PtRvY's Camera Scripting Tutorial for San Andreas.Things you'll need:-
Sanny Builder 3get it here:
www.sannybuilder.com-
Basic main.scm, by Labilouteget it here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/94754009/Basic_SCM_By_Labiloute.txtBefore we begin!Make sure you have backed up your original / Dannye's main.scm.
Make sure you have configured your Sanny Builder to point to the right SA folder.
For Windows 7 Users: Run Sanny Builder and GTA
as administrator!
Let's start!1. Alright, fire up Sanny Builder. After it's done loading you should see this screen:
2. Create a
new script, by going to
File =>
New... or by clicking the icon in the toolbox.
Copy all the text contained in the basic .scm into this new script.After you've pasted everything in, it should look like this:
3. I won't bother explaining what all the basic .scm's functions mean, since that's not the focus of this tutorial - maybe some other time. Now start writing the following text
between the "wait 1000" and "end_thread" (the final two) lines:
0460: set_camera_transverse_delay 0.0 time <T>
015F: set_camera_position X Y Z rotation 0.0 0.0 0.0
0160: set_camera_point_at X1 Y1 Z1 mode 2
wait <T>
015F: set_camera_position X Y Z rotation 0.0 0.0 0.0
0160: set_camera_point_at X1 Y1 Z1 mode 1
wait <T>
015F: set_camera_position X Y Z rotation 0.0 0.0 0.0
0160: set_camera_point_at X1 Y1 Z1 mode 1
wait <T>It should now look like this:
4. Now, replace all the "<T>" with the
amount of time (in
miliseconds,
1000 = 1 second) that you want the camera to travel from one point to another. In this example I will put 3 seconds or 3000.
In my example it should look like this:
5. Now it's time to pick positions for your camera. Fire up San Andreas (and leave Sanny Builder open).
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This is the only part which could be hard to understand ---------------------------------
A
camera angle is determined with
two X-Y-Z points.
One point is the
position of the camera, and the other point is the point the camera is
focused ("looking") at.
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Now that you've
opened San Andreas, use the
jetpack from Dannye's to get to a point which could be a good position for the camera, and then
minimize (
Alt+Tab) out of the game.
In my example, this seems to be a nice position for the camera, looking up to the skyscrapers:
After
minimizing, go to Sanny Builder's
coordinate reader.
It can be found in
Tools =>
IDE Tools =>
Coords Manager...The tool will automatically read the coordinates from SA, but
click "Read" just to be sure.
Copy the X, Y and Z values instead of the first X Y Z in the code we added.
Here's how my code looks after this change:
6. I mentioned I want the camera to look at the skyscrapers, so a good focus point could be on top of a skyscraper. Go back to SA, and use the jetpack to get on top of a skyscraper (or, any other suitable looking point for your camera).
And then,
minimize the game again, and
read the coordinates.
This time, paste them into the first X1, Y1 and Z1.Here's how my code looks now:
7. Make new camera angles by
repeating steps
5 and
6 for the 2nd set of X Y Z and X1 Y1 Z1, and same for the 3rd.
If you want more than three camera angles, just paste the last three lines behind the last wait:
015F: set_camera_position X Y Z rotation 0.0 0.0 0.0
0160: set_camera_point_at X1 Y1 Z1 mode 1
wait <T>And replace the values, for every new camera angle you want.
8.
Close San Andreas, hit
F7 on your keyboard (Compile + Copy), save the .txt file anywhere, it will then compile the created
main.scm and script.img files into the SA folder. Now you can fire up San Andreas again.
Start a
new game.
Your camera script should start playing out after a second or two. You can record it with Fraps immediately or save a replay which you can then work on.
In order to go back to your normal game, paste the backup main.scm and script.img files into the /data/script folder of your SA.
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Any questions, bug notifications, and criticism are appreciated.
