[Solved] Setting up IVA portrait camera (black background problem)

[Enceos]

I set up a Portrait Camera transform in Unity and assigned a unity camera parameter to it. But in game I have an issue where only my Kerbal is shown in the portrait, the camera angle I set is right but the background is black, no internals show up. I put all the objects onto the "Kerbals" layer but that didn't help.

Edited March 10, 2016 by Enceos

[nli2work]

added Camera Component in Unity before export? don't add camera component in Unity, just place a transform with orientation you want. in the INTERNAL config 
    MODULE
    {
        name = InternalSeat
        seatTransformName = Seat2
        portraitCameraName = [your transform name]
        allowCrewHelmet = false
        kerbalEyeOffset = 0, 0.05, 0
    }

Other things to check, you probably already did, Kerbals layer is #16. maybe try lower case as per wiki. Can't remember my setup at home at the moment. unlikely but flipped normals?

[Enceos]

28 minutes ago, nli2work said:

added Camera Component in Unity before export? don't add camera component in Unity, just place a transform with orientation you want. in the INTERNAL config 
    MODULE
    {
        name = InternalSeat
        seatTransformName = Seat2
        portraitCameraName = [your transform name]
        allowCrewHelmet = false
        kerbalEyeOffset = 0, 0.05, 0
    }

Other things to check, you probably already did, Kerbals layer is #16. maybe try lower case as per wiki. Can't remember my setup at home at the moment. unlikely but flipped normals?

@nli2work Thank you so much, moving "Kerbals" to layer 16 did the trick, cool! These are little things very few people know. I tried to search forums for "Unity layers" but this request crashes the search engine of this site, haha

By the way, if I don't add camera attribute to the transform the game can't find it and sets camera to default generic position in front of Kerbal's upper body. The log says "can't find pilot_camera ..."

What other layer numbers are used in the game? I know Part Triggers should be layer 21. What about Internal Space layer?

Meanwhile, I was making this quick and dirty IVA for your Orbital Tug pod. Ported it from cupola, textures are referenced to squad spaces folder. May I post it as a temporary IVA patch in your tug mod thread until your cool IVA comes online? :3

 

 

Edited March 10, 2016 by Enceos

[nli2work]

full list of layers.
http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/API:Layers

That looks cool! didn't expect the copola internal to fit.  Yea sure, I'll put the blank Internal up if you want to make custom setups.

[Enceos]

Product is finished, the result can be found in the Orbital Utility Vehicle thread.

[Angelo Kerman]

On 3/9/2016 at 9:21 AM, nli2work said:

added Camera Component in Unity before export? don't add camera component in Unity, just place a transform with orientation you want. in the INTERNAL config 
    MODULE
    {
        name = InternalSeat
        seatTransformName = Seat2
        portraitCameraName = [your transform name]
        allowCrewHelmet = false
        kerbalEyeOffset = 0, 0.05, 0
    }

Other things to check, you probably already did, Kerbals layer is #16. maybe try lower case as per wiki. Can't remember my setup at home at the moment. unlikely but flipped normals?

I had no idea you could tweak the eye offset or change where the camera goes! Great info, thanks!