Camera movement to follow player problems

[TheSquareRootOf3]

hey guys! first off id like to say IM NEW! so im sorry if i break some rules or piss some people off, i promise im not trying to :p im just trying to get this problem solved! alright moving on to the problem, i want the camera to start following my player once he reaches half way through the screen, now it does that when the player moves right, but it does not when he moves up, left, or down, like i said im new, ive been using this stuff for like a few hours max, so maybe someone could help me understand? im sure its a stupid mistake.

[jjmafiae]

okay first off your map picture is too big not all computers can run such big maps i would make a props.lua/house.lua and use tables

secound, the camera problem:

main.lua

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	if player.y > love.graphics.getWidth() / 2 then
		camera.y = player.y - love.graphics.getHeight() / 2
	end

[TheSquareRootOf3]

alright man, i did that, but now the problem is that when the game first starts, the player walks all the way to the bottom of the screen, it glitches, and then it does it properly, any ideas? this happens every time

[micha]

I'd implement a camera like this: By default, make the camera center around the player. Then check if the camera is within the bounds of the map and if not, correct it. So here you go (this by the way has to be inside the 'if gamestate == "player"'-part not in the general love.update. The menu does not have camera movement)

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camera.x = player.x - love.graphics.getWidth()/2
camera.y = player.y - love.graphics.getHeight()/2
if camera.x < 0 then camera.x = 0 end
if camera.y < 0 then camera.y = 0 end
if camera.x > mapWidth - love.graphics.getWidth() then
  camera.x = mapWidth - love.graphics.getWidth()
end
if camera.y > mapHeight - love.graphics.getHeight() then
  camera.y = mapHeight - love.graphics.getHeight()
end

In love.load I added these lines:

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mapHeight = 1988
mapWidth = 2720

Later, when you work more on your project you should then implement a function that reads the height and width of the map, instead of hard coding it, like I have done it now.

And you should really make the window smaller.

[kikito]

In case this helps, you might want to try gamera (disclaimer: I'm gamera's author)

[TheSquareRootOf3]

thanks guys! problem solved!