Camera jerks around all over the place

[JavaGuy]

I've tried using the camera TRACK command, and it jerks all over the place. Now I'm trying this script to do my opening roll-in, and the camera still jerks all over the place. What exactly to I need to do?

 

camera ( ENABLE );

camera ( MOVE, tag( "opening1", ORIGIN), 0 );

camera ( PAN, tag( "opening1", ANGLES), < 0 0 0 >, 0 );

 

camera ( MOVE, tag( "opening2", ORIGIN), 3000 );

camera ( PAN, tag( "opening2", ANGLES), < 0 0 0 >, 3000 );

wait ( 3000 );

 

camera ( MOVE, tag( "opening3", ORIGIN), 3000 );

camera ( PAN, tag( "opening3", ANGLES), < 0 0 0 >, 3000 );

wait ( 3000 );

 

camera ( MOVE, tag( "opening4", ORIGIN), 3000 );

camera ( PAN, tag( "opening4", ANGLES), < 0 0 0 >, 3000);

wait ( 3000 );

 

remove ( "kyle_opening" );

camera ( DISABLE );

[Bell]

well when a camera hits a ref tag, it usually has a little "jerk" to it; especially if it changes direction; are you saying that the camera jerks while moving inbetween ref tags?

[JavaGuy]

Here's what it does: Moves to the first ref tag, starts to move/pan, then jerks back to the first ref tag. Moves to the second ref tag, then jerks back to the first ref tag. Moves/pans to the third ref tag, then jerks back to the first. Moves/pans to the fourth ref tag.

 

Is that how it's supposed to work?

 

When I tried using the track command, it moved back and forth along the track seemingly at random. I could run the map, and sometimes it would just move back and forth between the first two path corners, but then I could reload the map without changing anything at all, and it might make it to the third or fourth path corner--or it might not.

[Kengo]

Hmmm, scripting for cut scenes is a pain because sometimes things don't work and it just isn't obvious why....maybe you need to make the wait command longer than the previous move/pan commands, for example after:

 

camera ( MOVE, tag( "opening2", ORIGIN), 3000 );

camera ( PAN, tag( "opening2", ANGLES), < 0 0 0 >, 3000 );

 

Instead of wait (3000) try wait (4000). I seem to remember having a similar problem to the one you describe, I think the wait command needs to be a little more than previous task.

[Catscratch]

the problem seems to be different than the timing. I've always set the wait wrong but it never gets to the first ref_tag after each ref_tag.

[Bell]

strange; post your script