Free camera - local multiplayer

Development Programming & Scripting
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Dear community, hello !

I’m trying to make a car game with 4 local players and a free camera wich move independently from my pawns.
I’m using only C++ for the moment, not Blueprint. I’m able to get the 4 players move with 4 gamepads at the moment, with no split screen (i’ve subclassed the AGameViewportClient UpdateActiveSplitScreenType method).

Related to this thread:

you need to make a player controller class, and in the constructor of player controller class you can write:

 AYourGamePlayerController::AYourGamePlayerController(const class ...& PCIP) : Super(PCIP)
    {
    PlayerCameraClass = AYourCamera::StaticClass();
    }

And after reading the APlayerController class in the API documentation, i didnt see any references to the PlayerCameraClass property, to make my PlayerController class use my custom Camera Class.

I’ve made a custom CameraManager and apply it to the PlayerController class, but wasn’t able to do something with the camera, even subclassing the DoUpdateCamera(float DeltaTime) method.
I see in the example (link above) that i can make the character class (as seen in the Third Person Tutorial) to use a custom camera with FollowCamera and CameraBoom but cannot make it work on my custom APawn subclass.

Questions:

  1. How can i use a custom camera on my custom APawn?
  2. May i use a Character class, even if i want to simulate a car, not a character?

Any advice, tips or example would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks to the Epic Games crew and the community.

PS: Please be indulgent with my bad english language, wich is not as fluent as yours

2

I’d suggest taking a look at how the strategy game example handles the camera, especially if you intend the camera to look at all four pawns at once and update its position as required.

3

Thanks for the answer Kris. I’ve take a look at the StrategyGame example, and didnt see any piece of code on the Content or Source folder of this project. The only thing I find on the documentation is to Subclass the function CalcCamera. I’ll give it a try, and inform you when i find a solution.
Thank you !