Pair: setCameraViewMode

This function allows you to get the active camera view modes. This indicates at what distance the camera will follow the player or vehicle.

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

• Method:Camera.getViewMode(...)
• Variable: .viewMode

Syntax

int,​ int getCameraViewMode ( )

Returns

• int: vehicle mode
  • 0: Bumper
  • 1: Close external
  • 2: Middle external
  • 3: Far external
  • 4: Low external
  • 5: Cinematic
• int: ped mode
  • 0: Close
  • 1: Middle
  • 2: Far

Returns two values indicating the current vehicle and ped camera view mode respectively.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

client

This example tells the player their current camera view when they change it.

function onPlayerSpawn(theSpawnpoint)
    currentCam("fire") -- start a repeating check
end
addEventHandler("onClientPlayerSpawn", root, onPlayerSpawn)

function currentCam(key)
    if (getControlState(key)) then
        local vehicleMode, pedMode = getCameraViewMode()
        outputChatBox("Your current cam view is: " .. vehicleMode .. ".")
    end
end

client

OOP Required

This example tells the player their current camera view when they change it.

function onPlayerSpawn(theSpawnpoint)
    currentCam("fire") -- start a repeating check
end
addEventHandler("onClientPlayerSpawn", root, onPlayerSpawn)

function currentCam(key)
    if (getControlState(key)) then
        local vehicleMode, pedMode = Camera.viewMode
        outputChatBox("Your current cam view is: " .. vehicleMode .. ".")
    end
end

Changelog

1.5.8 r20851

The function returns two ints - vehicle mode and ped mode. Previously, it only returned the vehicle mode.

See Also

Camera Functions

• fadeCamera
• getCamera
• getCameraClip
• getCameraDrunkLevel
• getCameraFieldOfView
• getCameraGoggleEffect
• getCameraInterior
• getCameraMatrix
• getCameraTarget
• getCameraViewMode
• resetShakeCamera
• setCameraClip
• setCameraDrunkLevel
• setCameraFieldOfView
• setCameraGoggleEffect
• setCameraInterior
• setCameraMatrix
• setCameraTarget
• setCameraViewMode
• shakeCamera

Reference

• Scripting Functions