Autocameras

Provides many advanced automatic camera switching features. Currently only supports declaring named autocameras in a configuration file located in /tf/addons/castingessentials/autocameras/<mapname>.vdf.

An example of a configuration file for cp_gullywash_final1:

AutoCameras
{
    Camera { name blu_second_choke               pos "576 -1928 405"  ang "5 55" }
    Camera { name blu_last_pipe                  pos "3411 -1054 465" ang "0 15" }
    Camera { name blu_last_spawn                 pos "4675 -1049 506" ang "30 0" }
    
    map_origin "675 -300 0"                      // Optional, defaults to "0 0 0"
    Camera { name blu_lobby                      pos "2483 -1597 365" ang "0 55" fov 55 }
    Camera { name red_lobby                      mirror blu_lobby }

    CameraGroups
    {
        last
        {
            blu_last_pipe ""
            blu_last_spawn ""
        }
        blu
        {
            blu_lobby ""
            blu_last_pipe ""
            blu_last_spawn ""
            blu_second_choke ""
        }
    }
}

Cameras

Camera
{
    name <camera_name>
    pos <camera_position>
    ang <camera_angle>
    fov <camera_fov>
}

or

Camera
{
    mirror <camera_name>
}

If mirror is defined, all other values in the camera definition are ignored.

fov is optional. If not specified, the fov will be set to either ce_fovoverride_fixed or ce_fovoverride_roaming depending on the mode of the switch to the autocamera.

map_origin

map_origin is only required if mirrored cameras are in use. Some maps do not have their origin at 0 0 0, so the offset must be defined manually.

Camera Groups

CameraGroups
{
    <camera_group_name>
    {
        <camera_name> <any_value>
        <camera_name> <any_value>
        etc...
    }
}

Camera groups are an optional feature used by ce_autocamera_cycle and ce_autocamera_spec_player.

ConVars

• ce_autocamera_show_cameras: Draws a debug overlay showing all autocameras on the map. If value is >= 2, draws autocamera frustums as well.
• ce_autocamera_spec_player_fallback:
• ce_autocamera_spec_player_fov
• ce_autocamera_spec_player_dist
• ce_autocamera_spec_player_los
• ce_autocamera_goto_mode: The spec_mode to use for

ConCommands

• ce_autocamera_create: Usage: ce_autocamera_create <name>. Outputs an autocamera definition to console that can be copy and pasted into an autocamera definitions file.
• ce_autocamera_goto: Usage: ce_autocamera_goto <name>. Teleports the camera to the specified autocamera.
• ce_autocamera_cycle: Usage: ce_autocamera_cycle <next/prev>. Cycles forwards or backwards logically through the available autocameras. The behavior is as follows:
  • If already spectating from the position of an autocamera, progress forwards/backwards through the autocameras based on file order.
  • If our current position doesn't match any autocamera definintions, try to find the nearest/furthest autocamera that has line of sight (LOS) to our current position.
  • If no autocameras have LOS to our current position, find the nearest/furthest autocamera with our current position in its view frustum.
  • If our position is not in any autocamera's view frustum, find the nearest/furthest autocamera to our current position.
• ce_autocamera_reload_config: Reloads the autocamera definitions file (located in /tf/addons/castingessentials/autocameras/<mapname>.vdf)