cameraEffect: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:29, 31 August 2014

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Description:: Switch to the given camera or object with the given effect. If you want to switch the screen directly to the first-person, aiming, third-person or group view of an object, use switchCamera instead. The effect type "Terminate" is used to exit the current camera view and switch back to the player's view. Does not need camCommit.
Groups:: Uncategorised

Syntax:: camera cameraEffect [name, position, rtt]
Parameters:: camera: Object - object of type "camera"
: [name, position]: Array
: name: String - the effect type. One of "Internal", "External", "Fixed", "FixedWithZoom" and "Terminate"
: position: String - position of the effect. One of "TOP", "LEFT", "RIGHT", "FRONT" and "BACK" ("BACK" is normally used)
: rtt: String - (optional) Render To Texture surface reference
Return Value:: Nothing

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-| camera '''cameraEffect''' [name, position] |= Syntax
+| camera '''cameraEffect''' [name, position, rtt] |= Syntax
 |p1= camera: [[Object]] - object of type "camera" |= Parameter 1
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 |p4= position: [[String]] - position of the effect. One of "TOP", "LEFT", "RIGHT", "FRONT" and "BACK" ("BACK" is normally used) |= Parameter 4
+|p5= rtt: [[String]] - (optional) [http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Procedural_Textures#Render_To_Texture Render To Texture] surface reference |= Parameter 5
 | [[Nothing]] |= Return value
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-|x1= <pre>_cam cameraEffect ["internal", "BACK"]</pre> |= Example 1
+|x1= <code>_cam [[cameraEffect]] ["internal", "BACK"];</code> |= Example 1
+|x2= <code>_cam [[cameraEffect]] ["internal", "back", "rendersurface"];</code> |= Example 1
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-| [[switchCamera]], [[setCameraEffect]], [[cameraView]], [[cameraOn]] |= See also
+| [[switchCamera]], [[setCameraEffect]], [[cameraView]], [[cameraOn]], [[setPiPEffect]] |= See also
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