GetCameraPosition

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This function returns the position the player's camera would have if the camera mode is fixed (see setCameraMode).

Syntax

float float float getCameraPosition ( player thePlayer )

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: The player whose camera position you wish to obtain.

Returns

Returns three floats containing the x, y and z co-ordinate values if the function was successful, false otherwise.

Example

This example does...

addCommandHandler( "check", "checkCamera" )
function checkCamera( source )
      if ( getCameraMode( source ) == "fixed" ) then
            local camx, camy, camz = getCameraPosition( source )
            outputConsole( camx .. " " .. camy .. " " .. camz, source )
      else
            outputConsole( "The camera is not fixed", source )
      end

See Also

• fadeCamera
• getCameraInterior
• getCameraMatrix
• getCameraTarget
• setCameraInterior
• setCameraMatrix
• setCameraTarget