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From: "Ed Federmeyer" <fedeedw@charlie.cns.iit.edu>
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.beginners
Subject: Re: 3d view
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:49:35 -0500
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Owes Beck wrote in message <7f4pkv$dno3@scea>...
>
>Ed Federmeyer <fedeedw@charlie.cns.iit.edu> wrote in message
>news:7f37bd$dno2@scea...
>> Owes Beck wrote in message <7f099h$j3@scea>...
>> >hi,
>> > im trying to get a good overhead view for a 3d game im making,
>> >im using GsRVIEW2 but i just cant seem to set the camera so its a "birds
>> >eye" view of the world... anyone have any suggestions on what to set the
>> >vpx, vpy, vpz, vrx.............  members to?
>> >
>> >open to suggestions!!!
>>
>>
>> I usually put some temporary code in the game so that instead of
>> controlling the player, the control pad controls the viewpoint and
>> refpoint.  I also have it "print" the current "vpx, vpy, etc" values
>> on the screen.  Then, I use the control pad to set the camera up
>> the way I like it, write down the values, and make those the
>> default values.
>>
>> I usually leave the camera control code in (just commented out)
>> so that if stuff changes later in the game, I can readjust the
>> camera easily.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>> EdF
>>
>>yeh thats actually what im trying now but for some reason i cant get a
good
>"birds eye" view,  it seems that when i finally have a desent camera shot,
i
>move my 3d object to the corners of the screen and it gets all warped??? (i
>have no idea why)


Hmmm, have you tried different settings for the "SetProjection()" function
also?

Between moving the actual viewpoint and tweaking the projection distance,
(a back-and-forth kind of process, you'll see when you start messing with
it)
you should be able to get a nice view that looks close enough to your target
without a huge amount of that "fishbowl" distortion at the edges of the
screen.

EdF