Creating a ThirdPerson View

[jaooe]

I've got my view offset, but the point that the player is looking at isn't the point the view is looking at.

i.e.
[img]http://puu.sh/3eEqs/adde6d0d1d.jpg[/img]

As you can see, the view angle and the player eye angles although the same are looking at different points, as they're parallel. How can I get the angle of the view to face the point the players eyes are looking at?

Would anyone mind explaining the math?

Cheers :)

[Paintry]

Should be as simple as setting some view angles, no?

Just throwing the idea out there, I don't have experience with this.

[Minteh Fresh]

[lua]
function GM:CalcView(ply, pos, angles, fov)
local view = {}
view.origin = pos - (angles + Angle(0, 20, 0)):Forward() * 80
view.angles = angles
view.fov = 80

return view
end
[/lua]

[jaooe]

Doesn't the actual point the player is looking at change with range though? Won't I have to account for that?

[editline]13th June 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=Minteh Fresh;41018501][lua]
function GM:CalcView(ply, pos, angles, fov)
local view = {}
view.origin = pos - (angles + Angle(0, 20, 0)):Forward() * 80
view.angles = angles
view.fov = 80

return view
end
[/lua][/QUOTE]

Similar to what I have at the moment

function GM:CalcView(ply, pos, angles, fov)
	if thirdperson then
		local view = {}
		view.origin = pos - (angles:Forward()*100)+(angles:Right()*20)
		view.angles = angles
		view.fov = fov
		return view
	else
		return
	end
end

But still, the point the player is looking at changes with range, so wouldn't your code not account for that.