HowToC:FollowAnObject
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| 1. use a handle callback to register the most recently selected handle: | 1. use a handle callback to register the most recently selected handle: | ||
| <code><pre> | <code><pre> | ||
| + | int camfollow; // initialised to -1 in main | ||
| + | unsigned char *selected; // array storing selected state of all handles | ||
| void pickcb(int *id) { | void pickcb(int *id) { | ||
| + | // ... | ||
| + | // toggle state: | ||
| + | selected[*id] = (selected[*id] + 1) % 2; | ||
| + | if (selected[*id]) { | ||
| + | camfollow = *id; | ||
| + | } else { | ||
| + | camfollow = -1; | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | s2togglehandle(*id); | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | </pre></code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | 2. in the standard dynamic callback, set the camera position if required | ||
| + | XYZ *iP; // array storing positions of all handles | ||
| + | <code><pre> | ||
| + | void callback(double *t, int *kc) { | ||
| + | // ... | ||
| + | if (camfollow >= 0) { | ||
| + | // a. fetch current camera position, up and view direction vectors | ||
| + | XYZ position, up, vdir; | ||
| + | ss2qc(&position, &up, &vdir, 1); | ||
| + | // b. calculate new right vector | ||
| + | XYZ vright = CrossProduct(vdir, up); | ||
| + | // c. calculate new view direction vector | ||
| + | vdir = VectorSub(position, iP[camfollow]); | ||
| + | Normalise(&vdir); | ||
| + | // d. calculate new up vector and set new camera position | ||
| + | up = CrossProduct(vright, vdir); | ||
| + | ss2sc(position, up, vdir, 1); | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | // ... | ||
| } | } | ||
| </pre></code> | </pre></code> | ||
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How to follow an object with the camera
Using handles, you can easily detect when an object has been right-clicked. With two pretty simple bits of code, you can then make the camera keep focussed on that object.
1. use a handle callback to register the most recently selected handle:
int camfollow; // initialised to -1 in main
unsigned char *selected; // array storing selected state of all handles
void pickcb(int *id) {
// ...
// toggle state:
selected[*id] = (selected[*id] + 1) % 2;
if (selected[*id]) {
camfollow = *id;
} else {
camfollow = -1;
}
s2togglehandle(*id);
}
2. in the standard dynamic callback, set the camera position if required XYZ *iP; // array storing positions of all handles
void callback(double *t, int *kc) {
// ...
if (camfollow >= 0) {
// a. fetch current camera position, up and view direction vectors
XYZ position, up, vdir;
ss2qc(&position, &up, &vdir, 1);
// b. calculate new right vector
XYZ vright = CrossProduct(vdir, up);
// c. calculate new view direction vector
vdir = VectorSub(position, iP[camfollow]);
Normalise(&vdir);
// d. calculate new up vector and set new camera position
up = CrossProduct(vright, vdir);
ss2sc(position, up, vdir, 1);
}
// ...
}
