Simplified Camera Presets In Script API

[wise tangle]

Can you please mention what are those presents and how to use them?

[marsh solar]

Updated:

• Moved -- > UseCameraFunction Parameter As An Optional Parameter.
• Added --> CanBlockObstructView As An Optional Parameter. This New Feature Allows The FocusEntity/FocusLocation Camera To Go Closer Towards The Player If The Camera In Itself Is Inside Of A Block. This Feature Is Defaulted To False, Which Automatically Applies To Your Focus Camera Present. You Can Always Make The Camera Go Through Blocks By Simply Making CanBlockObstructView As True In Its Optional Parameter

[upbeat forge]

holy this is gonna be really useful

thank you so much

i just realized this is made of js and i cant utilize it

[marsh solar]

It's not that hard

[upbeat forge]

well i dont have any knowledge in javascripts

[marsh solar]

I could probably help you

[upbeat forge]

nah i think its alright

[marsh solar]

Alright then

[upbeat forge]

@marsh solar ...actually, i do need help with it
first of all, how do i use this? 🤔 (like from the beginning)

to be more specific, im making this thing with command blocks (will be replaced with functions)
there are 4 different camera on fixed positions and the player can adjust the position by setting the scoreboard value

the camera would make use of CanBlockObstructView parameter, but only if the obstacle is big enough to cover the player (a pillar wouldnt affect the camera)

[marsh solar]

So If I'm getting this right you want to use the canblockobstructview parameter while using your command camera

[upbeat forge]

youve got it right

the camera position is decided using scoreboard

[marsh solar]

Well the canblockobstructview parameter is Inside of two methods behindtheplayerfocusonentity and behindplayerfocusonlocation. So these camera methods would require to override your command camera in order to use. Which is something you probably don't want

[upbeat forge]

im fine with overriding camera

i have custom presets

[marsh solar]

Alright then. Let me get this for you then. I'm assuming this camera should also work on a certain scoreboard value

[upbeat forge]

yep

there are 4 camera positions

[marsh solar]

Its Basically The Same Camera In The Video You Showed Me But Has The CanBlockObstructView Being Used

[upbeat forge]

yeah uh i forgot to mention the camstate objective is for first person and stuffs...
and each score (1, 2, 3, 4) gives different position of the camera

will it work fine if i change the camstate with something else

oh yeah i just reread it and

meh testing is the only way here, thank you so much ily

[marsh solar]

Yea Np

[somber plaza]

How can I use this in my survival world?

[marsh solar]

Well You Would Need To Have A Addon/Project. Then Your World Would Have To Be Using The Beta-Api In Experimentals. Then If Your Javascript File You Would Just Need To Import This Class.

[somber plaza]

I tried to put the script and the manifest but when I enter it it doesn't work

[marsh solar]

Let Me Make A Quick Example

[upbeat forge]

@marsh solar i found an issue, if the camera enters into water block, the script crashes

[marsh solar]

Let Me Test This Theory

Which Camera Method Were You Using

[upbeat forge]

i would love to send a vid but my phone has low battery so it wont allow me to record

[upbeat forge]

the one you gave me above

[marsh solar]

I See. You Are Very Much So Correct Let Me Fix This. Thank You For Notifing Me Of This Bug

[upbeat forge]

np

oh and also if the camera enters a block it just moves into player and face downwards

not sure if i configured it wrong but yeah

[marsh solar]

Could I See What You Wrote Inside The Camera Method. Or Is It Exactly The Same

[upbeat forge]

its exactly the same, just with different scoreboard objective

[marsh solar]

Just To Make Sure Of This You Mean This One

[upbeat forge]

yep that one

i forgot to mention i put that in main js

instead of camera class js

[marsh solar]

That's Fine. That Shouldn't Affects Things As I'm Aware Of.

[upbeat forge]

phew

[marsh solar]

I Mean Its Suppose To Zoom In. But In The Video It Does Appear That The Logic Could Be Flawed. Or It Could Be Possibly The Camera Angle

[marsh solar]

Try This js system.runInterval(() => { for (const players of world.getAllPlayers()) { const Camstate = getScore(players, "camstate") if (Camstate === 1) { const PlayerLocation = { x: players.getHeadLocation().x + 1, y: players.getHeadLocation().y - 3, z: players.getHeadLocation().z + 1 } const Camerafunction = new Camera(players).BehindPlayerFocusOnLocation(PlayerLocation, 9, { CanBlockObstructView: false}) Camerafunction } } })

[upbeat forge]

can you tell me the difference?

[marsh solar]

I Removed The OffsetX And OffsetZ And Readjusted The PlayerLocation XYZ Values. Also I Change Range From 8 To 9

[upbeat forge]

oh wait that was range?

i didnt read the code enough

alr ty ill brb with results rq

[marsh solar]

Cool

[upbeat forge]

@marsh solar

it works now

but theres still an issue where the script freezes when the camera enters into water

maybe i could add passable blocks on the whitelist?

[upbeat forge]

oh yeah nevermind, isSolid property is for experimental only

[upbeat forge]

replacing the the property that checks air block id with TestBlock.isAir || TestBlock.isLiquid === true solved the script freezing

and also i found the bug reason

if the camera moves towards player until the minimum distance possible and return true for testblock, the script runs into loop and dies

[upbeat forge]

...hey wait, i can run this without beta api though

[marsh solar]

Yeah. It should work

I forgot to send the updated camera script

[upbeat forge]

its updated?

[marsh solar]

Yea. It change the script to allow air, water, and lava to function as normal

[upbeat forge]

oh yeah i actually modified it to do that

[upbeat forge]

this one

[marsh solar]

But everything is good now

[upbeat forge]

i suppose

[upbeat forge]

though theres still this

works the best if you make a vertical hole and place torches

[marsh solar]

Well if the camera can't find a location that's not the exactly to to close to the player. The Script will just make the camera go to the players location. Otherwise it'll adjust to a possible location

[upbeat forge]

for some reason it just freezes and watchdog kills it

[marsh solar]

Could you show me a video of it.

[upbeat forge]

hold on

@marsh solar

[marsh solar]

Yeah So. A Defiant Fix Would Be To Change The IsInsideBlock Check For The Block Using IsSolid Which Would Require Experimentals. However There's Another Way Of Doing This For Stable: ```js
function IsInsideBlock(CameraPosition) {

                const TestBlock = world.getDimension(Player.dimension.id).getBlock(CameraPosition);

                const BlockList = ["minecraft:air", "minecraft:water", "minecraft:lava"];

                if (BlockList.includes(TestBlock.typeId)) {
                    return false
                } else {
                    return true
                }
            }``` As You Seen Inside The BlockList Array You Can See The Minecraft Id's. You Can Simply Add The Minecraft Id That Should Allow The Camera Functioj To Fo Through The Block. So In Your Case With Torches Just Make It This ```js

const BlockList = ["minecraft:air", "minecraft:water", "minecraft:lava", "minecraft:torch"];```

[upbeat forge]

hmm where should i put this?

[upbeat forge]

actually i figured it out, ty

[thick mango]

Is the CameraAttachToEntity suppose to make the camera follow a moving entity?

[marsh solar]

Yea

[sturdy oasis]

Why is there so many undefined variables

[marsh solar]

Where Exactly

[sturdy oasis]

Copy the code and paste it in a typescript file. It will show you all the undefined variables

[marsh solar]

The Code Is Just Written In JavaScript And Not In TypeScript

So Their Could Be Differences I Don't Even Know

[sturdy oasis]

Nope there's no differences

Typescript is just more strict about typings and type errors

So with typescript you can see all those errors you left in the code easily

[marsh solar]

Thats Cool

[marsh solar]

Okay I Think I Fixed Them. For Some Reason My Debugger Wasn't Highlighting Them By Mistake. Thanks For Notifing Me About This

[sturdy oasis]

Np :)!

[upbeat forge]

nice

does this fix the crash issue by resetting the camera?

[upbeat forge]

oh wait its for beta

[marsh solar]

I'm Pretty Sure It Does. However If It Does Occur Again Just Let Me Know. Someone Was Suggesting Some Stuff. So I Was Able To Make Some New Additions. And Obliviously Some Of The Undefined Variables Were Removed Or Changed.

[upbeat forge]

hmmmm i should be careful with overwriting then...

ill take a closer look once i finish the stuff im doing rn

[marsh solar]

I Mainly Improved The CameraAttachToEntity And BehindPlayerFocusOnEntity Methods.

Also Added Some Instructions To CameraCinemaViewingInstructions Method

[short sable]

This is extremely cool, but I'm wondering: is there any way to make the camera movement follow an entity smoothly? Not sure if I am not putting on a correct argument.

[marsh solar]

Which Camera Method Are You Trying To Use That's Not Making A Smooth Transition

[marsh solar]

Because There's Some Stuff You Can Edited Like The EaseTime Which Could Help Make It Smoother. And Some Other Things In General

[short sable]

Yeah, I figured it out already. Thanks tho!