Creating Camera

BardaDev · 2022-05-12T16:14:16.987Z

Hello everyone I am currently working on a script and I have a problem where I need to create a camera and I tried using this code:

function DeathCam()
  local PlayerPed = PlayerPedId()
  local pos = GetEntityCoords(PlayerPed)
  local heading = GetEntityHeading(PlayerPed)
  cam = CreateCamWithParams("DEFAULT_SCRIPTED_CAMERA", pos.x, pos.y + 0.5, pos.z + 0.5, 0.0 ,0.0, heading, 60.00, false, 0)
  SetCamActive(cam, true)
  FreezeEntityPosition(PlayerPed, false)
  print("displaying cam")
end

It is printing the “displaying cam” but its just not showing the camera.
If someone can help me it will be much appreciated.

DrAceMisanthrope · 2022-05-12T22:17:55.979Z

Add this right after SetCamActive(cam, true);

RenderScriptCams(true, false, 1, true, true)

So it should be;

cam = CreateCamWithParams("DEFAULT_SCRIPTED_CAMERA", pos.x, pos.y + 0.5, pos.z + 0.5, 0.0 ,0.0, heading, 60.00, false, 0)
SetCamActive(cam, true)
RenderScriptCams(true, false, 1, true, true)

When switching back to the player, when you call SetCamActive(cam, false), call that function after again, but with the first parameter as false;

SetCamActive(cam, false)
RenderScriptCams(false, false, 1, true, true)

Try that and if it works, mark this as the solution to help others that search for this sort of thing!

BardaDev · 2022-05-14T13:24:23.280Z

DrAceMisanthrope:

cam = CreateCamWithParams("DEFAULT_SCRIPTED_CAMERA", pos.x, pos.y + 0.5, pos.z + 0.5, 0.0 ,0.0, heading, 60.00, false, 0)
SetCamActive(cam, true)
RenderScriptCams(true, false, 1, true, true)

it works but is there anyway to make the camera follow the player?

DrAceMisanthrope · 2022-05-14T23:30:48.183Z

Not sure if there is a native for that (I honestly haven’t even checked), but it IS possible even without a native that locks the camera to the player.
Just loop and update the coordinates and rotation of the camera with the new player coordinates.

BardaDev · 2022-05-15T11:40:55.242Z

ok got it thanks