I’ve tried to look in other topics, but I have connected a camera to a moving sprite and the orthographic projection isn’t working, every time I build the project just black comes up. This is the code for the sprite :
function init(self)
msg.post("camera#Camera", "acquire_camera_focus")
msg.post(".", "acquire_input_focus")
msg.post("#", "menu")
self.play = 0
-- 0 = none; 1 = play; 2 = win; 3 = lose; 4 = game
self.timer = 0
self.game = 0
end
function update(self, dt)
if (self.play == 1) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(560, 970, 0))
local timer = self.timer
self.timer = timer + 1
if (self.timer == 600) then
msg.post("enemy#enemy", "play")
self.timer = 0
self.play = 4
msg.post("enemy#enemy", "play")
msg.post("player#player", "play")
end
end
if (self.play == 2) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(560, 970, 0))
local timer = self.timer
self.timer = timer + 1
if (self.timer == 600) then
self.timer = 0
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(560, 970, 0))
end
end
if (self.play == 3) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(560, 970, 0))
local timer = self.timer
self.timer = timer + 1
if (self.timer == 600) then
self.timer = 0
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(560, 970, 0))
end
end
if (self.play == 4) then
go.set_position(go.get_position("player"))
if (pos.x > 34) then
pos.x = 40
end
if (pos.x < 34) then
pos.x = 40
end
if (pos.y > 34) then
pos.y = 40
end
if (pos.y < 34) then
pos.y = 40
end
end
end
function on_message(self, message_id, message, sender)
if (message.id == hash("play")) then
self.play = 1
end
if (message.id == hash("dates")) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(560, 970, 0))
end
if (message.id == hash("win")) then
self.play = 2
end
if (message.id == hash("lose")) then
self.play = 3
end
if (message.id == hash("menu")) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(560, 970, 0))
end
end
A lot of the placements are just copy and paste, and will eventually change.
Where is this script attached? And where is the camera positioned? And the player?
When the camera gets focus it will send it’s view projection to the render script which will render the specified area. Is your game objects positioned where the camera is placed?
The script is attached to a game object that has the script, the object for the camera only, and the sprite I want the camera to follow. I haven’t made a render script and am still confused toward cameras, after reading the manuals on the subject multiple times.
In order to figure out what’s wrong we need to be able to recreate your setup and that is currently not possible. We need to know what the game objects’ positions are, how they are childed to each other (if so) and their ids, since the script references those.
Your camera is at Z position 10. The default render script renders from -1 to 1 (relative to the camera projection) so anything that is positioned outside the 9-11 range will not be rendered at all.
Now the camera, no matter where the game object is will show the same spot.
Here’s the new script :
function init(self)
msg.post(".", "acquire_camera_focus")
msg.post(".", "acquire_import_focus")
msg.post(".", "menu")
self.play = 0
-- 0 = none; 1 = rules; 2 = win; 3 = lose; 4 = game; 5 = credits; 6 = menu
-- 7 = dates
self.timer = 0
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(-684, -260, 0))
end
function update(self, dt)
if (self.play == 1) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(1244, -200, 0))
local timer = self.timer
self.timer = timer + 1
if (self.timer == 600) then
self.timer = 0
self.play = 4
msg.post("enemy#enemy", "play")
msg.post("player#player", "play")
end
end
if (self.play == 2) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(684, 260, 0))
local timer = self.timer
self.timer = timer + 1
if (self.timer == 600) then
self.timer = 0
self.play = 5
end
end
if (self.play == 3) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(684, -260, 0))
local timer = self.timer
self.timer = timer + 1
if (self.timer == 600) then
self.timer = 0
self.play = 5
end
end
if (self.play == 4) then
local vec = go.set_position(go.get_position("player"))
local x = vec.x
local y = vec.y
local z = vec.z
if (vec.x > 119) then
x = 120
end
if (vec.x < -119) then
x = -120
end
if (vec.y > 259) then
y = 260
end
if (vec.y < -259) then
y = -260
end
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(x, y, z))
end
if (self.play == 5) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(1244, 200, 0))
local timer = self.timer
self.timer = timer + 1
if (self.timer == 600) then
self.timer = 0
self.play = 6
end
end
if (self.play == 6) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(-684, -260, 0))
end
if (self.play == 7) then
go.set_position(vmath.vector3(-684, 260, 0))
end
end
function on_message(self, message_id, message, sender)
if (message.id == hash("play")) then
self.play = 1
end
if (message.id == hash("dates")) then
self.play = 7
end
if (message.id == hash("win")) then
self.play = 2
end
if (message.id == hash("lose")) then
self.play = 3
end
if (message.id == hash("menu")) then
self.play = 6
end
end
I added the msg.post, and moved the script to the camera , vice versa, stuck everything in on folder, and then in other and yet the same problem keeps happening. Can I get some help? Should the sprite, according to the example, be in the GOCamera object?
The “acquire_camera_focus” message should be sent to the camera component. Once this message is sent the camera will automatically and each frame send it’s update view projection to the render script and essentially follow the game object it is attached to.
The problem you are having is that you are not sending the “acquire_camera_focus” message to the camera component and that is why it is stuck in the same place.
Please make sure that the camera component is on the same game object as the script that does this:
msg.post(".", "acquire_camera_focus")
The line of code above will send the “acquire_camera_focus” message to all components on the same game object as the script. If your camera component has id “camera” then you could also send the message explicitly to the camera component instead of sending it to all components on the game object:
msg.post("#camera", "acquire_camera_focus")
If the script and the camera component are NOT on the same game object then you need to send the acquire_camera_focus message to the game object with the camera component. If the script is on one game object named “B” and the camera component is on another game object named “A” then you need to send a message like this:
