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#1 2010-08-10 17:12:00
- illusionist
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Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is the mockup:
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Last edited by illusionist (2010-08-10 17:34:03)
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#3 2010-08-10 17:17:54
Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
You can pretty much already add ScrollX and ScrollY... But good idea! 
Maybe I'll add that in a later version of a Scratch Mod: Blocktalk! 
Last edited by Jwosty (2010-08-10 17:18:06)
Google it. 
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#4 2010-08-10 17:21:18
- samurai768
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
I've wanted this SOOOOOO much 
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#6 2010-08-10 17:30:39
- illusionist
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
Jwosty wrote:
Oh, and I don't think you would need the stage at all, becauseyou can't draw an infinate one.
The stage just tiles itself.
OR
There is an option to tile, or leave other space blank (select blank color).
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#7 2010-08-10 17:41:35
- Sunrise-Moon
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
Er. That'd be confusing. Would all sprites more when the stage is panned? If so, how would you keep one in the middle? Would the stage be bigger than 480 x 360?
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#8 2010-08-10 17:43:51
- samurai768
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
You should also have a zoom camera. Not exactly like the size blocks, but it would zoom everything in closer at one exact point to see closer. It would help with animations and point click game
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#9 2010-08-10 17:45:35
- Blade-Edge
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
I like this idea, but putting it in scratch is no piece of cake. You're asking the Scratch team to make the stage giant, with a camera that moves over it. Although, if this does get put in, scrolling will be way easier. Will the camera also be able to rotate the world, or would that be too much?
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#10 2010-08-10 18:29:36
- illusionist
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
Blade-Edge wrote:
I like this idea, but putting it in scratch is no piece of cake. You're asking the Scratch team to make the stage giant, with a camera that moves over it. Although, if this does get put in, scrolling will be way easier. Will the camera also be able to rotate the world, or would that be too much?
That is not needed, I just got a little carried away...
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#11 2010-08-10 18:32:30
- Blade-Edge
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
Alright, I got it.
Also, there should be a zoom that takes the center of the camera, and moves everything away from it at a constant rate, at the same time expanding the images, so it works like an actual zoom. Now that I think about it, someone could make a mod with this camera feature
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#13 2010-08-10 18:50:11
- samurai768
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
Blade-Edge wrote:
Alright, I got it.
Also, there should be a zoom that takes the center of the camera, and moves everything away from it at a constant rate, at the same time expanding the images, so it works like an actual zoom. Now that I think about it, someone could make a mod with this camera feature
Hey! That's my idea
samurai768 wrote:
You should also have a zoom camera. Not exactly like the size blocks, but it would zoom everything in closer at one exact point to see closer. It would help with animations and point click game
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#14 2010-08-10 19:45:56
Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
I actually like the idea of being able to increase the size of the stage and just panning around the stage. Because if it was based on sprites, how would the camera work with the different positions of the sprites?
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#15 2010-08-10 20:28:05
- Blade-Edge
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
samurai768 wrote:
Blade-Edge wrote:
Alright, I got it.
Also, there should be a zoom that takes the center of the camera, and moves everything away from it at a constant rate, at the same time expanding the images, so it works like an actual zoom. Now that I think about it, someone could make a mod with this camera featureHey! That's my idea
samurai768 wrote:
You should also have a zoom camera. Not exactly like the size blocks, but it would zoom everything in closer at one exact point to see closer. It would help with animations and point click game
Oh, sorry, I didn't read that.
Anyway, I heard some guy developed a zoom engine with coolstuff's help. I forget who though
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#17 2010-08-10 22:43:36
- ScratchReallyROCKS
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
Support I do. (I was feeling Yoda-ish)
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#19 2010-08-11 05:44:03
- juststickman
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Re: Add a "Camera" that can pan around an infinite stage
I have a simpler suggestion...
Sprite's position can be past the boundaries of the stage.
Does the same thing really.
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