Getting thirdpersonhandler to move up and down

Troubleshooting General Help
1

I added the thirdpersonhandler + chasecamera to my sky shooting game, it moves my model when i move my mouse left or right, but not when i am moving it up and down. I've looked in java docs for camera, chasecam, thirdpersonmouselook methods that might beable to change this, but havent had ne luck. can nebody help?


private void buildChaseCamera() {
        Vector3f targetOffset = new Vector3f();
        targetOffset.y = ((BoundingBox) player.getWorldBound()).yExtent * 1.5f;
        HashMap<String, Object> props = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        props.put(ThirdPersonMouseLook.PROP_MAXROLLOUT, "6");
        props.put(ThirdPersonMouseLook.PROP_MINROLLOUT, "3");
        props.put(ThirdPersonMouseLook.PROP_ENABLED, "true");
        props.put(ThirdPersonMouseLook.PROP_INVERTEDY, "false");
        props.put(ThirdPersonMouseLook.PROP_MOUSEXMULT, "1.0");
        props.put(ThirdPersonMouseLook.PROP_MOUSEYMULT, "30.0");
        props.put(ThirdPersonMouseLook.PROP_MAXASCENT, ""+45 * FastMath.DEG_TO_RAD);
        props.put(ChaseCamera.PROP_INITIALSPHERECOORDS, new Vector3f(5, 0, 30 * FastMath.DEG_TO_RAD));
        props.put(ChaseCamera.PROP_TARGETOFFSET, targetOffset);
        props.put(ChaseCamera.PROP_STAYBEHINDTARGET, "true");
        chaser = new ChaseCamera(cam, player, props);
        chaser.setMaxDistance(8);
        chaser.setMinDistance(2);
    }

       private void buildMovement(){
          HashMap<String, Object> handlerProps = new HashMap<String, Object>();
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_ROTATEONLY, "true");
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_DOGRADUAL, "true");
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_TURNSPEED, "3.1415");
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_LOCKBACKWARDS, "true");
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_CAMERAALIGNEDMOVE, "true");

          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_ROTATEONLY, "true");
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_STRAFETARGETALIGN, "true");
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_KEY_FORWARD, KeyInput.KEY_W);
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_KEY_LEFT, KeyInput.KEY_A);
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_KEY_BACKWARD, KeyInput.KEY_S);
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_KEY_RIGHT, KeyInput.KEY_D);
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_KEY_STRAFELEFT, KeyInput.KEY_Q);
          handlerProps.put(ThirdPersonHandler.PROP_KEY_STRAFERIGHT, KeyInput.KEY_E);
          mover = new ThirdPersonHandler(player, cam, handlerProps);
          mover.setActionSpeed(50);
       }



i need to make it so that the plane can go up and down too, not just left and right


ne help is appreciated, thanks.
2

Short answer - the ThirdPersonController was made for ground based control of an avatar, not a flying game.  That said, it's possible (with some challenges perhaps) to extend it and alter the functionality to do what you suggest.

3

I see, I will try to use the MouseInputListener() to get mouse movements then rotate the model accordingly, then use keynodeforward to move it in that direction, hope it works :smiley: