Seperate Camera / Same Gamepad - controller

[anonymous_user_d31bdce6]

Hey guys

I’ve run into a snag on a prototype I wanted to build using blueprint.

The idea is that I have a small, playable character and a seperate camera that rotates around a central point. Basically I want to be able to control the camera rotation around a central point, and a moveable player inside the level all from the same gamepad.

Using a top down perspective as a reference you get this.

Red Dot = Pivot Point for Camera

Red Circle = Camera rotation around central point

Blue = Player pawn that can move around the black area completely independent of the controllable camera

Black area = playable area

I tried building a seperate pawn blueprint with a swingarm and camera that I can place on the central point, but I have no idea how to get it to accept controller input.

So to clarify best I can. Camera on right stick, player on left stick. Camera is an independent entity that can rotate around a fixed point, while the character is able to move around the gameworld freely.

Thanks!

[anonymous_user_f2dd594d]

Have you watched Epic’s Third Person Blueprint Tutorials yet? They will teach you how to set up inputs from the mouse, keyboard & joypad, then how to set up a camera with a boom.

Once you’ve done that you can use the input values from the Right Analogue stick to rotate the boom and you can multiple the input values by a Max Speed Variable you create to give you analogue control of camera movement.

[anonymous_user_d31bdce6]

@Jimmy_Jazz;94470

Have you watched Epic’s Third Person Blueprint Tutorials yet? They will teach you how to set up inputs from the mouse, keyboard & joypad, then how to set up a camera with a boom.

Once you’ve done that you can use the input values from the Right Analogue stick to rotate the boom and you can multiple the input values by a Max Speed Variable you create to give you analogue control of camera movement.

I did, and I am able to make the camera rotate around the actor just fine. The problem is, I want the camera rotation to be around a completely fixed point that does not change, all while having the player be able to move all over the level and both accept inputs from the same controller.

[anonymous_user_d31bdce6]

AHA. I figured it out. I created a blueprint copy of my main character and called it AI. Stripped it’s event graph.

The way I was able to do it was adding this to the level blueprint. I am going to work on it a bit more so I don’t have to copy this to each level.

Event Begin Play - Enable Input - Get Player Controller / Player Index 0

InputAxis - MoveForwardBack(my input axis I setup in the inputs tab) –> Add Movement Input - Target the duplicate character blueprint and control world direction. It works great. Now my character movement in the level is completely separate from a controllable camera.

[Dig_Squid]

Another option is to add a camera actor to the level, and then set that as the view target at begin play. We are going to add a ‘auto use this camera’ flag to camera actor to make this easier.

[anonymous_user_d31bdce6]

@JamesG;94882

Another option is to add a camera actor to the level, and then set that as the view target at begin play. We are going to add a ‘auto use this camera’ flag to camera actor to make this easier.

I tried this for a bit before coming up with my solution. I was able to get it to switch to this camera… but there was no way for me to get the camera to accept input and become mobile like I wanted it to do… I am a complete newbie so I might have been missing a step.