How to make RTS camera?

Overlord123 wrote at 2012-01-03 19:21:

Is it possible to create a RTS camera, like in Starcraft II etc?

objo wrote at 2012-01-03 19:55:

sorry, I have no experience with Starcraft or any other real time strategy games, so I don't know what is needed. Do you need camera translation by WASD keys?

can this link help (from irrlicht 3d)? http://www.irrlicht3d.org/wiki/index.php?n=Main.RTSCameraByCmdKewin

Overlord123 wrote at 2012-01-03 20:27:

Yeah, basically the feature set of the linked camera is what I need.

• No vertical translation 
• Translates with WASD keys, (right mouse button and arrow keys) 
• Translates with mouse movement on border screen. Left, Right, Up and Down 
• Zooms with wheel (and right-left mouse buttons) 
• Ability to recenter itself around a node
• define min and max zoom levels
• define boundaries for translation so it does not translate outside the map.

I put not so important stuff in brackets. Is this possible to realize with the Helix 3D Toolkit?

Thanks.

objo wrote at 2012-01-03 21:09:

This should be included in the 'walkaround' camera mode - I have not tested it after latest camera control refactorings, might need some updates...

http://helixtoolkit.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Input%20gestures&referringTitle=Documentation