ThirdPersonCamera

from tdw.add_ons.third_person_camera import ThirdPersonCamera

Add a third-person camera to the scene. This includes initialization parameters (position, rotation, etc.) and some basic movement parameters (whether to follow or look at a target),.

from tdw.controller import Controller
from tdw.tdw_utils import TDWUtils
from tdw.add_ons.third_person_camera import ThirdPersonCamera

c = Controller(launch_build=False)
cam = ThirdPersonCamera(avatar_id="c",
                        position={"x": 1, "y": 2.2, "z": -0.5},
                        rotation={"x": 0, "y": -45, "z": 0})
c.add_ons.append(cam)
c.communicate(TDWUtils.create_empty_room(12, 12))

By itself, a ThirdPersonCamera won't capture images (though it will render them on the screen). For image capture, include an ImageCapture add-on:

from tdw.controller import Controller
from tdw.tdw_utils import TDWUtils
from tdw.add_ons.third_person_camera import ThirdPersonCamera
from tdw.add_ons.image_capture import ImageCapture

c = Controller(launch_build=False)
cam = ThirdPersonCamera(avatar_id="c",
                        position={"x": 1, "y": 2.2, "z": -0.5},
                        rotation={"x": 0, "y": -45, "z": 0})
cap = ImageCapture(path="images", avatar_ids=["c"])
c.add_ons.append(cam)
c.add_ons.append(cap)
c.communicate(TDWUtils.create_empty_room(12, 12))

Third-person cameras and avatars

The ThirdPersonCamera is a wrapper class for a standard A_Img_Caps_Kinematic TDW avatar. All non-physics avatar commands may be sent for this camera.

In this document, the words "camera" and "avatar" may be used interchangeably.

Multiple cameras

Unlike most AddOn objects, it is possible to add multiple ThirdPersonCameras to the scene:

from tdw.controller import Controller
from tdw.tdw_utils import TDWUtils
from tdw.add_ons.third_person_camera import ThirdPersonCamera
from tdw.add_ons.image_capture import ImageCapture

c = Controller(launch_build=False)

# Add two cameras.
cam_0 = ThirdPersonCamera(avatar_id="c0",
                          position={"x": 1, "y": 2.2, "z": -0.5},
                          rotation={"x": 0, "y": -45, "z": 0})
cam_1 = ThirdPersonCamera(avatar_id="c1",
                          position={"x": 2, "y": 1, "z": -5})

# Enable image capture for both cameras.
cap = ImageCapture(path="images", avatar_ids=["c0", "c1"])

c.add_ons.extend([cam_0, cam_1, cap])
c.communicate(TDWUtils.create_empty_room(12, 12))

Class Variables

Variable	Type	Description	Value
RENDER_ORDER	int	The render order. Third person cameras will always render "on top" of any other cameras.	100

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Fields

• follow_object The ID of the object the camera will try to follow. Can be None (the camera won't follow an object).

• follow_rotate If follow_object is not None, this determines whether the camera will follow the object's rotation.

• avatar_id The ID of the avatar that (this camera).

• position The position of the camera. If None, defaults to {"x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0}.

• commands These commands will be appended to the commands of the next communicate() call.

• initialized If True, this module has been initialized.

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Functions

__init__

ThirdPersonCamera(look_at)

ThirdPersonCamera(avatar_id=None, position=None, rotation=None, look_at, field_of_view=None, follow_object=None, follow_rotate=False)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
avatar_id	str	None	The ID of the avatar (camera). If None, a random ID is generated.
position	Dict[str, float]	None	The initial position of the object.If None, defaults to {"x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0}.
rotation	Dict[str, float]	None	The initial rotation of the camera. Can be Euler angles (keys are (x, y, z)) or a quaternion (keys are (x, y, z, w)). If None, defaults to {"x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0}.
look_at	Union[int, Dict[str, float]		If not None, rotate look at this target every frame. Overrides rotation. Can be an int (an object ID) or an (x, y, z) dictionary (a position).
field_of_view	int	None	If not None, set the field of view.
follow_object	int	None	If not None, follow an object per frame. The position parameter will be treated as a relative value from the target object rather than worldspace coordinates.
follow_rotate	bool	False	If True, match the rotation of the object. Ignored if follow_object is None.

on_send

self.on_send(resp)

This is called after commands are sent to the build and a response is received.

Use this function to send commands to the build on the next frame, given the resp response. Any commands in the self.commands list will be sent on the next frame.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
resp	List[bytes]		The response from the build.

get_initialization_commands

self.get_initialization_commands()

This function gets called exactly once per add-on. To re-initialize, set self.initialized = False.

Returns: A list of commands that will initialize this add-on.

before_send

self.before_send(commands)

This is called before sending commands to the build. By default, this function doesn't do anything.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
commands	List[dict]		The commands that are about to be sent to the build.

get_early_initialization_commands

self.get_early_initialization_commands()

This function gets called exactly once per add-on. To re-initialize, set self.initialized = False.

These commands are added to the list being sent on communicate() before any other commands, including those added by the user and by other add-ons.

Usually, you shouldn't override this function. It is useful for a small number of add-ons, such as loading screens, which should initialize before anything else.

Returns: A list of commands that will initialize this add-on.

teleport

self.teleport(position)

self.teleport(position, absolute=True)

Teleport the camera to a new position.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
position	Dict[str, float]		The new position of the camera.
absolute	bool	True	If True, position is absolute worldspace coordinates. If False, position is relative to the avatar's current position.

rotate

self.rotate(rotation)

Rotate the camera.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
rotation	Dict[str, float]		Rotate the camera by these angles (in degrees). Keys are "x", "y", "z" and correspond to (pitch, yaw, roll).

look_at

self.look_at(target)

Look at a target position or object. The camera will continue to look at the target until you call camera.look_at(None).

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
target	Union[int, Dict[str, float]		The look at target. Can be an int (an object ID), an (x, y, z) dictionary (a position), or None (stop looking at a target).