hey im trying to get my model panel to display the model and face the face of the model. but the vectors are so confusing i just cant get it in the right pos. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/F7sjV5Q.png[/IMG] [CODE]local icon1 = vgui.Create( "DModelPanel", bg1 )
icon1:SetPos( 10, 10 )
icon1:SetModel( npcmodel )
icon1:SetSize( 150, 100 )
icon1:SetCamPos( Vector( -20, 0, 100 ) )
icon1:SetFOV(30)
icon1:SetLookAt( Vector( 0, 0, 0 ) )
function icon1:LayoutEntity( Entity ) return end[/CODE] can any one help me position it to make the cam face the model
You're setting the Z pos of the camera way up high, and setting the camera to look at the feet / origin ( all players positions start at the feet ) without moving the camera back..
Do something like this:
[code]local INCH = 4 / 3;
local FOOT = INCH * 12;
local _ent = icon1.Entity;
local _mins, _mids, _maxs = _ent:OBBMins( ), _ent:OBBMids( ), _ent:OBBMaxs( ); -- We're only using maxs, but to get the difference you'd need mins and maxs.
// Set the camera at the top of the model and a suitable direction backwards by height / 12 feet in units away.. so a 72 unit will yield 4.5 feet away from the object
icon1:SetCamPos( _maxs + _ent:GetAngles( ):Forward( ) * ( FOOT * ( _maxs.z / 12 ) ) );
// Make the camera look at the center of the object
icon1:SetLookAt( _mids );[/code]
[QUOTE=Acecool;46633459]You're setting the Z pos of the camera way up high, and setting the camera to look at the feet / origin ( all players positions start at the feet ) without moving the camera back..
Do something like this:
[code]local INCH = 4 / 3;
local FOOT = INCH * 12;
local _ent = icon1.Entity;
local _mins, _mids, _maxs = _ent:OBBMins( ), _ent:OBBMids( ), _ent:OBBMaxs( ); -- We're only using maxs, but to get the difference you'd need mins and maxs.
// Set the camera at the top of the model and a suitable direction backwards by height / 12 feet in units away.. so a 72 unit will yield 4.5 feet away from the object
icon1:SetCamPos( _maxs + _ent:GetAngles( ):Forward( ) * ( FOOT * ( _maxs.z / 12 ) ) );
// Make the camera look at the center of the object
icon1:SetLookAt( _mids );[/code][/QUOTE]
i get a error for obbmids attempt to call obbmids <nill value>. i want the camera to be a close up profile view of the face and sholders. this is not easy to just add by 5's and move the camera around. 1 second its almost perfict so i add just 5 to x and the camera spins around???
Sorry, it's OBBCenter instead of OBBMids...
For it to look at the face, use the OBBMaxs instead of OBBCenter or GetAttachment / Bone for head for SetLookAt...
[QUOTE=Acecool;46633796]Sorry, it's OBBCenter instead of OBBMids...
For it to look at the face, use the OBBMaxs instead of OBBCenter or GetAttachment / Bone for head for SetLookAt...[/QUOTE]
now the panel is blank i tryed all of them its only (150, 100) panel size. would that matter?
The size shouldn't matter but I'm not sure the contents do; you may need to zoom in/out depending how large it is.
Forward may be relative with the entity in a dmodelpanel... Try multiplying that value by -1 to move it in the opposite direction.
[code]local INCH = 4 / 3;
local FOOT = INCH * 12;
local _ent = icon1.Entity;
local _mins, _mids, _maxs = _ent:OBBMins( ), _ent:OBBCenter( ), _ent:OBBMaxs( ); -- We're only using maxs, but to get the difference you'd need mins and maxs.
// Set the camera at the top of the model and a suitable direction backwards by height / 12 feet in units away.. so a 72 unit will yield 4.5 feet away from the object
icon1:SetCamPos( _maxs + _ent:GetAngles( ):Forward( ) * -1 * ( FOOT * ( _maxs.z / 12 ) ) );
// Make the camera look at the center of the object
icon1:SetLookAt( _mids );
[/code]
