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BUY IT! Purchase CAM from BigDaddyScripts.com¶ INSTALLATION
Open the downloaded ZIP product file and drop the folder in it somewhere in your resources folder. Add your product key (get it here) to the settings.ini file and add start BigDaddy-CAM to your server.cfg.
DO NOT RENAME THE FOLDER.
If you change the name of the folder it will not function correctly so leave the name as it is.
NOTE: These cameras do NOT record and save anything, they are only viewable live.
¶ CONFIGURATION
The settings.ini file only has a couple of settings. The first being the license key. The next an option to turn off the video camera overlay. If this is set to false the overlay will not show at all. If set to true, the overlay will show by default but can be toggled off by the user (see below).
CamControlLocations.json file holds coordinates for all the control locations. Those with a type of "security" will be a control spot for security cameras.
{
"name": "Some Location",
"X": -2363.1196,
"Y": 3246.4768,
"Z": 92.9037,
"R": 250,
"type": "security"
},
The R value in this instance is the radius that this control location will look for security cameras to view. Set this to a big enough radius that the entire building fits into but not too big that you get camera leakage from adjacent buildings, if there are any.
The "name" value is only for your benefit and is not used by the script at this time.
¶ SECURITY CAM
Uses security cameras already placed in the game. Will use cameras in custom MLOs if they use the CCTV camera models within the game. You can view cameras at any location set as a security camera location by going to the security cam marker and pressing [E]
¶ VIDEO CAM
Spawn and carry a "news" video cam using /vcam. Press [E] to view through the camera. You can move it around and you can move around while looking through it. Zoom with the mouse wheel. Press [E] while viewing through the camera to toggle off the overlay. Press [X] to exit the camera view. Press [ALT]+[X] to put the camera down.
¶ DRONE CAM
Spawn a flyable drone /dcam. Press [C] to toggle camera views: 3rd person cam, down cam, forward cam, free cam. When done, fly back to where you started (there is a red X on the map where you started from) and press [H] to return home and stop flying (or just press [H] to immediately return home without flying back).
¶ CUSTOMIZE
You can change what the video camera overlays are. You can add as many as you want. If you wanted to add, for instance, a lower third for a news network or some such thing, you can just put it in the nui folder of this resource and use whatever you want. Use the [C] key to cycle through the overlays while looking through the video camera.
- It must be named camoverlay0.png (the number must start with 0 and increase from there. They must be sequential if there are several.
- You do have to add all the images you want to use to the fxmanifest.lua in the files section.
- Make sure it's the same resolution as camoverlay0.png or it might freak out.
- Make sure it is a PNG image with transparency. That is sort of important, so you can see what the camera is looking at and not just the overlay.