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setCameraTarget

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Server-side
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Pair: getCameraTarget

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This function allows you to set a player's camera to follow other elements instead. Currently supported element type is:

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  • Method: player:setCameraTarget(...)
  • Variable: .cameraTarget

Syntax

bool setCameraTarget ( float targetX, float targetY, float targetZ )
Required Arguments
  • targetX: MISSING_PARAM_DESC
  • targetY: MISSING_PARAM_DESC
  • targetZ: MISSING_PARAM_DESC

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the function was successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

client 
g_Players = getElementsByType("player")        -- get a list of all players in the server
for i,aPlayer in ipairs(g_Players) do          -- find out what index the local player has in the list
    if aPlayer == localPlayer then
        g_CurrentSpectated = i
        break
    end
end


function spectatePrevious()                    -- decrement the spectate index and spectate the corresponding player
     if g_CurrentSpectated == 1 then
         g_CurrentSpectated = #g_Players
     else
         g_CurrentSpectated = g_CurrentSpectated - 1
     end
    setCameraTarget(g_Players[g_CurrentSpectated])
end


function spectateNext()                        -- increment the spectate index and spectate the corresponding player
     if g_CurrentSpectated == #g_Players then
         g_CurrentSpectated = 1
     else
         g_CurrentSpectated = g_CurrentSpectated + 1
     end
    setCameraTarget(g_Players[g_CurrentSpectated])
end


-- Bind above functions to arrow keys
bindKey("arrow_l", "down", spectatePrevious)
bindKey("arrow_r", "down", spectateNext)

See Also

Camera Functions
Reference