Third-person shooter camera: support seated / vehicle use #95

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opened 2026-09-27 08:22:18 +00:00 by backspace119 · 0 comments

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2026-09-27 08:22:18 +00:00

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The third-person shooter camera (View → Third-Person Shooter Camera, AlchemyTPSCamera) doesn't work while seated. The biggest use case is vehicles: driving or flying with the camera steered by the mouse around the avatar/vehicle.

Want

TPS camera usable while sitting on an object, especially vehicles.
The camera should orbit the vehicle (or its root prim), not the avatar's seat position, so it doesn't swing around with the seat offset.
Controls: when seated with controls taken (llTakeControls), WASD and arrows must still go to the vehicle script, exactly as now. The mouse only steers the camera, and left-click fires only when the script took the left-mouse control (as in mouselook).
Respect the sim/script camera constraints and llSetCameraParams from the vehicle script. If a script forces camera params, decide on a policy: yield to the script, or offer an override setting.

Notes

Today the mode is either disabled or behaves wrongly when seated (to confirm which during implementation).
Check the transitions: standing up while in TPS mode, sitting down while in TPS mode, and region crossings while seated.

The third-person shooter camera (View → Third-Person Shooter Camera, `AlchemyTPSCamera`) doesn't work while seated. The biggest use case is vehicles: driving or flying with the camera steered by the mouse around the avatar/vehicle. **Want** - TPS camera usable while sitting on an object, especially vehicles. - The camera should orbit the vehicle (or its root prim), not the avatar's seat position, so it doesn't swing around with the seat offset. - Controls: when seated with controls taken (`llTakeControls`), WASD and arrows must still go to the vehicle script, exactly as now. The mouse only steers the camera, and left-click fires only when the script took the left-mouse control (as in mouselook). - Respect the sim/script camera constraints and `llSetCameraParams` from the vehicle script. If a script forces camera params, decide on a policy: yield to the script, or offer an override setting. **Notes** - Today the mode is either disabled or behaves wrongly when seated (to confirm which during implementation). - Check the transitions: standing up while in TPS mode, sitting down while in TPS mode, and region crossings while seated.

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