Camera control help

[KoolGamer32]

I was wondering how the whole camera control thing works. I can't find really any sources I can understand clearly and was wondering if anyone had a kind of basic guide on how that all works. For example for my one level I want to zoom in to a point and zoom out a few seconds later.

[Marioman2007]

viewtopic.php?f=102&t=27177

[KoolGamer32]

thanks for the help on that area but I am still a bit confused. I also need help with how to even load it if i need a script or what. I would also like to know how to trigger camera control at specific points in the level similar to an event triggered by a trigger

[Hoeloe]

thanks for the help on that area but I am still a bit confused. I also need help with how to even load it if i need a script or what. I would also like to know how to trigger camera control at specific points in the level similar to an event triggered by a trigger

You need to load handycam with the line:

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local handycam = require("handycam")

From there, you can then use the onEvent function to use SMBX events to trigger zooming in and out:

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function onEvent(name)
   if name == "Zoom In" then
       handycam[1].zoom = 2
   elseif name == "Zoom Out" then
       handycam[1].zoom = 1
   end
end

If you want to get really fancy, you can, instead of just setting the zoom level, use the queue function, like so:

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handycam[1]:queue{ zoom = 2, time = 1 }

To allow for some transitioning. Note the use of a colon instead of a dot, and the use of curly braces instead of brackets.

[KoolGamer32]

thanks that completely solves that issue but I am still unsure of how to place the camera in a specific spot. I have tried adding x and xoffset to this line of code handycam[1]:queue{ xOffset = 10, zoom = 2, time = 4 } nothing. I have tried adding it as a separate line entirely handycam[1].xOffset = 10. But the camera doesnt move and just zooms in to the center. I thought maybe camera target would probably get the result i want but im not sure how to code that. tldr: I want the camera to transition to a specific spot that isnt the center as well as zooming in. (which i know how to zoom in already thanks to the previous reply)

[Hoeloe]

Hrm, xOffset should work just by adding it to the queue like you did... You can also assign any object with an x and y coordinate as the "target" in a queue call. Not really sure what's wrong there... (though 10 is quite small - it's less than a third of a block's width, so maybe that's the issue?)