Third person Cam Arrow Keys

martin · January 24, 2015, 1:04am

Hello, I followed this guide, http://wiki.jmonkeyengine.org/doku.php/jme3:beginner:hellochasecam
the camera seems to be rotating with the mouse buttons but i also want it to rotate with the arrow keys UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT, but still the flyByCam being disabled, how would I be able to accomplish this? (I’m new to this, I’d appreciate the help).

Thank you!

david_bernard_31 · January 24, 2015, 7:13am

You register action in inputManager for the Key_UP, like done internaly to chaseCam (use same String):

github.com

jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine/blob/master/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/ChaseCamera.java#L245


 * @param inputManager
 */
public final void registerWithInput(InputManager inputManager) {

    String[] inputs = {CameraInput.CHASECAM_TOGGLEROTATE,
        CameraInput.CHASECAM_DOWN,
        CameraInput.CHASECAM_UP,
        CameraInput.CHASECAM_MOVELEFT,
        CameraInput.CHASECAM_MOVERIGHT,
        CameraInput.CHASECAM_ZOOMIN,
        CameraInput.CHASECAM_ZOOMOUT};

    this.inputManager = inputManager;
    if (!invertYaxis) {
        inputManager.addMapping(CameraInput.CHASECAM_DOWN, new MouseAxisTrigger(MouseInput.AXIS_Y, true));
        inputManager.addMapping(CameraInput.CHASECAM_UP, new MouseAxisTrigger(MouseInput.AXIS_Y, false));
    } else {
        inputManager.addMapping(CameraInput.CHASECAM_DOWN, new MouseAxisTrigger(MouseInput.AXIS_Y, false));
        inputManager.addMapping(CameraInput.CHASECAM_UP, new MouseAxisTrigger(MouseInput.AXIS_Y, true));
    }
    inputManager.addMapping(CameraInput.CHASECAM_ZOOMIN, new MouseAxisTrigger(MouseInput.AXIS_WHEEL, false));

martin · February 5, 2015, 1:44am

I’m sorry I didn’t quite understand this. Could you elaborate a little bit further?