FollowCam

FollowCam

FollowCam functionality allows scripts to control the camera.

• Scripts on attachments and vehicles can now control camera behavior through a call to llSetCameraParams(), once they have acquired the PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA permission
• The script will control the user's camera as long as the resident doesn't override it (use Alt-zoom or enter mouselook, for example) and the object remains attached or the avatar continues to sit on it:
  • When multiple scripts attempt to control the camera, the last script to set the CAMERA_ACTIVE flag will have control
  • Older scripts will regain control as soon as the newer one is deactivated
• The new FollowCam scripts enable a huge variety of vehicle-following behaviors:
• For instance, a loose camera setting allows sudden changes in vehicle acceleration to happen without causing dizzying jolts in the camera
  • By turning off the "behindness" feature, the camera will be simply dragged along, but it will not try to stay exactly behind the vehicle
  • Other parameters, like pitch (the angle at which it "looks down" at the vehicle), distance, and others, allow you to customize the cinematics of vehicular fun

FollowCam family of camera functions

• llRequestPermissions(agent_key, PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA)
  • Requests permissions
    • Note, PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA permissions are only supported for attachments and vehicles at this time
    • Accepting permissions via a dialog is not currently implemented.

• llClearCameraParams(): Resets all camera values to their default.

• llSetCameraParams([]): sets up the camera movement rules based on the parameter list
  • CAMERA_ACTIVE (TRUE or FALSE) Default = FALSE
    • Turns on or off scripting control of Scripted Camera
  • CAMERA_DISTANCE (0.5 to 10.0 meters) Default = 3.0
    • Sets how far away the Scripted Camera wants to be from its subject
  • CAMERA_PITCH (-45.0 to 80.0 degrees) Default = 0.0
    • Adjusts the angular amount that the Scripted Camera aims straight ahead vs. straight down, maintaining the same distance. Analogous to 'incidence'
  • CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET (<-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters) Default = <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>
    • Adjusts the position of the Scripted Camera focus position relative to the subject
  • CAMERA_POSITION_LAG (0.0 to 3.0 seconds) Default = 0.1
    • How much the Scripted Camera lags as it tries to move towards its 'ideal' position
  • CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG (0.0 to 3.0 seconds) Default = 0.1
    • How much the Scripted Camera lags as it tries to aim towards the subject
  • CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE (0.0 to 180.0 degrees) Default = 10.0
    • Sets the angle in degrees within which the Scripted Camera is not constrained by changes in subject rotation. 180 effectively turns behindness off.
  • CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG (0.0 to 3.0 seconds) Default = 0.0
    • How much the Scripted Camera lags as it tries to stay behind the target if outside of behindness angle
  • CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD (0.0 to 4.0 meters) Default = 1.0
    • Sets the radius of a sphere around the Scripted Camera's ideal position within which it is not affected by subject motion
  • CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD (0.0 to 4.0 meters) Default = 1.0
    • Sets the radius of a sphere around the Scripted Camera's subject position within which its focus is not affected by subject motion
  • CAMERA_POSITION (vector position within the region)
    • Sets the position of the Scripted Camera
  • CAMERA_FOCUS (vector position within the region)
    • Sets the focus position of the Scripted Camera
  • CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED (TRUE or FALSE) Default = FALSE
    • Locks the camera position so it will not move
  • CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED (TRUE or FALSE) Default = FALSE
    • Locks the camera focus so it will not move

Known issues

• The camera appears to jitter back and forth. This is a problem with our avatar motion model that will be worse at lower framerate. We are continuing to investigate potential solutions.
• Free standing objects cannot control the user camera. This will continue to be the case until we can implement a robust mechanism for letting residents cancel scripted camera behaviors.

<lsl>//Linden Labs //Dan Linden integer CHANNEL; // dialog channel list MENU_MAIN = ["Default", "Overhead Cam", "Spin Cam", "Trap Toggle", "Spaz Cam", "Drop Cam", "Worm Cam", "Side Cam", "Driving Cam", "More...", "Cam ON", "Cam OFF"]; // the main menu list MENU_2 = ["More...", "...Back"]; // menu 2

integer on = FALSE; integer flying; integer falling; integer spaz = 0; integer trap = 0;

take_camera_control(key agent) {

   llOwnerSay("take_camera_control"); // say function name for debugging
   llOwnerSay( (string)agent);
   llRequestPermissions(agent, PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA);
   llSetCameraParams([CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1]); // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
   on = TRUE;

}

release_camera_control(key agent) {

   llOwnerSay("release_camera_control"); // say function name for debugging
   llSetCameraParams([CAMERA_ACTIVE, 0]); // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
   llReleaseCamera(agent);
   on = FALSE;

}

focus_on_me() {

   llOwnerSay("focus_on_me"); // say function name for debugging
   //    llClearCameraParams(); // reset camera to default
   vector here = llGetPos();
   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 0.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_DISTANCE, 0.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS, here, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 0.0 , // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, TRUE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       //        CAMERA_PITCH, 80.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       CAMERA_POSITION, here + <4,4,4>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, TRUE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, ZERO_VECTOR // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);

}

default_cam() { // llOwnerSay("default_cam"); // say function name for debugging

   llClearCameraParams(); // reset camera to default
   llSetCameraParams([CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1]);

}

driving_cam() {

   llOwnerSay("driving_cam"); // say function name for debugging
   default_cam();
   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 45.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.5, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_DISTANCE, 8.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       //CAMERA_FOCUS, <0,0,5>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 0.05 , // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_PITCH, 20.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       //CAMERA_POSITION, <0,0,0>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.1, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <3,0,2> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);

}

side_cam() {

   llOwnerSay("side_cam"); // say function name for debugging
   llClearCameraParams(); // reset camera to default
   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 0.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_DISTANCE, 0.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       //CAMERA_FOCUS, <0,0,5>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 0.0 , // (0 to 3) seconds
       //        CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       //        CAMERA_PITCH, 80.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       //CAMERA_POSITION, <0,0,0>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       //        CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <0,3,0> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);

}

rearview_cam() {

   llOwnerSay("rearview_cam"); // say function name for debugging
   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 180.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       //        CAMERA_DISTANCE, 10.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       //CAMERA_FOCUS, <0,0,5>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 3.0 , // (0 to 3) seconds
       //        CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       //        CAMERA_PITCH, 80.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       //CAMERA_POSITION, <0,0,0>, // region relative position
       //        CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       //        CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <5,2,-2> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);

}

overhead_cam() {

   llOwnerSay("overhead_cam"); // say function name for debugging
   default_cam();
   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 180.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.5, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_DISTANCE, 10.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       //CAMERA_FOCUS, <0,0,5>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 0.05 , // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_PITCH, 80.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       //CAMERA_POSITION, <0,0,0>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <0,0,0> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);

}

drop_camera_5_seconds() {

   llOwnerSay("drop_camera_5_seconds"); // say function name for debugging
   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 0.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.5, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_DISTANCE, 3.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       //CAMERA_FOCUS, <0,0,5>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 2.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_PITCH, 0.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       //CAMERA_POSITION, <0,0,0>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.05, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, TRUE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <0,0,0> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);
   llSleep(5);
   default_cam();

}

worm_cam() {

   llOwnerSay("worm_cam"); // say function name for debugging
   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 180.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_DISTANCE, 8.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       //CAMERA_FOCUS, <0,0,5>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 0.0 , // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 4.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_PITCH, -45.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       //CAMERA_POSITION, <0,0,0>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 1.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 1.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <0,0,0> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);

}

spaz_cam() {

   llOwnerSay("spaz_cam for 5 seconds"); // say function name for debugging
   float i;
   for (i=0; i< 50; i+=1)
   {
       vector xyz = llGetPos() + <llFrand(80) - 40, llFrand(80) - 40, llFrand(10)>;
       //        llOwnerSay((string)xyz);
       vector xyz2 = llGetPos() + <llFrand(80) - 40, llFrand(80) - 40, llFrand(10)>;
       llSetCameraParams([
           CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
           CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 180.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
           CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, llFrand(3), // (0 to 3) seconds
           CAMERA_DISTANCE, llFrand(10), // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
           //CAMERA_FOCUS, xyz, // region relative position
           CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, llFrand(3), // (0 to 3) seconds
           CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, TRUE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
           CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, llFrand(4), // (0 to 4) meters
           CAMERA_PITCH, llFrand(125) - 45, // (-45 to 80) degrees
           CAMERA_POSITION, xyz2, // region relative position
           CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, llFrand(3), // (0 to 3) seconds
           CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, TRUE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
           CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, llFrand(4), // (0 to 4) meters
           CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <llFrand(20) - 10, llFrand(20) - 10, llFrand(20) - 10> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
       ]);
       llSleep(0.1);
   }
   default_cam();

}

spin_cam() {

   llSetCameraParams([
       CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1, // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_ANGLE, 180.0, // (0 to 180) degrees
       CAMERA_BEHINDNESS_LAG, 0.5, // (0 to 3) seconds
       //CAMERA_DISTANCE, 10.0, // ( 0.5 to 10) meters
       //CAMERA_FOCUS, <0,0,5>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LAG, 0.05 , // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_FOCUS_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_FOCUS_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_PITCH, 30.0, // (-45 to 80) degrees
       //CAMERA_POSITION, <0,0,0>, // region relative position
       CAMERA_POSITION_LAG, 0.0, // (0 to 3) seconds
       CAMERA_POSITION_LOCKED, FALSE, // (TRUE or FALSE)
       CAMERA_POSITION_THRESHOLD, 0.0, // (0 to 4) meters
       CAMERA_FOCUS_OFFSET, <0,0,0> // <-10,-10,-10> to <10,10,10> meters
   ]);

   float i;
   vector camera_position;
   for (i=0; i< 2*TWO_PI; i+=.05)
   {
       camera_position = llGetPos() + <0, 4, 0> * llEuler2Rot(<0,0,i>);
       llSetCameraParams([CAMERA_POSITION, camera_position]);
   }
   default_cam();

}

setup_listen() {

   llListenRemove(1);
   CHANNEL = llRound(llFrand(1) * 100000);
   integer x = llListen(CHANNEL, "", "", ""); // listen for dialog answers

}

default {

   state_entry()
   {
       llSitTarget(<0,0,0.1>,ZERO_ROTATION);
       setup_listen();
       llSetTimerEvent(2);
   }

   touch_start(integer total_number)
   {
       integer perm = llGetPermissions();
       if (perm & PERMISSION_DEBIT)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has PERMISSION_DEBIT perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }
       if (perm & PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }
       if (perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }
       if (perm & PERMISSION_ATTACH)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has PERMISSION_ATTACH perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }
       if (perm & PERMISSION_CHANGE_LINKS)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has PERMISSION_CHANGE_LINKS perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }
       if (perm & PERMISSION_TRACK_CAMERA)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has PERMISSION_TRACK_CAMERA perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }
       if (perm & PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }
       if (perm == 0)
       { llOwnerSay(llGetScriptName() + " has NO perms for "+(string)llGetPermissionsKey()); }

       llDialog(llDetectedKey(0), "What do you want to do?", MENU_MAIN, CHANNEL); // present dialog on click
   }

   listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
   {
       if (llListFindList(MENU_MAIN + MENU_2, [message]) != -1)  // verify dialog choice

// if (llListFindList(MENU_MAIN, [message]) != -1) // verify dialog choice

       {
           //            llOwnerSay(name + " picked the option '" + message + "'."); // output the answer
           if (message == "More...")
               llDialog(id, "Pick an option!", MENU_2, CHANNEL); // present submenu on request
           else if (message == "...Back")
               llDialog(id, "What do you want to do?", MENU_MAIN, CHANNEL); // present main menu on request to go back

           else if (message == "Cam ON")
           {
               take_camera_control(id);
           }

           else if (message == "Cam OFF")
           {
               release_camera_control(id);
           }

           else if (message == "Default")
           {
               default_cam();
           }

           else if (message == "Driving Cam")
           {
               driving_cam();
           }

           else if (message == "Worm Cam")
           {
               worm_cam();
           }

           else if (message == "Overhead Cam")
           {
               overhead_cam();
           }

           else if (message == "Spaz Cam")
           {
               spaz_cam();
           }

           else if (message == "Side Cam")
           {
               side_cam();
           }

           else if (message == "Drop Cam")
           {
               drop_camera_5_seconds();
           }

           else if (message == "Trap Toggle")
           {
               trap = !trap;
               if (trap == 1) {
                   llOwnerSay("trap is on");
               }
               else {
                   llOwnerSay("trap is off");
               }
           }

           else if (message == "Spin Cam")
           {
               spin_cam();
           }

       } else
       llOwnerSay(name + " picked invalid option '" + llToLower(message) + "'."); // not a valid dialog choice
   }

   run_time_permissions(integer perm) {
       if ((perm & PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA) == PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA) {
           llSetCameraParams([CAMERA_ACTIVE, 1]); // 1 is active, 0 is inactive
           llOwnerSay("Camera permissions have been taken");
       }
   }

   changed(integer change)
   {
       if (change & CHANGED_LINK)
       {
           key agent = llAvatarOnSitTarget();
           if (agent)
           {
               setup_listen();
               llRequestPermissions(agent, PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA);
           }
       }
   }

   attach(key agent)
   {
       if (agent != NULL_KEY)
       {
           setup_listen();
           llRequestPermissions(agent, PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA);
       }
   }

   timer()
   {
       if (trap == 1)
       {
           focus_on_me();
       }
   }

}</lsl>