When I get some free time again, I'm thinking of adding some SEXPs:
set-camera-position - Sets camera position, like set-ship-pos(ition)
set-camera-facing - Sets camera facing, like set-ship-facing(?)
reset-camera - Resets view to whatever it was before
For simplicity's sake, these would lock the camera in position, unless the player tried to get out of the view or a camera SEXP was called.
Of course, here's where the problem comes in - I figure for the player's sake, esc should probably skip the cutscene. With the above method, the cutscene would continue anyways; the camera would just jump back to the previous view.
Also, the player's ship would continue to be flyable(Although, the mission designer could get- and set- the ship position/facing with the ship-invulnerable SEXP to keep the player from being too much of an arse
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So, using SEXPs, how would people like to see cutscenes be setup and take into account things like the player hitting escape? (Should cutscene-skipping support be left up to the mission designer, through use of is-key-pressed?)
Oh, and for black bars, either a fourth argument for the set-camera SEXPs or a black-bars-on and black-bars-off system.
