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<h1>CreateCamera ( [parent] )</h1>
<h1>Parameters</h1>
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parent (optional) - parent entity of camera
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<h1>Description</h1>
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Creates a camera entity and returns its handle.
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Without at least one camera, you won't be able to see anything in your 3D world. With more than one camera, you will be to achieve effect such as split-screen modes and rear-view mirrors.
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A camera can only render to the backbuffer. If you wish to display 3D graphics on an image or a texture then copy the contents of the backbuffer to the appropriate buffer.
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The optional parent parameter allow you to specify a parent entity for the camera so that when the parent is moved the child camera will move with it. However, this relationship is one way; applying movement commands to the child will not affect the parent.
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Specifying a parent entity will still result in the camera being created at position 0,0,0 rather than at the parent entity's position.
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<h1><a href=../3d_examples/CreateCamera.bb>Example</a></h1>
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; CreateCamera Example
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Graphics3D 640,480
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SetBuffer BackBuffer()
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; Create camera
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camera=CreateCamera()
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light=CreateLight()
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cone=CreateCone()
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PositionEntity cone,0,0,5
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While Not KeyDown( 1 )
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RenderWorld
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Flip
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Wend
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End
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