switchCamera

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Description

Description:

Switch camera to given vehicle / camera. Mode is one of:

• "INTERNAL": 1st person
• "GUNNER": optics / sights
• "EXTERNAL": 3rd person
• "GROUP": group
• "VIEW": exactly what spectated unit sees (gun optics, binoculars, TI and NV, etc.) (VBS2 1.30+ only)

Note: If you switch to a unit in a vehicle, this command uses the correct turret.
Note: Control over the unit is not given to the player. Use selectPlayer or a combination of switchCamera and remoteControl to achieve this.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

unitName switchCamera mode

Parameters:

unitName: Object

mode: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_loon1 switchCamera "External" 

Additional Information

See also:

cameraViewcameraOncameraEffectselectPlayerremoteControl

Notes

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Notes

If you switchCamera to a group leader, you can control his group as if it were your own.

Posted on January 17th, 2010 - 01:04

Lou Montana

Apparently, in Arma 2 if you switchCamera to a group leader, you won't be able to control his group anymore.

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Posted on May 16, 2015 - 13:14 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

Force top down view: cam = "Land_HandyCam_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0]; cam hideObject true; cam attachTo [player, [0,0,10]]; cam setVectorUp [0,0.99,0.01]; cam switchCamera "Internal"; findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", { if (_this select 1 == 0) then { player forceWeaponFire [currentMuzzle player, currentWeaponMode player]; }; false }]; findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", { if (_this select 1 in actionKeys "ReloadMagazine") then { reload player; }; false }];