Planetarium Camera help

[bfravel]

So I've been messing around with writing a kerbcam-like plugin that works in the mapview. Since the PlanetariumCamera seems to be locked in place, I haven't had any luck manually moving it.

I've been able to add a camera and set it's parent to be the planetarium camera and move that around successfully, however, the SunFlare doesn't show up.

Here is the code I'm using for creating the camera:

        GameObject go = new GameObject();
                   newCam = go.AddComponent<Camera>();
                   newCam.CopyFrom(ScaledCamera.Instance.camera);
                   newCam.transform.parent = ScaledCamera.Instance.camera.transform;
                   newCam.depth = ScaledCamera.Instance.camera.depth+1; 
                   newCam.clearFlags = CameraClearFlags.Depth;

Here is what I mean by the flare not showing up:

I've tried modifying the culling mask, but haven't had any luck. Everything else works great; the planets, skybox, ect all show up. I just can't figure out how to get the SunFlare to show up. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[landeTLS]

https://github.com/Anatid/XML-Documentation-for-the-KSP-API/blob/master/src/PlanetariumCamera.cs

Referencing PlanetariumCamera should allow you to set the stock cam position manually. That way you wont need to deal with hacking back the flares etc.

I havent tested it but i was able to set the vabcam position by scripting this way

Edited October 5, 2014 by landeTLS

[bfravel]

But I can't move the transforms directly because the game is pulling it back to it's original place. Sure, I can reference PlanetariumCamera to move it around whichever MapObject it is focused on, but I want to be able to move it in any direction and rotation I please. I'm able to do this to the camera I've created, I just can't figure out how to get the Flare to show up.

[landeTLS]

But I can't move the transforms directly because the game is pulling it back to it's original place. Sure, I can reference PlanetariumCamera to move it around whichever MapObject it is focused on, but I want to be able to move it in any direction and rotation I please. I'm able to do this to the camera I've created, I just can't figure out how to get the Flare to show up.

Ok then thats another cup of tea. Id suggest reading up on the unity doc for the camera and flare component. Since the stock camera classes impliment those with some extra code ontop. Layer mask perhaps? Im only thinking out loud. Im sure someone else here can come up with a better answer.

[sarbian]

From unity doc : A Camera has to have a Flare Layer Component attached to make Flares visible (this is true by default, so you don’t have to do any set-up).

Reding the doc I doubt CopyFrom copy the attached components of the camera and the "true by default" most likely only applies to the editor only. Check the child component of the stock cam and yours, see if you can add the missing one from code.

[bfravel]

Check the child component of the stock cam and yours, see if you can add the missing one from code.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it tonight once I get off work