SmileForTheCamera

A ResoniteModLoader mod for Resonite that makes LookAtUser components (such as user nameplates) look at the camera instead of the local user when taking a picture.

Installation

• Locate your Resonite install folder, for example from the Steam Library > right click on Resonite > Manage > Browse local files.
• In your Resonite install folder, enter the rml_mods subfolder. It should already exist if you installed RML properly.
• Download SmileForTheCamera.dll and place it in the rml_mods folder.

Features

Affected objects

The basic concept of the mod is to locally override the coordinates of LookAtUser components to make them look at a specific camera’s position rather than the local user.

This only applies to LookAtUser components which:

• Are setup to look at the local user (TargetAtLocalUser is enabled)
• Are aiming at the user’s View (not their Head or Root)

These conditions are met by the default nameplates, and most custom ones as well (from my experience).

Photos

The mod affects photos taken using the default Resonite Essentials cameras, as well as any camera using the InteractiveCamera component.

It works by temporarily orienting the LookAtUser components towards the camera for just a frame or two, the time it takes for the picture to be rendered.

About generic Cameras

A limitation of the mod is that it does not work on cameras using the more generic Camera component. This means that some custom-made camera systems may not be affected by the mod.

This is purposefully kept out of the scope of this mod. Trying to affect these more generic cameras might also interfere with some advanced rendering systems used by some worlds and some objects to achieve complex visual effects.

Quick photos

The mod also affects quick photos. In VR, they are the photos taken using a hand gesture, commonly known as "finger photos". In Desktop, they are the photos taken by pressing Shift+P or Ctrl+P.

The LookAtUser components will stary oriented towards the quick photo camera as long as the preview window is active.

Quick photos have lower priority than interactive camera photos: if a picture is taken with a camera while a quick photo preview window is active, the nameplates will temporarily be overriden to look at the interactive one for the few frames it takes to render.

Streaming camera

Finally, the mod also affects the local user’s Streaming camera.

The LookAtUser components will stary oriented towards the streaming camera as long as it is active, i.e. the streaming panel is open or the camera is being mirrorred to desktop.

The Streaming camera has lower priority than both quick photos and interactive camera photos. It is only being targeted if no other target of higher priority is active.

MIT License

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