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This function gets the position of the camera and the position of the point it is facing.
This function gets the position of the camera and the position of the point it is facing.


Note: The server-side version of this function returns the last camera matrix that was set by the server, and thus does not necessarily indicate the current matrix of the camera (since it may have been changed client-side).


==Procedural==
{{Important Note|Server-side this functions returns false or the latest value set via [[setCameraMatrix]] (called from server or client).}}
 
==Syntax==
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
float float float float float float float float getCameraMatrix (player thePlayer)
float float float float float float float float getCameraMatrix ( player thePlayer )
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</syntaxhighlight>
{{OOP||[[player]]:getCameraMatrix|cameraMatrix|setCameraMatrix}}


===Required Arguments===
===Required Arguments===
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float float float float float float float float getCameraMatrix ()
float float float float float float float float getCameraMatrix ()
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{{OOP||[[Camera]].getMatrix|matrix|setCameraMatrix}}
</section>
</section>


===Returns===
This function returns 8 [[float|floats]] if the argument is valid (when applicable); the first three indicate the position of the camera, the next three indicate the position of the point it's facing, and the last two are the roll and field of view. Returns ''false'' if the argument is invalid.
This function returns 8 [[float|floats]] if the argument is valid (when applicable); the first three indicate the position of the camera, the next three indicate the position of the point it's facing, and the last two are the roll and field of view. Returns ''false'' if the argument is invalid.


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==Object-oriented==
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
The server-side object-oriented alternative is not implemented yet.
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<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
Matrix Camera.getMatrix ()
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</section>
This function returns a matrix with the position of the camera (first three elements), the position of the point it's facing (next three elements) and the roll and field of view (last two elements) if the function is successful. Returns an empty matrix otherwise.
===Example===
This page lacks an example.


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{Camera functions}}
{{Camera functions}}
[[hu:getCameraMatrix]]

Revision as of 14:19, 16 February 2019

This function gets the position of the camera and the position of the point it is facing.


[[{{{image}}}|link=|]] Important Note: Server-side this functions returns false or the latest value set via setCameraMatrix (called from server or client).

Syntax

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Server
float float float float float float float float getCameraMatrix ( player thePlayer )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: player:getCameraMatrix(...)
Variable: .cameraMatrix
Counterpart: setCameraMatrix


Required Arguments

  • thePlayer: The player whose camera matrix is to be returned.
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Client
float float float float float float float float getCameraMatrix ()

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: Camera.getMatrix(...)
Variable: .matrix
Counterpart: setCameraMatrix


Returns

This function returns 8 floats if the argument is valid (when applicable); the first three indicate the position of the camera, the next three indicate the position of the point it's facing, and the last two are the roll and field of view. Returns false if the argument is invalid.

Example

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Client
local x, y, z, lx, ly, lz = getCameraMatrix ()
x, lx = x + 1, lx + 1

setCameraMatrix (x, y, z, lx, ly, lz)

See Also