PeasyCam library - take more control

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Hey all :slight_smile:
I use PeasyCam quite a lot, and I think many of you do too.
It’s perfect for getting that immediate 3D camera, with minimum code.
But when i dug a little deeper in the library docs I found some great features
which of course I never used.
Some of them are more advanced like ViewPorts to get multiple points of views etc…
but I wanted to post here just the small things I took away from it
that I think should be default when using this great library.

(here’s a link to the library docs )

bound the min and max distances so you don’t zoom in/out too much:

 cam.setMaximumDistance(900);
 cam.setMinimumDistance(500);

Control the sensitivity of the zoom action. The default is way too sensitive.

cam.setWheelScale(0.03);

Last one is very cool too,
Add a HUD that allows you to display 2D stuff on top of the rotatable 3D view.
Perfect for UI and debugging
Use it in draw()

cam.beginHUD();

...  draw something

cam.endHUD();

ENJOY

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Forever in grace are all of us. A keeper of the PeasyCam.

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I just passed by this topic, and there is another GREAT feature of Peasycam: when you find a camera angle you like, save it with Camera state = camera.getState(), and later you can jump back to it with camera.setState(state, delay). And to finish it off there is the option to smooth the jump by adding a delay.

Also, after many failed attemps, i finally got Peasycam working with keys, so you can move around with WASD. I still need to cleanup the code a bit but if someone is interested, PM me.

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Leaving this here for the future: Peasycam + keyboard keys = FPV Cam :smiley:

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