How to make a 3rd Person view in fretta + other quick ?'s

Garry's Mod coding
#1

I’m learning lua and I would like to know how to make a persons view 3rd person. I don’t mind if it is locked in place or not but it would be helpful if anyone could tell me how. Also i have a problem when trying to make people change teams when they die i am using an ondeath function with this line of code:


GAMEMODE:PlayerJoinTeam( pl, "TEAM_ZOMBIES" )

but all it does is switch you to connecting/joining team. And my last ? is how do you make it to where when a player chooses a class they can’t change it again.

#2

For thirdperson, this is a really simple way of doing it.

[lua]function GM:CalcView(ply, origin, angles, fov)

if (!ply:Alive()) then
	return;
end

local viewdistance = 126;

local vec = ply:GetAimVector();
local org = (vec * -viewdistance);

local tr = util.QuickTrace(origin, org, ply);

org = ((tr.Hit && (tr.HitPos + (vec * 8))) || tr.HitPos);

local view = {};
view.origin = org;
view.angles = angles;

return view;

end[/lua]

#3

Ok i kind of get it but i can’t see the player model any help there?

#4

[lua]function CLASS:ShouldDrawLocalPlayer(ply)
return true;
end[/lua]

That is, if you’re using the class system. I’m sure there are ways to do it otherwise, but I’m not sure I know any.

#5

ok also it seems when i move around a bit the camera is offset to the left or right any way to fix this?
EDIT: Nvm i fixed it thanks so much for the help = )
EDIT:Is there a way for it to be toggled by pressing a key like n or something?

#6

Just set up a variable on the player, and have a function or console command toggle it.

[lua]function CLASS:ShouldDrawLocalPlayer(ply)
return (ply.ThirdPersonB || false);
end

function GM:CalcView(ply, origin, angles, fov)

if (!ply:Alive() || !ply.ThirdPersonB) then
	return;
end

local viewdistance = 126;

local vec = ply:GetAimVector();
local org = (vec * -viewdistance);

local tr = util.QuickTrace(origin, org, ply);

org = ((tr.Hit && (tr.HitPos + (vec * 8))) || tr.HitPos);

local view = {};
view.origin = org;
view.angles = angles;

return view;

end

local function ToggleTP(ply, cmd, args)
ply.ThirdPersonB = (!ply.ThirdPersonB || true);
end
concommand.Add(“ToggleTP”, ToggleTP);[/lua]

Something to that effect.

#7

would i put that in cl_init or the class file?