E2 chip and camera help

[crichards]

You can wire "Activated", in the inputs of the cam controller, to "Active", in the outputs of the adv. pod controller. You need to wire in "Direction" and "Position" of something relative to the driver as well, such as the Pod itself.

if(first())

{
CurTargetPos=vec(0,0,0)
OldTargetPos=TargetPos
Dist=0
}

I am, by no means, an E2 wizard so I can't tell you exactly why I would do this, but I would get rid of the if statuement and place the two vectors and the normal outside of the brackets. I have a policy for myself and that is to only use if(first()) for values that don't change. I do however, realize you're trying to set those values when you spawn the chip. I'm not sure, but I don't think you need to.

I read this back to myself and see how ignorant this response is. I'm probably not the most efficient E2 maker.

[Soundlogic]

That code is setting the defaults of the variables, and having the cam controller only trigger when someone is in the pod WON'T HELP. The problem is I can't make it so it controls the camera of the player in the pod BUT NOT MINE. If I wire it as you suggest, a player would get in the pod, and MY camera would be messed up.

[Grissess]

Huh...I see what you're getting at. Frankly, I didn't know a cam controller was even capable of controlling another player's camera; I'd always used them for covert purposes (where I'd be the only user).

I've read the lua for the cam controller. These lines (in ENT:TriggerInput, if the input is "Activated") are likely what are suspect:

				if self.CamPod:GetDriver() and self.CamPod:GetDriver():IsValid() then
					self.CamPlayer = self.CamPod:GetDriver()

The code further sets the view entity of that player to a camera ent (gmod_wire_cam), which does the dirty work of positioning, parenting, angling, etc. So, you are correct, and by triggering Activate AS SOON AS another player enters the Pod, it will work; BUT, you should note that it only updates EXACTLY WHEN the Activated input changes. If you want it to update dynamically based on who enters and leaves the Pod, I recommend setting up a simple circuit consisting of a Gate - Time Pulser and a Gate - Memory toggle, so that Activated changes between 1 and 2, but the following E2 would work just as well:

@name Pulser
@outputs Out

if(first()) {
    runOnTick(1)
}

if(Out==1) {
    Out=2
} else {
    Out=1
}

As for why E2 isn't working, I still have no clue; I recommend completely deleting everything in your wire folders and redownloading them; I once had a problem with stale files corrupting my wire install.

[crichards]

Read my first paragraph again.

"You need to wire in "Direction" and "Position" of something relative to the driver as well, such as the Pod itself."

@inputs Cam:wirelink

Cam:setVector("Direction", Pod:forward())
Cam:setVector("Position", vec(0, -150, 0)

This sets the cameras position 150 units behind your pod, pointing forward. Your code is overcomplicated and doesn't make sense to me. As long as you wire Activated on the cam controller to Active on the pod controller, you should get the results you want. People use my vehicles all the time in MP.

By the way, what is Player2:wirelink? Is it wired to the pod? And are you trying to mouse aim the cam? If so you need an eye pod, otherwise it makes more sense to parent the cam to something like the pod and control the pod instead.
If your code is instructions for the cam (I can't even tell), then replace everything with the above code. Something you coded is controlling only your cam.

[Colonel Thirty Two]

@inputs Cam:wirelink

Cam:setVector("Direction", Pod:forward())
Cam:setVector("Position", vec(0, -150, 0)

Depreciated code is depreciated.

@inputs Cam:wirelink

Cam["Direction",vector] = Pod:forward()
Cam["Position",vector] = vec(0,-150,0)