From: Mario <mario.mario@y7mail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:24:42 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: Add a rough frontal view mode to the chase camera
X-Git-Tag: xonotic-v0.8.5~679
X-Git-Url: https://git.rm.cloudns.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0db9a35ff2f3f16359c11ef16b9d58267bc2fbed;p=xonotic%2Fxonotic-data.pk3dir.git

Add a rough frontal view mode to the chase camera
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diff --git a/qcsrc/lib/csqcmodel/cl_player.qc b/qcsrc/lib/csqcmodel/cl_player.qc
index 303fc38f2..acd503c5a 100644
--- a/qcsrc/lib/csqcmodel/cl_player.qc
+++ b/qcsrc/lib/csqcmodel/cl_player.qc
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ float autocvar_chase_back;
 float autocvar_chase_up;
 bool autocvar_chase_overhead;
 float autocvar_chase_pitchangle;
+bool autocvar_chase_front;
 vector CSQCPlayer_ApplyChase(entity this, vector v)
 {
 	vector forward;
@@ -479,6 +480,8 @@ vector CSQCPlayer_ApplyChase(entity this, vector v)
 	{
 		makevectors(view_angles);
 		forward = v_forward;
+		if(autocvar_chase_front)
+			forward = normalize(forward * -1);
 		// trace a little further so it hits a surface more consistently (to avoid 'snapping' on the edge of the range)
 		float cdist = -autocvar_chase_back - 8;
 		chase_dest.x = v.x + forward.x * cdist;
@@ -488,6 +491,14 @@ vector CSQCPlayer_ApplyChase(entity this, vector v)
 		v.x = 1 * trace_endpos.x + 8 * forward.x + 4 * trace_plane_normal.x;
 		v.y = 1 * trace_endpos.y + 8 * forward.y + 4 * trace_plane_normal.y;
 		v.z = 1 * trace_endpos.z + 8 * forward.z + 4 * trace_plane_normal.z;
+
+		if(autocvar_chase_front)
+		{
+			// now flip the view so the player is looking at themselves
+			vector newang = vectoangles(forward);
+			view_angles.x = view_angles.x * -1; // inverse up-down looking direction
+			view_angles.y = newang.y;
+		}
 	}
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/xonotic-client.cfg b/xonotic-client.cfg
index bf1735e02..8f7066d96 100644
--- a/xonotic-client.cfg
+++ b/xonotic-client.cfg
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ seta cl_eventchase_vehicle 1 "camera goes into 3rd person mode when inside a veh
 seta cl_eventchase_vehicle_viewoffset "0 0 80"
 seta cl_eventchase_vehicle_distance 250
 
+seta chase_front 0 "show frontal view when using chase cam"
+
 set _vehicles_shownchasemessage 0
 
 seta cl_particles_oldvortexbeam 0 "Uses the old v2.3 Vortex beam instead of the new beam, only works if server allows it (g_allow_oldvortexbeam 1)"