How do I store camera positions

[WhytWulf]

What I am trying to do is based on the Irrlicht TechDemo where you have multiple camera setup.
I am using the FPS camera for main navigation once you press RETURN, it switches to Maya mode, so I can use the mouse cursor. The problem is saving the camera position between changes.

Currently I have a

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vector3df CameraPosition; //current camera position vector
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then to retrieve camera position

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camera->setPosition(CameraPosition); //use stored position

the problem occurs when I try to store the position, and I get compilier errors....

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CameraPosition=camera->getPosition();

Oh by the way Niko, I would never have thought about creating different cameras to handle this problem, and it gave me the idea...You the Man

[niko]

Hm, what compiler errors?

[WhytWulf]

whoops, I have been playing around wiht it I don't get compiler erros anymore.. think is was realted to pointers (I hate them, and I hate interclass communication even more

okies.. when I call my function

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CurrentCameraLocation=camera->getPosition();

from anywhere other than in the OnEvent() , I get exception errors (pointers again ..yuck) (whihc is my mistake and not the engines). I'm trying to find the best place to put the.

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CurrentCameraLocation=camera->getPosition();

ATM. it is inside my OnEvent(), when I press RETURN to switch cameras. but for some reason it doesn't restore the position. when I switch back to FPS camera

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{
model1->setVisible(true);
model2->setVisible(true);
campFire->setVisible(true);
timeForThisScene = -1;
camera = sm->addCameraSceneNodeFPS(0, 100.0f, 300.0f);
camera->setPosition(CurrentCameraPosition); //restore saved position
scene::ISceneNodeAnimatorCollisionResponse* collider = sm->createCollisionResponseAnimator(metaSelector, camera, core::vector3df(30,50,30), core::vector3df(0, zoneLevelMesh ? -100.0f : 0.0f,0), 100.0f,core::vector3df(0,40,0), 0.0005f);
camera->addAnimator(collider);
collider->drop();
break;
}
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come to think of it, I have no idea where it is getting the X,Y,Z from..