[1.9.x - 1.12.x] Camera Tools continued v1.35.0 [2024-09-07]

[DocNappers]

Version 1.17.0 is now released. Changelog:

Bugfixes

• Only activate the camera when changing modes if it was already active.
• Don't automatically start playing a path when adjusting it or creating a new one and stop it if keyframes or the path is deleted.
• Start playing a path when it's loaded if camera tools is active.
• Adjust ordering of stationary path updates to avoid jitter.

Improvements

• Automatically disable TimeControl's camera zoom fix as it breaks CameraTools when slow-mo is enabled (sorry @ntwest).
• Switch stationary and pathing cameras to run in Update instead of FixedUpdate as they aren't sensitive to physics updates.
• Switch pathing camera to use unscaled time so that it works while paused.
• Add option of cubic spline interpolation to pathing mode positions based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_Hermite_spline#Interpolation_on_an_arbitrary_interval.
• Add option of Slerp and cubic spline interpolation to pathing mode rotations.
  • Note: the interpolation method is used from the keypoint it's set in until the next one, so different parts of the path can use different interpolation methods.
• Rework stationary camera to actually make the camera stationary when below maxRelV. Jumps due to CoM changes (e.g., launch clamp detachment) should not affect the camera position unless maxRelV is extremely low (e.g., <1 in most cases).
• Option to save the previously used rotation in stationary camera mode when no target is selected (prevents semi-random initial views, default: disabled).
• Add keybinding options for free move keys (escape cancels keybinding).

[OrbitalManeuvers]

5 hours ago, DocNappers said:

Rework stationary camera to actually make the camera stationary when below maxRelV.

Nailed it. THANK YOU!

@Drew Kerman

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[azurechief]

On 7/16/2021 at 3:11 AM, DocNappers said:

Version 1.17.0 is now released. Changelog:

Bugfixes

• Only activate the camera when changing modes if it was already active.
• Don't automatically start playing a path when adjusting it or creating a new one and stop it if keyframes or the path is deleted.
• Start playing a path when it's loaded if camera tools is active.
• Adjust ordering of stationary path updates to avoid jitter.

Improvements

• Automatically disable TimeControl's camera zoom fix as it breaks CameraTools when slow-mo is enabled (sorry @ntwest).
• Switch stationary and pathing cameras to run in Update instead of FixedUpdate as they aren't sensitive to physics updates.
• Switch pathing camera to use unscaled time so that it works while paused.
• Add option of cubic spline interpolation to pathing mode positions based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_Hermite_spline#Interpolation_on_an_arbitrary_interval.
• Add option of Slerp and cubic spline interpolation to pathing mode rotations.
  • Note: the interpolation method is used from the keypoint it's set in until the next one, so different parts of the path can use different interpolation methods.
• Rework stationary camera to actually make the camera stationary when below maxRelV. Jumps due to CoM changes (e.g., launch clamp detachment) should not affect the camera position unless maxRelV is extremely low (e.g., <1 in most cases).
• Option to save the previously used rotation in stationary camera mode when no target is selected (prevents semi-random initial views, default: disabled).
• Add keybinding options for free move keys (escape cancels keybinding).

cool, really like this mod. I've got one problem though. when I go to change to the stationary camera angle (ie, click somewhere on the ground) nothing works. it just stays the same

[DocNappers]

6 hours ago, azurechief said:

cool, really like this mod. I've got one problem though. when I go to change to the stationary camera angle (ie, click somewhere on the ground) nothing works. it just stays the same

In stationary camera mode the options for moving the camera with the mouse are:

• right click and move mouse = rotate camera (if no target is selected; if a target is selected, the camera will always point towards it)
• middle click and move mouse = translate camera position
• scroll mouse = up/down translation

Left click is for interacting with the menu, e.g., selecting a target, etc.

[azurechief]

15 hours ago, DocNappers said:

In stationary camera mode the options for moving the camera with the mouse are:

• right click and move mouse = rotate camera (if no target is selected; if a target is selected, the camera will always point towards it)
• middle click and move mouse = translate camera position
• scroll mouse = up/down translation

Left click is for interacting with the menu, e.g., selecting a target, etc.

 

ah ok thanks!

edit: is there any way to stop the stationary camera from changing position mid flight? Whenever I'm launching something, the camera will track my rocket for a bit, then change postion. I don't have either the auto or the manual flyby boxes checked

Edited July 19, 2021 by azurechief

[DocNappers]

9 hours ago, azurechief said:

is there any way to stop the stationary camera from changing position mid flight? Whenever I'm launching something, the camera will track my rocket for a bit, then change postion. I don't have either the auto or the manual flyby boxes checked

The camera shouldn't be changing position unless you're doing something to cause this. Potential causes are:

• Manually reverting and activating camera tools. (For auto- or manual-flyby, the camera position will be recalculated each time camera tools is activated.)
• Switching active vessels (triggers camera tools to restart the current mode if it was active). This could be being triggered by other mods.
• Too low "Max Rel. V". (The camera will smoothly adjust its position to prevent the distance between the camera and the active vessel changing faster than this).
• Other mods interfering, e.g., stealing the camera parent transform. (Should cause camera tools to revert without reactivating and a message will appear in the KSP.log file.)

You can enable the `DEBUG` variable in the settings.cfg file (in GameData/CameraTools/PluginData, edit it manually) to get more verbose messages in the log file that may help you figure out what's going on. This can be done without restarting KSP by editing the settings.cfg file then hitting the "Reload" button in the camera tools GUI.

Edited July 19, 2021 by DocNappers

[SpacePixel]

On 7/13/2021 at 11:28 PM, SpacePixel said:

Thanks a lot, especially for the code, I might have some ideas how I could make it work! I'll post the trick here if successful.

So, as promised, I figured out how to control the camera with a joystick — I simply switched from Joystick-to-Mouse to Joy-to-Key which did the trick. That and some Warp Stabilizer helped me created the following:

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[azurechief]

On 7/19/2021 at 1:05 AM, DocNappers said:

The camera shouldn't be changing position unless you're doing something to cause this. Potential causes are:

• Manually reverting and activating camera tools. (For auto- or manual-flyby, the camera position will be recalculated each time camera tools is activated.)
• Switching active vessels (triggers camera tools to restart the current mode if it was active). This could be being triggered by other mods.
• Too low "Max Rel. V". (The camera will smoothly adjust its position to prevent the distance between the camera and the active vessel changing faster than this).
• Other mods interfering, e.g., stealing the camera parent transform. (Should cause camera tools to revert without reactivating and a message will appear in the KSP.log file.)

You can enable the `DEBUG` variable in the settings.cfg file (in GameData/CameraTools/PluginData, edit it manually) to get more verbose messages in the log file that may help you figure out what's going on. This can be done without restarting KSP by editing the settings.cfg file then hitting the "Reload" button in the camera tools GUI.

Ok so I did that, and I'm getting this (screenshot of ingame message)

I took a look at the log and it came up with this:

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[CameraTools]: DEBUG Floating origin offset: [-2084.7, -1.3, 1337.6], Krakensbane velocity correction: [360.5, -0.6, -170.6] 
(Filename: C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

I checked CKAN but it's not in interference with any other mods. Help?

[DocNappers]

I see that you have "Random Mode" enabled, which for the stationary camera does the same thing as having "Auto Flyby Position" selected. Random Mode is for automatically picking a different camera mode whenever the active vessel changes (mostly for use with BDArmory). Try disabling it to see if it still occurs.

Enabling the DEBUG variable in the settings prints more than just messages with DEBUG in them (those are mostly just for my own debugging), it includes a bunch of messages starting with "[CameraTools]: ... ", which are the ones to look for.

[azurechief]

48 minutes ago, DocNappers said:

I see that you have "Random Mode" enabled, which for the stationary camera does the same thing as having "Auto Flyby Position" selected. Random Mode is for automatically picking a different camera mode whenever the active vessel changes (mostly for use with BDArmory). Try disabling it to see if it still occurs.

Enabling the DEBUG variable in the settings prints more than just messages with DEBUG in them (those are mostly just for my own debugging), it includes a bunch of messages starting with "[CameraTools]: ... ", which are the ones to look for.

yeah, I didn't realize that I had random mode on. I disabled that, same thing still happens with the debug message ingame

[DocNappers]

8 hours ago, azurechief said:

yeah, I didn't realize that I had random mode on. I disabled that, same thing still happens with the debug message ingame

OK, I have a suspicion that it may be the correction in the camera position for the shift in the floating origin being limited by the Max Rel V since it's quite a large shift. Can you try making Max Rel V 100 times bigger and see if it still occurs?

[azurechief]

16 hours ago, DocNappers said:

OK, I have a suspicion that it may be the correction in the camera position for the shift in the floating origin being limited by the Max Rel V since it's quite a large shift. Can you try making Max Rel V 100 times bigger and see if it still occurs?

set it to 250,000 and the same thing still happened. I tried uninstalling the mod from ckan and reinstalling but no luck

edit: playing around with it and removed my srbs. when I set the stationary camera back a bit from the pad, launch is normal and goes up. at the exact time that the thing that I'm seeing happens, the screen flashes for a split second back to the default camera, then back to the stationary camera. when I don't target my vehicle and just have the stationary cam, everything goes right up until the point that I've discussed. after this "glitch" (that's what I'll call it) the camera returns, but is shaking like something is clipping through the ground (camera shake in the gui is at 0) and is also moving slowly to the right. I'm terribly sorry to keep on coming back with more bugs, but this didn't occur before you updated the mod. before the bugs started, I was using the old version of this mod with the new ksp update.

edit I'll add what I'm using for mods if that helps

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Edited July 24, 2021 by azurechief
adding context

[DocNappers]

OK, it sounds like something else is interfering with the camera or active vessel then.

Can you DM me your KSP.log file from a run where this happens (with DEBUG enabled in camera tools)? I can try to see if there's a hint of what's going on in there.

[azurechief]

10 hours ago, DocNappers said:

OK, it sounds like something else is interfering with the camera or active vessel then.

Can you DM me your KSP.log file from a run where this happens (with DEBUG enabled in camera tools)? I can try to see if there's a hint of what's going on in there.

ok, so when I set the max rel v to 250, everything was fine. I have no idea what happened, but now it's working. do you suppose it's something with the mod?

[minerbat]

is there a version of this for 1.10.1? the download only goes back to 1.11 and so does CKAN

[DocNappers]

4 hours ago, minerbat said:

is there a version of this for 1.10.1? the download only goes back to 1.11 and so does CKAN

The latest version should also work for 1.10.1. I'm reasonably sure that there are no function calls that are specific to 1.11 or 1.12. 

Edited July 26, 2021 by DocNappers

[DocNappers]

On 7/24/2021 at 11:53 PM, azurechief said:

do you suppose it's something with the mod?

I'll need the KSP.log file to investigate any further into this.

[GuessingEveryDay]

I remember there used to be an option where you could change the frame reference, and it really helped with departures, but I can't find that option anymore.

[DocNappers]

1 hour ago, GuessingEveryDay said:

I remember there used to be an option where you could change the frame reference, and it really helped with departures, but I can't find that option anymore.

How did it help with departures? Were you using the "Initial Velocity" reference frame?

In the code, the frame of reference only seemed to be being used to maintain the position of the stationary camera. The new method of keeping the camera stationary (in 1.17.0) doesn't use the vessel's velocity (except for "Max Rel V." calculations) and as a result is more accurate and accounts for changes in the floating origin, so I removed the now unneeded reference frame option. However, I see now that the "Initial Velocity" reference frame acts a little differently than what I originally thought, so I can add an option for that back in.

[Oraldo revak]

Hello, first thank you for continuing the mod. Huh, is there a way to choose between  the keypad move/zoom speeds  and the sliders one? 

I would prefer to use the old style (more precise in my opinion). If I use an earlier version, then the Interpolation doesn't work. 

Thank you.

[DocNappers]

4 hours ago, Oraldo revak said:

is there a way to choose between  the keypad move/zoom speeds  and the sliders one?

I'm not sure what you mean by this. The "Move Speed" and "Zoom Speed" sliders at the bottom of the settings window control the speed of the keypad move/zoom.

For interpolation in the pathing camera, the "Linear" setting in both position ("Pos") and rotation ("Rot") is what was used previously.  The "CubicSpline" and "Slerp" interpolation modes were added.

[Oraldo revak]

5 hours ago, DocNappers said:

I'm not sure what you mean by this. The "Move Speed" and "Zoom Speed" sliders at the bottom of the settings window control the speed of the keypad move/zoom.

For interpolation in the pathing camera, the "Linear" setting in both position ("Pos") and rotation ("Rot") is what was used previously.  The "CubicSpline" and "Slerp" interpolation modes were added.

I  mean  at the bottom for keypad control.  Before we could  enter the  value manually , now  it's  a slider.  I  would  like to use, the old way, enter the  speed  with number  manually, and not by moving the a bar, if  it's  possible  to  choose.

Thank you for your time.

[DocNappers]

9 hours ago, Oraldo revak said:

  would  like to use, the old way, enter the  speed  with number  manually, and not by moving the a bar, if  it's  possible  to  choose.

Ah, ok. I'll see what I can do.

[GuessingEveryDay]

On 8/2/2021 at 6:02 PM, DocNappers said:

How did it help with departures? Were you using the "Initial Velocity" reference frame?

In the code, the frame of reference only seemed to be being used to maintain the position of the stationary camera. The new method of keeping the camera stationary (in 1.17.0) doesn't use the vessel's velocity (except for "Max Rel V." calculations) and as a result is more accurate and accounts for changes in the floating origin, so I removed the now unneeded reference frame option. However, I see now that the "Initial Velocity" reference frame acts a little differently than what I originally thought, so I can add an option for that back in.

Thanks.

[DocNappers]

Version 1.18.0 is now released. Changelog:

Improvements:

• Add option for text input fields instead of sliders.
• Add 'Maintain Vel.' option, which is the equivalent of the old 'Initial Velocity' reference mode.
• Make the menu toggle hotkey configurable too.
• Make loading of paths a bit more fault tolerant.

I'm still planning to try to add the doppler effects (as an option). Maybe for the next version...