.
Can anyone tell me where to download the following:
prop_physics, func_brush, point_camera, and info_camera_link

As Madcow said his example has what you need...Just delete the TV plug entities and test away.

they should be under the entities..

Point Entities: Point_camera, Prop_physics, Info_camera_link
Brush Entities: Func_brush

Oh... right! Thanks again!

Errr, can anyone tell me how to run that example map in Hammer, cos there's only a bsp and vmf file, and both don't work in Hammer. (Well, mine at least).