Camera move back

[grantkrieger]

Hello,

Is there any easy way of just moving the camera back. EG reversing the camera backwards at the same angle it is currently positioned.

Many thanks

Grant

[NoodlePowa]

I don't quite understand your question (because my brain is a couch potato right now), but if you mean to reverse where the camera looks:

Code: Select all

camera->setRotation(vector3df(0.0f, 180.0f, 0.0f));

I think that'll work...



But if you don't mean that, and you mean to move the camera back:

Code: Select all

camera->setPosition(camera->getPosition() + vector3df(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f));

Again, I don't quite understand your question... and I'm still a beginner .

[grantkrieger]

Thanks a million. You answered my question correctly. The second option was what I was looking for. Sorry about my confusing statement

Thanks again

[kendric]

Also for the first method, you would set the target, not the rotation of the camera to make it look behind you.
So something like
vector3df delta=camera->getTarget()-camera->getPosition();
delta.inverse() (forget the function name but negate or inverse)
camera->setTarget(delta);