In this game, I have a custom camera system that works quite well for keeping focus on the player, however as I intend to make it a fighting game, I need to keep multiple sprites on screen at any given time. How would I make it so that it places the camera at a point where any sprites I want to be visible are visible, and zoom it accordingly?
Examples of how I want it to act:


But preferrably, I'd like it to work with any number of sprites.

AndreiFren64 wrote:

In this game, I have a custom camera system that works quite well for keeping focus on the player, however as I intend to make it a fighting game, I need to keep multiple sprites on screen at any given time. How would I make it so that it places the camera at a point where any sprites I want to be visible are visible, and zoom it accordingly?
Examples of how I want it to act:
But preferrably, I'd like it to work with any number of sprites.

your link isn't working, but if its a standerd scrolling engine, you are likely setting the cam x/y
to the player x/y. you will need to set it the player x/y - the enemy x/y this will get the cam. in the middle of the two.
zooming it will take some more math, and will require some translating. it will also cause some scrolling issues if not done right.

crumbthehog wrote:

your link isn't working, but if its a standerd scrolling engine, you are likely setting the cam x/y
to the player x/y. you will need to set it the player x/y - the enemy x/y this will get the cam. in the middle of the two.
zooming it will take some more math, and will require some translating. it will also cause some scrolling issues if not done right.

Oh, thank you, I thought I'd shared it. I'll share it now.

AndreiFren64 wrote:

crumbthehog wrote:

your link isn't working, but if its a standerd scrolling engine, you are likely setting the cam x/y
to the player x/y. you will need to set it the player x/y - the enemy x/y this will get the cam. in the middle of the two.
zooming it will take some more math, and will require some translating. it will also cause some scrolling issues if not done right.

Oh, thank you, I thought I'd shared it. I'll share it now.

I looked at it. I tried to add the scrolling, but you have some strange hit-box thing going on. I could add it if you are ok with a bit of a code re-right.

I remember seeing something like this before, but the theory is something like this:
record both sprites x and y position
Find their size (rectangular hitbox)
Use math to find the centre of both sprites (assuming it’s (x1+x2)/2)
then set zoom to the size/2+x1+x2 (or something like that)

yeah

Im having the exact same problem! i cant figure out how to make 2 characters stay on the same screen

TheFinalAndOnlyStuge wrote:

Im having the exact same problem! i cant figure out how to make 2 characters stay on the same screen

I never finished this project but your best bet will probably be finding the point in between the two characters and then setting the zoom to be something divided by the distance between them
im not a genius though idk