Cameras

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The Galaxy games use cameras to create a good view of the game's 3D scene. There are many different types to fulfill this purpose, all of which are detailed on this page. Each stage (galaxies, zones, ...) comes with a file that specifies all the camera setups to be used. The format of these files is specified below.

Contexts

Cameras are used in a lot of different contexts and may be triggered through various means, including:

  • Camera areas (CameraArea, CubeCameraBox, etc.) once they are entered. More information below.
  • Spawn points (Mario entries in a zone's StartInfo file) once the player respawns there. More information below.
  • Warp Pipes once they are entered or left.
  • When the player rides Launch Stars or Sling Stars.
  • When the player swims underwater or on the water's surface.
  • When the player uses the Flying Power-Up.
  • While talking to an NPC.
  • Various objects and enemies use special cameras, such as SimpleDemoExecutor, JumpBeamer, Poihana and BegomanSpring.
  • Cutscenes use various cameras to change the view.

BCAM Format

All camera parameters for a zone (and some objects) are stored in a special BCSV file called CameraParam.bcam. For zones, the file is located in Stage/camera of a Map archive. Not all files will contain all known camera fields in order to save some space. These optional fields are only added when necessary. The following table lists all fields, their default values, data type and whether they are always present or not.

Field Type Default value Required?
version LONG 196630 (SMG1)
196631 (SMG2)		 ✓
camtype STRING_OFFSET (empty string) ✓
id STRING_OFFSET (empty string) ✓
angleB FLOAT 0.0 ✓
angleA FLOAT 0.0 ✓
dist FLOAT 0.0 ✓
vpanaxis.X FLOAT 0.0 ✓
vpanaxis.Y FLOAT 1.0 ✓
vpanaxis.Z FLOAT 0.0 ✓
vpanuse LONG 1 ✓
udown LONG 120 ✓
pushdelaylow LONG 120 ✓
pushdelay LONG 120 ✓
lplay FLOAT 800.0 ✓
uplay FLOAT 300.0 ✓
gndint LONG 160 ✓
lower FLOAT 0.1 ✓
upper FLOAT 0.3 ✓
camint LONG 120 ✓
fovy FLOAT 45.0 ✓
roll FLOAT 0.0 ✓
loffsetv FLOAT 0.0 ✓
loffset FLOAT 0.0 ✓
woffset.X FLOAT 0.0 ✓
woffset.Y FLOAT 300.0 ✓
woffset.Z FLOAT 0.0 ✓
num1 LONG 0 ✗
num2 LONG 0 ✗
string STRING_OFFSET (empty string) ✗
axis.X FLOAT 0.0 ✗
axis.Y FLOAT 0.0 ✗
axis.Z FLOAT 0.0 ✗
up.X FLOAT 0.0 ✗
up.Y FLOAT 1.0 ✗
up.Z FLOAT 0.0 ✗
wpoint.X FLOAT 0.0 ✗
wpoint.Y FLOAT 0.0 ✗
wpoint.Z FLOAT 0.0 ✗
flag.noreset LONG 0 ✗
flag.nofovy LONG 0 ✗
flag.lofserpoff LONG 0 ✗
flag.antibluroff LONG 0 ✗
flag.collisionoff LONG 0 ✗
flag.subjectiveoff LONG 0 ✗
gflag.thru LONG 0 ✓
gflag.enableEndErpFrame LONG 0 ✗
gflag.camendint LONG 0 ✗
eflag.enableErpFrame LONG 0 ✗
eflag.enableEndErpFrame LONG 0 ✗
camendint LONG 0 ✗
evfrm LONG 0 ✗
evpriority LONG 0 ✗

Camera ID Names

The id field of a camera parameter entry is a special ID name that specifies the camera's usage context. Every entry should have a unique ID name.

Default Cameras

ID Name Description
o:デフォルトカメラ Default camera to be used if no other camera is active or available.
o:デフォルト水中カメラ Default camera to be used when the player is swimming underwater.
o:デフォルト水面カメラ Default camera to be used when the player is swimming on water surface.
o:デフォルトフーファイターカメラ Camera to be used when the player is using the Flying Power-Up.
o:ズームカメラ The first person's view camera.

Camera Areas

As the name suggests, camera areas (CameraArea, CubeCameraBox, ...) activate a camera once the player stays inside the area. If multiple camera areas interesect, the area with the highest priority (Obj_arg2) will be selected. The camera area's Obj_arg0 value specifies the ID number of the camera to be used. Using this value, the game generates an identifier string using the printf format string c:%04x. For example, if your camera area has an Obj_arg2 of 15, the corresponding camera ID name would be c:000f. The hexadecimal digits have to be lowercase!

Starting Cameras

Every player spawn point (Mario entries in a zone's StartInfo) can activate a camera once the player respawns there. Just like camera areas, the game constructs an identifier string from the spawn point's CameraSetId which will be used to locate the parameters for the camera. The printf format string is s:%04x. For example, if your Mario entry has a CameraSetId of 60, the corresponding camera ID name would be s:003c. The hexadecimal digits have to be lowercase! If the CameraSetId is negative, no camera will be used.

Event Cameras

Group Cameras

Camera Classes

There are many fine-tuned camera classes to choose from. The camtype field of a camera entry specifies what class to use. The available classes in the Galaxy games are:

Identifier Japanese Name Class Name Used in SMG1? Used in SMG2? Description Parameters
CAM_TYPE_XZ_PARA 並行 CameraParallel ✓ ✓ This camera moves parallel to Mario's position using fixed angles and distance.
  • dist: Distance from Mario's position.
  • angleB: Horizontal angle in radians.
  • angleA: Vertical angle in radians.
  • num1: Enables resetting and rounding if non-zero.
CAM_TYPE_WONDER_PLANET プラネット CameraWonderPlanet ✓ ✓
  • angleA
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
CAM_TYPE_TOWER 塔 CameraTower ✓ ✓ This camera is focused at a set coordinate and rotates around this point based on Mario's position.
  • dist: Distance from fixpoint position.
  • angleA: Vertical angle in radians.
  • angleB: Size of the radius area at which the camera stops rotating. The higher the more restricted.
  • wpoint: Fixed point coordinate
  • axis:Which Axis to use for rotating
CAM_TYPE_TOWER_POS 塔（サブターゲット付き） CameraTowerPos ✓ ✓
  • angleB
  • angleA
  • up.X
  • up.Y
  • wpoint
  • axis
CAM_TYPE_INWARD_TOWER 塔内部 CameraInwardTower ✓ ✗
  • axis
  • angleB
  • angleA
  • dist
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_INWARD_SPHERE 球内部 CameraInwardSphere ✓ ✗
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
CAM_TYPE_POINT_FIX 完全固定 CameraFix ✓ ✓
  • dist
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
  • wpoint
  • up
CAM_TYPE_EYEPOS_FIX 定点 CameraFixedPoint ✓ ✓
  • wpoint
  • num1
CAM_TYPE_EYEPOS_FIX_THERE その場定点 CameraFixedThere ✓ ✓ Stops the camera in the position of the last camera used and focuses on Mario. Mostly used for the landing sequence of flying stars.
  • num2
  • num1
CAM_TYPE_TRUNDLE トランドル CameraTrundle ✓ ✓
  • up.X
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
  • wpoint
  • axis
CAM_TYPE_SPHERE_TRUNDLE 球トランドル CameraSphereTrundle n/a ✓ ?
CAM_TYPE_INNER_CYLINDER 円筒内部 CameraInnerCylinder ✓ ✗
  • axis
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
  • up.X
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_CUBE_PLANET キューブ惑星 CameraCubePlanet ✓ ✓ Variant of camera type follow in which the camera rotates along based on Mario's current gravitational frame.
  • dist
  • angleA
  • angleB
CAM_TYPE_CHARMED_FIX サンボ CameraCharmedFix ✓ ✓
  • up
  • axis
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_CHARMED_VECREG ベクトルレジスタ注目 CameraCharmedVecReg ✓ ✓
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • axis
  • dist
  • string
CAM_TYPE_CHARMED_VECREG_TOWER VecReg角度補正塔カメラ CameraCharmedVecRegTower ✓ ✓
  • axis
  • dist
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • string
  • wpoint
  • num1
CAM_TYPE_MEDIAN_PLANET 中点注目プラネット CameraMedianPlanet ✓ ✓
  • wpoint.X
  • dist
  • angleB
  • angleA
  • axis
  • string
CAM_TYPE_MEDIAN_TOWER 中点塔カメラ CameraMedianTower ✓ ✓
  • string
  • up
  • angleA
  • wpoint
  • axis
CAM_TYPE_FOLLOW フォロー CameraFollow ✓ ✓
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
  • num1
CAM_TYPE_RACE_FOLLOW レース用フォロー CameraRaceFollow ✓ ✓
  • angleA
  • wpoint
  • num1
CAM_TYPE_WATER_FOLLOW 水中フォロー CameraWaterFollow ✓ ✓
  • dist
  • axis.Y
  • axis.Y
CAM_TYPE_WATER_PLANET 水中プラネット CameraWaterPlanet ✓ ✓
  • angleA
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
CAM_TYPE_WATER_PLANET_BOSS 水中プラネットボス CameraWaterPlanetBoss ✓ ✗
  • up
  • num1
  • wpoint
  • axis
  • dist
CAM_TYPE_TRIPOD_PLANET 三脚惑星 CameraTripodPlanet ✓ ✓
  • up
  • dist
  • wpoint
  • axis
CAM_TYPE_TRIPOD_BOSS 三脚ボス CameraTripodBoss ✗ n/a
  • up
  • dist
  • axis
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_TRIPOD_BOSS_JOINT 三脚ボスジョイント CameraTripodBossJoint ✓ n/a
  • num1
  • dist
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • axis
CAM_TYPE_CHARMED_TRIPOD_BOSS 三脚ボスジョイント注視 CameraCharmedTripodBoss ✓ n/a
  • up
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
  • num1
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_FOO_FIGHTER フーファイター CameraFooFighter ✓ ✗
  • dist
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
CAM_TYPE_FOO_FIGHTER_PLANET フーファイタープラネット CameraFooFighterPlanet ✓ ✗
  • dist
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
CAM_TYPE_RAIL_WATCH レール注目 CameraRailWatch ✓ ✓
  • num1
  • num2
  • axis.X
  • dist
  • angleA
CAM_TYPE_RAIL_DEMO レールデモ CameraRailDemo ✗ ✗
  • num1
  • num2
  • dist
CAM_TYPE_RAIL_FOLLOW レールフォロー CameraRailFollow ✓ ✗
  • num1
  • num2
  • dist
  • wpoint.X
  • wpoint.Y
CAM_TYPE_OBJ_PARALLEL オブジェ並行 CameraObjParallel ✓ ✓
  • dist
  • angleA
  • angleB
CAM_TYPE_MTXREG_PARALLEL マトリクスレジスタ並行 CameraMtxRegParallel ✓ ✓
  • string
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
CAM_TYPE_SLIDER スライダー CameraBehind ✗ ✗
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
  • axis.X
CAM_TYPE_2D_SLIDE ２Ｄスライド CameraSlide ✓ ✓
  • axis
  • up
  • dist
  • angleA
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_GROUND 地面 CameraGround ✓ ✗
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
  • up
CAM_TYPE_SPIRAL_DEMO 螺旋デモ CameraSpiral ✓ ✓
  • num1
  • num2
  • axis
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_TWISTED_PASSAGE ねじれ回廊 CameraTwistedPassage ✓ ✗
  • num1
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
CAM_TYPE_FRONT_AND_BACK 表裏カメラ CameraFrontAndBack ✓ ✓
  • axis
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_FREEZE その場完全固定 CameraFreeze n/a ✓ Stops and freezes the camera completely based on the last camera position and rotation. ?
CAM_TYPE_TALK 会話 CameraTalk ✗ ✗
  • wpoint
  • up
  • axis.X
  • axis.Y
CAM_TYPE_ANIM アニメ CameraAnim ✗ ✗
  • num1
  • dist
CAM_TYPE_DEAD 通常死亡 CameraDead ✗ ✗
  • num1
  • num2
  • dist
CAM_TYPE_BLACK_HOLE ブラックホール CameraBlackHole ✗ ✗
  • axis
  • wpoint
CAM_TYPE_DPD ＤＰＤ CameraDPD ✗ ✗
  • num2
  • up.X
  • wpoint
  • angleA
  • angleB
  • dist
  • num1
CAM_TYPE_SUBJECTIVE 主観 CameraSubjective ✗ ✗ n/a

Aliases

Likely for the purpose of preserving compatibility with test camera files, the developers added aliases for some camera classes. These exist in both Galaxy games. However, these aliases only apply if the camera version is greater or equal to the required version. Interestingly, it also contains an alias for CAM_TYPE_BOSS_DONKETSU, a camera class that has been removed from the actual game.

Alias Name Actual Name Required Version
CAM_TYPE_DONKETSU_TEST CAM_TYPE_BOSS_DONKETSU 196612
CAM_TYPE_BEHIND_DEBUG CAM_TYPE_SLIDER 196614
CAM_TYPE_INWARD_TOWER_TEST CAM_TYPE_INWARD_TOWER 196614
CAM_TYPE_EYE_FIXED_THERE_TEST CAM_TYPE_EYEPOS_FIX_THERE 196614
CAM_TYPE_ICECUBE_PLANET CAM_TYPE_CUBE_PLANET 196617

Common Properties

Property Description
General
version Camera engine version. Usually 196630 in Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 196631 in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
camtype Class identifier name. See the tables above for possible values.
id The camera's identifier name. See the respective section for more details.
woffset.X
woffset.Y
woffset.Z
loffset
loffsetv
roll
fovy The field of view angle in degrees.
camint
upper
lower
gndint
uplay
lplay
pushdelay
pushdelaylow
udown
vpanuse
vpanaxis.X
vpanaxis.Y
vpanaxis.Z
flag.noreset
flag.nofovy
flag.lofserpoff
flag.antibluroff
flag.collisionoff Disables collision with map geometry if enabled. This means that the camera will move through collision if necessary.
flag.subjectiveoff Disables the first-person camera if enabled.
Game
gflag.thru
gflag.enableEndErpFrame
gflag.camendint
Event
eflag.enableErpFrame
eflag.enableEndErpFrame
camendint
evfrm
evpriority

Trivia

  • The oldest available camera version is 196617 and can be found in HellLavaFloatingZone.
  • The function CameraParamChunk::load references a removed camera class labeled as CAM_TYPE_PLANET.
  • Intro cameras dynamically create a CAM_TYPE_ANIM camera with the ID o:スタートアニメカメラ. It is not possible to overwrite this in a BCAM file.
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