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I'm very new to Max and need help creating a simple navigation system that allows a 3D object to move around an infinite space and have the camera follow the object(i.e. 3rd person perspective navigation in games).

Hey,
I'm very new to Max and need help creating a simple navigation system that allows a 3D object to move around an infinite space and have the camera follow the object(i.e. 3rd person perspective navigation in games).
Thanks in advance


how-to-get-jit-gl-camera-to-follow-a-3d-model

hello. the objects you are going to want to get familiar with are jit.anim.drive and jit.anim.node.

for a very simple camera-follow system, you will want a child anim.node offset from the target 3D object, and you can use anim.drive moveto message to "chase" the target-offset-node around the space. you can use the gl.camera lookat attribute to point the camera at the target-node.

below is a basic example to get you started.

for a more complicated example, check out the example patch in:

Max6/examples/jitter-examples/render/anim/anim.camera.advanced.maxpat

please let me know if you have any questions with any of this.

for a more complicated example, check out the example patch in:
Max6/examples/jitter-examples/render/anim/anim.camera.advanced.maxpat

please let me know if you have any questions with any of this.


how to get jit.gl.camera to follow a 3D model?