switchCamera

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Description

Description:

Switch camera to given vehicle / camera. Mode is one of:

• "INTERNAL": 1st person
• "GUNNER": optics / sights
• "EXTERNAL": 3rd person
• "GROUP": group
• "VIEW": exactly what spectated unit sees (gun optics, binoculars, TI and NV, etc.) (VBS2 1.30+ only)

Note: If you switch to a unit in a vehicle, this command uses the correct turret.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

unitName switchCamera mode

Parameters:

unitName: Object

mode: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_loon1 switchCamera "External" 

Additional Information

See also:

selectPlayer

Notes

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Notes

If you switchCamera to a group leader, you can control his group as if it were your own.

Posted on January 17th, 2010 - 01:04

Lou Montana

Apparently, in Arma 2 if you switchCamera to a group leader, you won't be able to control his group anymore.