Hi,

I am making a car game and I am wondering how to code camera movement so that the camera view can follow the car.
Thank you!

What type is it? Top-down, etc.?

bcs320jn wrote:

What type is it? Top-down, etc.?

I'm sorry, what is top-down?

It's a car race game and I want the camera to follow the car. It has loops and turns, not like a straight line.

Could you please provide a link to the project? That would make it a lot easier to understand.

The problem is that all I have in the project is the car design and the map. Do you just want the picture of the map?

No thanks, I do not need a picture of the map. I would suggest this for the code:

1: basic movement and camera following

*In the ‘map’ sprite, add a new (empty) costume. Name this ‘Blank’.
*Next, go to the ‘car’ sprite. Add this code in:

This just allows you to control the direction of the car with the arrow keys.
*Then, go back to the map sprite. Put in this code:

This allows you to move forwards and backwards on the map.

2: Adding boundaries

For this, you need to find the width and height of the ‘map’ costume. If you don't know how to get this, I will respond later with an answer.
For adding boundaries, put this code under the previous code:

If this doesn't work in any way, please tell me.

bcs320jn wrote:

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Can you explain to me what adding boundaries is? And how to find the height and width of the map costume?

Boundaries being there so that the map goes off-screen if you go too far out.

For the width and height, this project should help:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/659775075/

Okay, thank you! Also, my project doesn't use arrow keys, they use the direction of the mouse (including when backing up ). Also, the car can go when the mouse is down (so like the car can't move when the mouse is up). How do I change the code?

First, replace the car code with this:

And in the map sprite, replace the

With

I made a little oopsie in the barriers code. I’ll fix it in the morning and tell you. (Sorry!)

bcs320jn_test wrote:

I made a little oopsie in the barriers code. I’ll fix it in the morning and tell you. (Sorry!)

Okay, I just saw these in the morning anyway so I can wait.

bcs320jn wrote:

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Got it! Thank you so much!

bcs320jn wrote:

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I can't put the boundaries code under a forever loop though…

Sorry, put that under the code IN the forever loop

bcs320jn_test wrote:

Sorry, put that under the code IN the forever loop

Okay. Did you change the boundaries code yet?

bcs320jn wrote:

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What does

do?

The code above was wrong. Here is the fixed version:

You'll have to look closely, because it was a small change. (Adding 240 or 180 to the boundaries limits)