This is a proof-of-concept implementation for a Real-Time Strategy (RTS) camera control setup with support for screen-space to world-space point-and-click selection. It is written in pure SourcePawn and only requires SourceMod running on a Team Fortress 2 server.
Please note the cursor and other movement speeds and sensitivity settings have been hard-coded and should be edited and configured for your implementation. Users may also have specific preferences that depend on game settings and server latency.
Custom bots used during testing and demonstration are not part of this release.
Features
- Edge scrolling
- WASD-keys scrolling
- Drag-to-scroll (hold right mouse button and drag)
- Zooming (scroll with mouse wheel, see below for binds)
- Rotation (hold mouse wheel down and drag, can be used while scrolling for fly-through)
- Clip camera angles and movements to bounding box
- Left-click to select units (drag rectangle to select multiple)
- Right-click to apply an action to selected units
- Colored health bars drawn above selected unit entities that are visible through walls
Demonstration Videos
Commands
Code:
sm_rts [min_x min_y min_z max_x max_y max_z] - Enter and exit RTS mode
sm_rts_zoom_in - Camera zoom in
sm_rts_zoom_out - Camera zoom out
sm_rts_aspect_ratio <ratio> - Set camera aspect ratio
sm_rts_aspect_ratio <width> <height> - Set camera aspect ratio calculated with width and height
Recommended Binds
Code:
bind MWHEELUP sm_rts_zoom_in
bind MWHEELDOWN sm_rts_zoom_out
Example Test Map
This project was developed and tested on
jump_academy_classic_b inside the Market Gardening Arena (MGA) part of the map. Use the
sm_rts command with the corresponding bounding box values as follows to start:
Code:
sm_rts 6680 -3750 -1035 10200 -300 785
Dependencies
- SourceMod 1.12.0.7038 or newer
- SMLib
Download via GitHub Repository: