Camera Control Plugin by Tyruswoo

Tyruswoo · 2015-11-24T03:42:39+0900

Camera Control Plugin by Tyruswoo For RPG Maker MV Description: Camera Control provides the ability to center the camera on locations other than the player, such as events or map coordinates. It controls the outside-of-battle camera, and is great for cutscenes and other times when the player is moving on the map. This can be used in combination with the "Scroll Map..." event command to accomplish very cool camera control. Some recommended usage techniques include: For your cutscene, create an event (perhaps an event titled "Camera"), and use the CamFollow plugin command to center on that event. Then, simply use the "SetMoveRoute" command to have the event move wherever you want, and the camera will follow that event! The advantage of this over the "Scroll Map" command is that it allows the player's position to change without upsetting the camera's center point, and it also allows easier control of the camera and easier identification of the camera's current position. Another technique for a cutscene: Use the CamFollow plugin command to center the camera on the map itself. Then, you can use the "Scroll Map" commands to move the camera, without the player's movement affecting the camera! This is another great way to have cutscenes in which the camera can be moving independently of the player, while the player can also move as they wish. Use the CamSet plugin command to create "lookout points" where the player can look into a device in order to see a far-away location on the map. At any time, you can use the "CamFollow player" plugin command to return camera functioning to normal, following the player's position. Please let me know if you have any suggestions to improve the plugin! Your Adventuring Companion, Tyruswoo Plugin Help: The plugin's help content describes how to use the plugin commands, and is as follows: Spoiler Camera Control by Tyruswoo Last Update: 19 Nov. 2015 =========================================================================== Terms of Use: This plugin is free to use in both commercial and non-commercial games. However, in your credits, include "Tyruswoo", and please also send me a free copy of your game! ~Tyruswoo =========================================================================== Follow me for more RPG Maker MV content and tutorials! Tyruswoo RPG Maker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEJBC5FIHEe2a81yk6KEA1g =========================================================================== This Camera Control plugin allows greater control of the camera. Plugin Commands: CamSet CamFollow A Few Notes: - CamSet simply places the camera at a certain position, but the camera will still be attempting to follow its current target (usually the player, by default). - CamFollow allows changing the camera's target. This can be used to make the camera follow a certain event's perspective. Or, the camera can be set to follow the map (i.e. a fixed perspective). - These plugin commands can be used in combination with the "Scroll Map..." event command, found on Event Commands tab 2, under the Movement section. ============================================================================ Plugin Command Usage: (Replace x and y with coordinates, and replace ID with an event's ID number.) CamSet x y Sets the camera's position to x and y, where x and y are integers. CamSet player Sets the camera's position to the player's current position. CamSet event ID Sets the camera's position to the current location of the event of the given ID. CamFollow x y Makes the camera follow (lock on) the given coordinates. - This sets the camera to "follow" the map; i.e., to not move unless the "Scroll Map..." event command is used. - This is useful is conjunction with the event command "Scroll Map..." (found on Event Commands tab 2, under the Movement section). This allows for cutscenes where the camera is set to follow a certain path, but the player can still move as they please. - Note that the "Scroll Map..." event command can be used in two directions at once, allowing for diagonal panning of the camera. CamFollow map Makes the camera follow (lock on) the map, at the camera's current position, without defining coordinates. CamFollow player Makes the camera follow the player. This is the same as the default behavior of the RPG Maker MV camera. CamFollow event ID Makes the camera follow the position of the given event. This can be useful in making cutscenes that follow a certain event. If the event is invisible, then it can look like the camera is simply panning across a scene. - This can also be used to allow for cutscenes where the camera is set to follow a certain path, while the player can move as they please. - Can also be used in combination with the "Scroll Map..." event command, allowing for diagonal panning of the camera.

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SEIFERA

#41 Feb 12, 2018, 05:34 AM Source

Wow! I did't expect that you would reply me!
Now I understand, CamSet or CamFollow is not sufficient enough to slowdown the cam.
Thank you for your prompt reply!
Speaking of the bug, which I do not consider a real one, when I turned both your plugin and YEP_FloorDamage, the game breaksdown and
the Error Message Window keeps poping up, showing YEP_FloorDamage cannot be loaded. However, once turned one of them, the game
recovered.
Thank you again for your answer! I am quite new to RMMV, so please excuse my dumb questions.:kaoblush:
PinkPrincessGames

#42 Jun 25, 2018, 01:45 PM Source

Hi! I was wondering if there's a way to enable smooth scrolling to your target? It just immediately snaps the camera to that target and it's quite irritating.
KitteyWolf

#43 Jul 8, 2018, 05:47 AM Source

SOOOO, i'm having a problem where the camera is just pitch black, and fading-in doesnt help. i dont understand?

and I've seem to run into an issue. With this plugin installed and running, my player character can't move. It seems to be a problem between this plugin and mjshi's Turn In Place. Do you have any idea why that'd be?

Edit:
This seems to be on mjshi's end, i've taken the problem over to them. though i feel like its still relevant for anyone who might also have the issue.
Tyruswoo

#44 Jul 30, 2018, 11:15 AM Source

raymi100 said:
Hi! I was wondering if there's a way to enable smooth scrolling to your target? It just immediately snaps the camera to that target and it's quite irritating.
I don't have a quick fix for smooth scrolling to the target. However, you could make the camera follow an invisible event, and have the event move (at any desired speed) toward the player or target event. Once the camera event is at the target player/event, then you can have the camera switch to the target.
Tyruswoo

#45 Jul 30, 2018, 11:19 AM Source

KitteyWolf said:
SOOOO, i'm having a problem where the camera is just pitch black, and fading-in doesnt help. i dont understand?

and I've seem to run into an issue. With this plugin installed and running, my player character can't move. It seems to be a problem between this plugin and mjshi's Turn In Place. Do you have any idea why that'd be?

Edit:
This seems to be on mjshi's end, i've taken the problem over to them. though i feel like its still relevant for anyone who might also have the issue.
Thanks for your Edit, to let me know how this issue is going. This plugin affects the camera, so it isn't immediately clear how a Turn In Place plugin would conflict.
KitteyWolf

#46 Jul 30, 2018, 03:42 PM Source

@Tyruswoo
I'm not sure actually, but it seems like if you mess around with the placement of the two plugins you can get it to work! Turn in Place needs to be placed under for some reason.

[full disclosure I actually am using a different camera and turn in place plugins- changed them over because i had plugins by someone else already, and it was easier to use their stuff then try to figure out what was going on between this one and TiP]
pasunna

#47 Feb 22, 2019, 03:19 PM Source

hi
can I ask some Idea
to use this plugin for kee camera stop moving in y axis at some point
my map is like some side scrolling game
and I want camera to stop before player reach the zone that show the black screen
thank you
Tyruswoo

#48 Feb 25, 2019, 04:00 PM Source
pasunna said:
hi
can I ask some Idea
to use this plugin for kee camera stop moving in y axis at some point
my map is like some side scrolling game
and I want camera to stop before player reach the zone that show the black screen
thank you

I believe you are asking for a way to make the camera's x coordinate always match the player's x coordinate, and the camera's y coordinate always match whatever y coordinate you set. If so, here are a few possible solutions:
1. The easiest way to make the camera not move further on the y axis is to decrease the size of the map to exclude the black section of the map. Instead, split your map into multiple maps.
2. However, I imagine that you want to be able to have pits into which the player can fall, and sky above the camera into which the player can jump. If this is the case, then there are a few possibilities. One way is to use my plugin to make the camera follow an event (you could name the event the "camera", and let it be an invisible event with Through On). Then, set the event's move route to always chase the player. Then also, use Yanfly's Region Restrictions plugin ( http://yanfly.moe/2015/10/20/yep-18-region-restrictions/ ) to make the event always stay within a certain space. This is a straightforward way to control the limits of the camera.
3. For my TYR_CameraControl.js plugin to natively handle such camera behavior, the plugin would need additional code. If you'd like to donate on my Patreon page, that would help me justify finding time to add this. My Patreon page is here: https://www.patreon.com/Tyruswoo
I hope that helps!
pasunna

#49 Feb 25, 2019, 04:23 PM Source

thank you I already try that method a few day
but that had many lag on camera man move
and event if I say side scroll it seem like a top down action game more

so I end up just draw more tile and map size to fill those black screen
I do like the yanfly suggestion on indie dev trap

just move on don't focus on too much high in one attemp

thank you for your time
Tyruswoo

#50 Mar 4, 2019, 11:56 PM Source

This plugin is no longer available on this forum, but if you want access to it, contact me via my social links on my website.
slimmmeiske2

#51 Mar 5, 2019, 08:36 AM Source

Closing this.