moving camera

[andreee]

Hello, a quick newbie question:

I have an overhead RTS-like camera, want to move it, so i move the camera itself and the cameras target by the same amount,
but still it kind of, well, i think the camera's target doesn't change..

What am i missing?

[CuteAlien]

Uhm, well - it should obviously work. But no idea what you are missing as I can't see what you are doing - please wait a little while I hack into your system so I can see your sources ;-)

[andreee]

Well its basically this (its java, but i think what the hell)

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switch (key) {
                                case KEY_DOWN:
                                       
                                        target = camera.getTarget();
                                        target.setX(target.getX() + amount);
                                        camera.setTarget(target);
                                                                               
                                        target = camera.getPosition();
                                        target.setX(target.getX() + amount);
                                        camera.setPosition(target);
                                       
                                        break;
                                ..........
 

[CuteAlien]

Hm, well - I still don't know how your RTS-cam looks like. You should always do an updateAbsolutePosition between setting the position and the target (it's important for some camera-types).