3rd Person/First Person Camera

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Hi, I hope this is the right place.

I’ve been trying to look around here, and google. I haven’t been able to find anything. Is it possible to have just TWO camera options 3rd and First Person, instead of cycling through all of them?

Thanks!

Edit: thank you guys for the help, I will try these.

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You can use GetFollowPedCamViewMode and SetFollowPedCamViewMode in a client-side loop to achieve this.

Something like this maybe:

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
	while true do
		Citizen.Wait(10)
		if GetFollowPedCamViewMode() == 0 or GetFollowPedCamViewMode() == 1 then
		    SetFollowPedCamViewMode(2)
		end
	end
end)

--view mode enumeration
--[[{
	THIRD_PERSON_NEAR = 0,
	THIRD_PERSON_MEDIUM = 1,
	THIRD_PERSON_FAR = 2,
	CINEMATIC = 3,
	FIRST_PERSON = 4,
}]]

The above code checks if the player ped’s camera is in 3rd person near or 3rd person medium (the first 2 cameras in the cycle). If yes, it switches to the 3rd person far camera.

Keep in mind that this might be slow, and that I haven’t tested it.

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Here’s what I use. It also forces the view mode while in a vehicle and on foot.

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
	while true do
		local ped = PlayerPedId()
		local player = PlayerId()
		local isInVehicle = IsPedInAnyVehicle(ped, false)

		if isInVehicle then
			local viewMode = GetFollowVehicleCamViewMode()
			if viewMode == 1 or viewMode == 2 then
				SetFollowVehicleCamViewMode(4)
			end
		else
			local viewMode = GetFollowPedCamViewMode()
			if viewMode == 1 or viewMode == 2 then
				SetFollowPedCamViewMode(4)
			end
		end

		Citizen.Wait(0)
	end
end)
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Just a quick thing about this. You only check if the viewMode is > than 0 and that also includes the first person cam, which means that you will set the FPS camera every single frame if the player is already in FPS.

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