First camera system; follows midpoint of both character's Y and Z pos

First camera system; follows midpoint of both character's Y and Z pos

.gitignore

@@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ Build/*/**
 
 # Cache files for the editor to use
 **/DerivedDataCache/*
+Scratch

KOFForever/KOFForever.uproject

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 			"Type": "Runtime",
 			"LoadingPhase": "Default",
 			"AdditionalDependencies": [
-				"Paper2D"
+				"Paper2D",
+				"Engine"
 			]
 		}
 	]

KOFForever/Source/KOFForever/Private/Camera/KOFDefaultCamera.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+
+
+#include "Camera/KOFDefaultCamera.h"
+
+#include "DrawDebugHelpers.h"
+#include "Camera/CameraComponent.h"
+
+AKOFDefaultCamera::AKOFDefaultCamera()
+{
+	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;
+	
+	MinFOV = 80.0f;
+	MaxFOV = 85.0f;
+	GetCameraComponent()->SetFieldOfView(MinFOV);
+
+	HeightOffset = 60.0f;
+	ZAveragingFactor = 2.0f;
+}
+
+void AKOFDefaultCamera::Tick(float DeltaSeconds)
+{
+	Super::Tick(DeltaSeconds);
+
+	check(P1);
+	check(P2);
+
+	FVector P1Loc = P1->GetActorLocation();
+	FVector P2Loc = P2->GetActorLocation();
+	FVector CameraLoc = GetActorLocation();
+
+	FVector MidPoint = FVector(CameraLoc.X, (P1Loc.Y + P2Loc.Y) / 2.0f, ((P1Loc.Z + P2Loc.Z) / ZAveragingFactor) + HeightOffset);
+	SetActorLocation(MidPoint);
+	
+	// set FOV
+}

KOFForever/Source/KOFForever/Private/Character/KOFBaseCharacter.cpp

@@ -25,23 +25,6 @@ AKOFBaseCharacter::AKOFBaseCharacter()
 	GetCapsuleComponent()->SetCapsuleHalfHeight(96.0f);
 	GetCapsuleComponent()->SetCapsuleRadius(40.0f);
 	
-	// Create a camera boom attached to the root (capsule)
-	CameraBoom = CreateDefaultSubobject<USpringArmComponent>(TEXT("CameraBoom"));
-	CameraBoom->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
-	CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 500.0f;
-	CameraBoom->SocketOffset = FVector(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
-	CameraBoom->bDoCollisionTest = false;
-	CameraBoom->SetRelativeRotation(FRotator(0.0f, 180.f, 0.0f));
-	
-
-	// Create an orthographic camera (no perspective) and attach it to the boom
-	SideViewCameraComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(TEXT("SideViewCamera"));
-	SideViewCameraComponent->SetupAttachment(CameraBoom, USpringArmComponent::SocketName);
-
-	// Prevent all automatic rotation behavior on the camera, character, and camera component
-	CameraBoom->SetUsingAbsoluteRotation(true);
-	SideViewCameraComponent->bUsePawnControlRotation = false;
-	SideViewCameraComponent->bAutoActivate = true;
 	GetCharacterMovement()->bOrientRotationToMovement = false;
 
 	// Configure character movement

KOFForever/Source/KOFForever/Public/Camera/KOFDefaultCamera.h

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "CoreMinimal.h"
+#include "Camera/CameraActor.h"
+#include "KOFDefaultCamera.generated.h"
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+UCLASS()
+class KOFFOREVER_API AKOFDefaultCamera : public ACameraActor
+{
+	GENERATED_BODY()
+
+public:
+	AKOFDefaultCamera();
+
+	virtual void Tick(float DeltaSeconds) override;
+protected:
+	/**
+	 *	Min FOV camera will zoom in to as character's walk farther apart from each other.
+	 *
+	 *	
+	 */
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = CameraSettings, meta = (UIMin = "5.0", UIMax = "170", ClampMin = "0.001", ClampMax = "360.0", Units = deg))
+	float MinFOV;
+
+	/** Max FOV camera will zoom out to as character's walk farther apart from each other */
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = CameraSettings, meta = (UIMin = "5.0", UIMax = "170", ClampMin = "0.001", ClampMax = "360.0", Units = deg))
+	float MaxFOV;
+
+	/** Offset added to the camera's Z value after performing the character mid point calculation */
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = CameraSettings)
+	float HeightOffset;
+
+	/**
+	 *	Value used when averaging both character's Z positions to find the camera's final Z position.
+	 *
+	 *	A value of 2.0 will set the camera's Z position to the midpoint between both character's Z positions.
+	 *	A value less than 2.0 will keep the camera closer to the ground even as another player jumps.
+	 */
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = CameraSettings)
+	float ZAveragingFactor;
+
+	
+	// References to player main character's
+	// eventually we want to spawn all the player's characters from game mode? and then we can get the references to
+	// P1 and P2 from there. For now we'll just set the references manually in the level
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
+	AActor* P1;
+
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
+	AActor* P2;
+};

KOFForever/Source/KOFForever/Public/Character/KOFBaseCharacter.h

@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ class KOFFOREVER_API AKOFBaseCharacter : public APaperCharacter
 {
 	GENERATED_BODY()
 
-	/** Side view camera */
-	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category=Camera, meta=(AllowPrivateAccess="true"))
-	class UCameraComponent* SideViewCameraComponent;
-
-	/** Camera boom positioning the camera beside the character */
-	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = Camera, meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
-	class USpringArmComponent* CameraBoom;
-
 	UTextRenderComponent* TextComponent;
 	virtual void Tick(float DeltaSeconds) override;
 
@@ -74,10 +66,5 @@ protected:
 public:
 	AKOFBaseCharacter();
 
-	/** Returns SideViewCameraComponent subobject **/
-	FORCEINLINE class UCameraComponent* GetSideViewCameraComponent() const { return SideViewCameraComponent; }
-	/** Returns CameraBoom subobject **/
-	FORCEINLINE class USpringArmComponent* GetCameraBoom() const { return CameraBoom; }
-
 	FORCEINLINE class UPaperFlipbookComponent* GetShadow() const { return Shadow; }
 };