VUE Camera transforms - Revision history

Jerethk at 11:39, 2 September 2025

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	The camera in DF is normally called the "EYE object". The EYE (camera) is assigned to an object at level startup and is normally assigned to the PLAYER object, but this is not mandatory, and there are a few mods which exploit the possibility of separate PLAYER and EYE objects.		The camera in DF is normally called the "EYE object". The EYE (camera) is assigned to an object at level startup and is normally assigned to the PLAYER object, but this is not mandatory, and there are a few mods which exploit the possibility of separate PLAYER and EYE objects.

	Vanilla Dark Forces does not support moving the EYE (camera) from one object to another object after level load.		Vanilla Dark Forces does not support moving the EYE (camera) from one object to another object after level load, but [[Camera feature\|this can be done in The Force Engine]].

	=== How to use ===		=== How to use ===

Jerethk: /* O file */

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O file

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	<pre>		<pre>
	~~SEQ~~
	~~EYE: TRUE~~
	LOGIC: KEY		LOGIC: KEY
	VUE: filename.VUE camera		VUE: filename.VUE camera
	~~SEQEND~~

	</pre>		</pre>

Jerethk: /* How to use */

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How to use

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	'''Note:''' Vanilla DF did not calculate the camera's pitch, therefore pitch will always be set at 0. In The Force Engine, the code has been amended to calculate the pitch.		'''Note:''' Vanilla DF did not calculate the camera's pitch, therefore pitch will always be set at 0. In The Force Engine, the code has been amended to calculate the pitch.

			=== O file ===
			The camera object needs to be given the following code in the level's O file.

			<pre>
			SEQ
			EYE: TRUE
			LOGIC: KEY
			VUE: filename.VUE camera
			SEQEND

			</pre>

Jerethk at 13:25, 22 November 2024

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	Vanilla Dark Forces does not support moving the EYE (camera) from one object to another object after level load.		Vanilla Dark Forces does not support moving the EYE (camera) from one object to another object after level load.

			=== How to use ===
			In a VUE file, each keyframe for the camera has the following syntax:

			<code>camera [x-pos] [z-pos] [y-pos] [x-target] [z-target] [y-target] [roll] [lens]</code>

			* <code>x-pos z-pos y-pos</code> are the location (absolute) of the camera in the map
			* <code>x-target z-target y-target</code> are the coordinates where the camera is pointing at. The camera's yaw and pitch orientation are calculated from the vector between the camera's location and its target.
			* <code>roll</code> is the camera's roll (note: rolling of the camera is not supported by DF's renderer; no matter what number is set here, the scene will always be rendered with a roll of 0)
			* <code>lens</code> is presumably meant to be a zoom factor, which is not used by the DF engine.

			Examples of camera instructions can be seen in the VUE files used for the original Gromas and Detention levels.

			'''Note:''' Vanilla DF did not calculate the camera's pitch, therefore pitch will always be set at 0. In The Force Engine, the code has been amended to calculate the pitch.

Jerethk: Created page with "Dark Forces has built-in support for transforming a camera's location and orientation with '''VUE files'''. This functionality was "discovered" when the source code was reverse engineered. The camera in DF is normally called the "EYE object". The EYE (camera) is assigned to an object at level startup and is normally assigned to the PLAYER object, but this is not mandatory, and there are a few mods which exploit the possibility of separate PLAYER and EYE objects. Vanill..."

2024-11-22T13:10:34Z

Created page with "Dark Forces has built-in support for transforming a camera's location and orientation with '''VUE files'''. This functionality was "discovered" when the source code was reverse engineered. The camera in DF is normally called the "EYE object". The EYE (camera) is assigned to an object at level startup and is normally assigned to the PLAYER object, but this is not mandatory, and there are a few mods which exploit the possibility of separate PLAYER and EYE objects. Vanill..."

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Dark Forces has built-in support for transforming a camera's location and orientation with '''VUE files'''. This functionality was "discovered" when the source code was reverse engineered.

The camera in DF is normally called the "EYE object". The EYE (camera) is assigned to an object at level startup and is normally assigned to the PLAYER object, but this is not mandatory, and there are a few mods which exploit the possibility of separate PLAYER and EYE objects.

Vanilla Dark Forces does not support moving the EYE (camera) from one object to another object after level load.