Hey all,

Basically I want to make CoD4 in the spirit of Contra. So players will play from a side scrolling perspective so I was wondering if it was possible to have the camera follow the player from a zoomed out side view (probably similar to how shoutcaster cam works) and the other thing would be to lock the mouses x-axis and only allow up and down viewing not side to side so the opposite to the (player_view_angles_up/down 0)

If theres a scripter out here who wants to work with me on this would be great as I can see this being really fun and will look great if it comes together like I envisioned. Or if theres people who can help me with the scripting over the forums I'd be more than happy to put you credits once I finis. Any feedback on whether its possible or not is appreciated too :)

Thanks fellas,

i think i know what your trying to do!

something like this?


thats just cg_thirdperson 1 and cg_thirdpersonrange 600

so something like that ?

Cheers mate! I set the cg_thirdpersonangle to 90 to make it side scrolling. And used the other two commands you posted to get the zoom right and 3rd person!

Just having trouble now making the mouse only go up and down and locking the x-axis so they cant turn the camera around the player, I only want the player to be able to look up and down.