Camera

Cameras

[[Camera]] is the base class for all Excalibur cameras. Cameras are used to move around your game and set focus. They are used to determine what is "off screen" and can be used to scale the game.

Implements

• CanUpdate
• CanInitialize

Index

Constructors

• constructor

Properties

• acc
• az
• drawPos
• dz
• events
• inverse
• rotation
• strategy
• transform
• vel

Accessors

• angularVelocity
• ax
• ay
• dx
• dy
• isInitialized
• pos
• viewport
• x
• y
• zoom

Methods

• _initialize
• addStrategy
• clearAllStrategies
• draw
• emit
• getFocus
• move
• off
• on
• onInitialize
• onPostUpdate
• onPreUpdate
• once
• removeStrategy
• runStrategies
• shake
• update
• updateTransform
• updateViewport
• zoomOverTime

Constructors

constructor

• new Camera(): Camera

• Returns Camera

Properties

publicacc

acc: Vector = Vector.Zero

Get or set the camera's acceleration

publicaz

az: number = 0

Get or set zoom acceleration

publicdrawPos

drawPos: Vector = ...

Interpolated camera position if more draws are running than updates

Enabled when Engine.fixedUpdateFps is enabled, in all other cases this will be the same as pos

publicdz

dz: number = 0

Get or set rate of change in zoom, defaults to 0

publicevents

events: EventEmitter<CameraEvents> = ...

publicinverse

inverse: AffineMatrix = ...

publicrotation

rotation: number = 0

Current rotation of the camera

publicstrategy

strategy: StrategyContainer = ...

publictransform

transform: AffineMatrix = ...

publicvel

vel: Vector = Vector.Zero

Get or set the camera's velocity

Accessors

publicangularVelocity

• get angularVelocity(): number
• set angularVelocity(value: number): void

• Get or set the camera's angular velocity

  ---

  Returns number

• Parameters

  • value: number

  Returns void

publicax

• get ax(): number
• set ax(value: number): void

• Get or set the camera's x acceleration

  ---

  Returns number

• Parameters

  • value: number

  Returns void

publicay

• get ay(): number
• set ay(value: number): void

• Get or set the camera's y acceleration

  ---

  Returns number

• Parameters

  • value: number

  Returns void

publicdx

• get dx(): number
• set dx(value: number): void

• Get or set the camera's x velocity

  ---

  Returns number

• Parameters

  • value: number

  Returns void

publicdy

• get dy(): number
• set dy(value: number): void

• Get or set the camera's y velocity

  ---

  Returns number

• Parameters

  • value: number

  Returns void

publicisInitialized

• get isInitialized(): boolean

• Returns boolean

publicpos

• get pos(): Vector
• set pos(vec: Vector): void

• Returns Vector

• Parameters

  • vec: Vector

  Returns void

publicviewport

• get viewport(): BoundingBox

• Gets the bounding box of the viewport of this camera in world coordinates

  ---

  Returns BoundingBox

publicx

• get x(): number
• set x(value: number): void

• Get the camera's x position

  ---

  Returns number

• Set the camera's x position (cannot be set when following an [[Actor]] or when moving)

  ---

  Parameters

  • value: number

  Returns void

publicy

• get y(): number
• set y(value: number): void

• Get the camera's y position

  ---

  Returns number

• Set the camera's y position (cannot be set when following an [[Actor]] or when moving)

  ---

  Parameters

  • value: number

  Returns void

publiczoom

• get zoom(): number
• set zoom(val: number): void

• Returns number

• Parameters

  • val: number

  Returns void

Methods

public_initialize

• _initialize(engine: Engine<any>): void

• Parameters

  • engine: Engine<any>

  Returns void

publicaddStrategy

• addStrategy<T>(cameraStrategy: CameraStrategy<T>): void

• Adds a new camera strategy to this camera

  ---

  Type parameters

  • T

  Parameters

  • cameraStrategy: CameraStrategy<T>

    Instance of an [[CameraStrategy]]

  Returns void

publicclearAllStrategies

• clearAllStrategies(): void

• Clears all camera strategies from the camera

  ---

  Returns void

publicdraw

• draw(ctx: ExcaliburGraphicsContext): void

• Applies the relevant transformations to the game canvas to "move" or apply effects to the Camera

  ---

  Parameters

  • ctx: ExcaliburGraphicsContext

    Canvas context to apply transformations

  Returns void

publicemit

• emit<TEventName>(eventName: TEventName, event: CameraEvents[TEventName]): void
• emit(eventName: string, event?: any): void

• Type parameters

  • TEventName: EventKey<CameraEvents>

  Parameters

  • eventName: TEventName

  • event: CameraEvents[TEventName]

  Returns void

publicgetFocus

• getFocus(): Vector

• Returns the focal point of the camera, a new point giving the x and y position of the camera

  ---

  Returns Vector

publicmove

• move(pos: Vector, duration: number, easingFn?: EasingFunction): Promise<Vector>

• This moves the camera focal point to the specified position using specified easing function. Cannot move when following an Actor.

  ---

  Parameters

  • pos: Vector

    The target position to move to

  • duration: number

    The duration in milliseconds the move should last

  • optionaleasingFn: EasingFunction = EasingFunctions.EaseInOutCubic

    An optional easing function ([[ex.EasingFunctions.EaseInOutCubic]] by default)

  Returns Promise<Vector>

  A [[Promise]] that resolves when movement is finished, including if it's interrupted. The [[Promise]] value is the [[Vector]] of the target position. It will be rejected if a move cannot be made.

publicoff

• off<TEventName>(eventName: TEventName, handler: Handler<CameraEvents[TEventName]>): void
• off(eventName: string, handler: Handler<unknown>): void
• off(eventName: string): void

• Implementation of CanUpdate.off

  Type parameters

  • TEventName: EventKey<CameraEvents>

  Parameters

  • eventName: TEventName

  • handler: Handler<CameraEvents[TEventName]>

  Returns void

publicon

• on<TEventName>(eventName: TEventName, handler: Handler<CameraEvents[TEventName]>): Subscription
• on(eventName: string, handler: Handler<unknown>): Subscription

• Implementation of CanUpdate.on

  Event signature

  ---

  Type parameters

  • TEventName: EventKey<CameraEvents>

  Parameters

  • eventName: TEventName

  • handler: Handler<CameraEvents[TEventName]>

  Returns Subscription

publiconInitialize

• onInitialize(engine: Engine<any>): void

• Implementation of CanInitialize.onInitialize

  Safe to override onPostUpdate lifecycle event handler. Synonymous with .on('preupdate', (evt) =>{...})

  onPostUpdate is called directly after a scene is updated.

  ---

  Parameters

  • engine: Engine<any>

  Returns void

publiconPostUpdate

• onPostUpdate(engine: Engine<any>, delta: number): void

• Implementation of CanUpdate.onPostUpdate

  Safe to override onPostUpdate lifecycle event handler. Synonymous with .on('preupdate', (evt) =>{...})

  onPostUpdate is called directly after a scene is updated.

  ---

  Parameters

  • engine: Engine<any>

  • delta: number

  Returns void

publiconPreUpdate

• onPreUpdate(engine: Engine<any>, delta: number): void

• Implementation of CanUpdate.onPreUpdate

  Safe to override onPreUpdate lifecycle event handler. Synonymous with .on('preupdate', (evt) =>{...})

  onPreUpdate is called directly before a scene is updated.

  ---

  Parameters

  • engine: Engine<any>

  • delta: number

  Returns void

publiconce

• once<TEventName>(eventName: TEventName, handler: Handler<CameraEvents[TEventName]>): Subscription
• once(eventName: string, handler: Handler<unknown>): Subscription

• Implementation of CanUpdate.once

  Type parameters

  • TEventName: EventKey<CameraEvents>

  Parameters

  • eventName: TEventName

  • handler: Handler<CameraEvents[TEventName]>

  Returns Subscription

publicremoveStrategy

• removeStrategy<T>(cameraStrategy: CameraStrategy<T>): void

• Removes a camera strategy by reference

  ---

  Type parameters

  • T

  Parameters

  • cameraStrategy: CameraStrategy<T>

    Instance of an [[CameraStrategy]]

  Returns void

publicrunStrategies

• runStrategies(engine: Engine<any>, delta: number): void

• Parameters

  • engine: Engine<any>

  • delta: number

  Returns void

publicshake

• shake(magnitudeX: number, magnitudeY: number, duration: number): void

• Sets the camera to shake at the specified magnitudes for the specified duration

  ---

  Parameters

  • magnitudeX: number

    The x magnitude of the shake

  • magnitudeY: number

    The y magnitude of the shake

  • duration: number

    The duration of the shake in milliseconds

  Returns void

publicupdate

• update(engine: Engine<any>, delta: number): void

• Parameters

  • engine: Engine<any>

  • delta: number

  Returns void

publicupdateTransform

• updateTransform(pos: Vector): void

• Parameters

  • pos: Vector

  Returns void

publicupdateViewport

• updateViewport(): void

• Returns void

publiczoomOverTime

• zoomOverTime(scale: number, duration?: number, easingFn?: EasingFunction): Promise<boolean>

• Zooms the camera in or out by the specified scale over the specified duration. If no duration is specified, it take effect immediately.

  ---

  Parameters

  • scale: number

    The scale of the zoom

  • duration: number = 0

    The duration of the zoom in milliseconds

  • easingFn: EasingFunction = EasingFunctions.EaseInOutCubic

  Returns Promise<boolean>