camera limits

[jdf3971 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I have ceated a .w3d file using Maya. The file was ceated using a tumble view camera to express the file to w3d. I had set limits to the camera, in Maya, for restricted interactive use. meaning the user can only zoom in or out so far or rotate so many degrees. When this file is imported in director does these camera limits stay attached to the w3d file?

[Karl Sigiscar]

You can only constrain a camera by code, either using Lingo:

You must either write a behavior or a parent script with the following
properties:

property pRotateXMin -- the minimum X rotation allowed
property pRotateXMax -- the maximum X rotation allowed
property pRotateYMin -- the minimum Y rotation allowed
property pRotateYMax -- the maximum Y rotation allowed
property pRotateZMin -- the minimum Z rotation allowed
property pRotateZMax -- the maximum Z rotation allowed
property pMinZoom -- the minimum zoom level (e.g constrain on the Z
camera axis)
property pMaxZoom -- the maximum zoom level (e.g constrain on the Z
camera axis)

Cheers,
Karl.

[Karl Sigiscar]

If you have the Maya RTA - RealTime Author - plugin for Shockwave 3D, maybe
Alias Wavefront will take the drudgery out of having your camera
constrained. Check it out !