GetEngineCameraTilt

Definition

double GetEngineCameraTilt(string engineCameraName)

Description

This function returns the tilt of the engineCameraName engine camera.

Parameters

engineCameraName
Specifies the name of the engine camera. You can also use the name “this” for this parameter. In this case, “this” refers to the camera object that this script is attached to.

Return Value

Tilt of the engineCameraName engine camera.

Example 1

tilt = 0.0

function Init()
    tilt = GetEngineCameraTilt("camera1")

    message = string.format("\nTilt is > %.2f" , tilt )
    PrintConsole(message)
end

function Update()

end
Returns the tilt of the “camera1” engine camera.

Example 2

--Name of script is GetEngineCameraTilt2.lua

tilt = 0.0

function Init()
    tilt = GetEngineCameraTilt("this")

    message = string.format("\nTilt is > %.2f" , tilt )
    PrintConsole(message)
end

function Update()

end
In this case, “this” string in the GetEngineCameraTilt points to the camera that GetEngineCameraTilt2.lua script is attached to. For example, if GetEngineCameraTilt2.lua script is attached to a engine camera named “camera1”, “this” will be equivalent to the name “camera1”. In this example, GetEngineCameraTilt function returns the tilt of current engine camera.
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