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3rd person view

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 23:23
by BlockMen
Hello everyone,
here my first try to add a 3rd person view to Minetest.

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87H-TQY-Xzs
Image

Its based on PilzAdams changes to see the own player when looking down, see this post.

Update: viewtopic.php?id=9041

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 23:40
by kaeza
Awesome!

If you accept a little constructive criticism (I know this is WIP), I think it would be better if the pivot for pitch is the player as with the yaw. (Sorry if I'm unclear; I'm not very much into 3D jargon).

Anyway, I hope this can be merged some day!

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 00:40
by Linxx
*0* *foams*

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 01:06
by Inocudom
Just make sure that it is better than what is in Minecraft. Also, make sure that in first person the player can see his/her own player model's body when looking down. That gives the impression that he/she is more than just a floating camera.

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 08:09
by rubenwardy
You can not see the cross hair, so you need to move the player to the left, relative to the camera. Like in GTA.

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:00
by jojoa1997
I like this but I think that when you should look down your view should have the middle or focus on the head. Though great job maybe with refinement it could be added to minetest.

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:28
by hoodedice
I would like it to have a little '3rd person shooter' aspect to it, but great job anyway !

Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 18:20
by Melkor
this is great, i hope this manage to get into the main engine.!

I can imagine the possibilities.

Maybe add support for LUA for the control of camera position:

1st person mode (with o without body)
like here: viewtopic.php?pid=80871#p80871

or:

3rd Person Mode (over the shoulder, over the head, etc)

OR

Detached Camera (the player controls camera, but not the character in game)

Static Camera (the player controls the character, but camera stay in a fixed place)

(this last two are good if you want to make a movie o something like)

thanks PilzAdams and BlockMen.

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 18:44
by Rhys
Don't know what to do with out you, BlockMen. +2!

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 18:47
by Rhys
And, if this was implemented in the game, it should have a tick box like for Creative.

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 20:29
by Evergreen
Rhys wrote:And, if this was implemented in the game, it should have a tick box like for Creative.
No, it should have some hotkey. Possibly f6, or something like that.

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 23:01
by jojoa1997
Could you post the patch and how to enable third person?

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 15:14
by Mcc457
This is amazing! Next step would be to move the view around or add a skin function.

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 15:17
by hoodedice
Mcc457 wrote:This is amazing! Next step would be to move the view around or add a skin function.
skinning is already implemented.

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 20:37
by Mcc457
hoodedice wrote:
Mcc457 wrote:This is amazing! Next step would be to move the view around or add a skin function.
skinning is already implemented.
Do you mean skinning you own player for just you to see or could people on a server all have different skins?

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 07:21
by zyy571137
It looks great! where we can get the code, or the runnable binary version? I want this!

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 15:07
by BlockMen
I will post the patch if its worth to be posted ;)

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 16:17
by Inocudom
BlockMen wrote:I will post the patch if its worth to be posted ;)
You don't plan to add this to the base game?

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 17:06
by rubenwardy
He is showing you. :P

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 17:26
by jojoa1997
rubenwardy wrote:He is showing you. :P
I meant the code. The only reason I would think if he doesn't show the code is if he is still working on it.

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 08:11
by zyy571137
The video looks great, It looks good enough , post it please, I want to enjoy this cool :)
BlockMen wrote:I will post the patch if its worth to be posted ;)

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 18:31
by viv100
can you get me the link to download

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 22:56
by Johnyknowhow
oh gosh BlockMen,
that is cool,
THAT IS COOL,
THAT IS COOL!
PLZPLZPLZ POST A DOWNLOAD! PLZPLZPLZ

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 02:29
by stormchaser3000
please all it needs is some modification to add a hot key for interchangeability

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 05:45
by Johnyknowhow
All it needs is front and back view,
And z to turn your head,
Or..... Maybe not,
But you could use f5 like in minecraft for front and back,
The order could be: 1st person, 3rd person back, 3rd person front,
but i still want a non-finished version, with just a keybind that you cant set,