ARFX Camera Actor

Section 6. ARFX Camera Actor

The ARFX Pro Camera Actor is our primary tool that makes our method of virtual production do its magic. It acts as our all-in-one package that handles inputs, UI, and, of course, the image warp effect, given valid tracking. Without this, nothing can get done!

Important

Warning: Only one ARFX Camera can be in a scene/level at any given time!

In this section, we'll detail what the camera is, a tiny bit of what it can do, and how you can customize it to your needs.

Here is what a freshly placed ARFX Pro Camera looks like!

Section 6.1 Exposed Settings

The default list of options available to you for the ARFX Pro Camera.

Found within the Details menu when the camera is selected, these settings are available for you to further customize the behavior and operation of the camera.

Section 6.2 Base Settings

Load Calibration from File - If enabled, the camera will use a universal config file to save and load calibration data that works across all projects. (Save location: %AppData%\ARwall).

Disable Tracking - Disables tracking except for when calibrating. Useful for Level Sequences where you are manually moving the camera or using pre-recorded tracking data.

Disable Tracking While Calibrating—This option disables tracking while the calibration menu is open. It is especially useful for optic-driven tracking solutions such as mobile tracking with the ARFXApp.

Sequence Tag Name - Name of the tag to look for when using the camera in a sequence. This will disable tracking and use values derived from a Level Sequence instead.

Screen Width - The physical screen's width from edges in centimeters. Do not change while in play!

Screen Height - The physical screen's height from edges in centimeters. Do not change while in play!

Near Clipping Distance - Distance at which the camera will begin to clip objects from view.

Section 6.3 Input

This section contains modifiers to your inputs.

Input Yaw Scale - Yaw input speed scaling (for gamepad or keyboard movement)

Input Pitch Scale - Pitch input speed scaling (for gamepad or keyboard movement)

Input Roll Scale - Roll input speed scaling (for gamepad or keyboard movement)

Input Scale - Input speed scaling (for gamepad or keyboard movement)

Rotate at Screen - If true, the rotations used with turning are centered on the screen's location.

Section 6.4 Calibration

Screen Offset - This offset is applied only on calibration. Useful for screens too far from the tracking volume to be calibrated normally. Recommended to use a fixed point that will never move to use as your calibration point.

Screen Orientation - The calibrated orientation of your screen. *Do not manually edit this value!*

Screen Origin - The calibrated position of your screen. *Do not manually edit this value!*

Section 6.5 Bookmarks

This section controls how bookmarks are handled and the camera's starting bookmark. For more information on bookmarks, please refer to the Bookmarks article.

Disable Indexing - Disables auto-indexing functionality. You must manually set bookmark indexes to all bookmarks placed in the scene (1 to N)

Do Not Create Origin Bookmark - This will prevent the camera from creating an initial bookmark at its starting position on the map.

Start at Bookmark -  Assign this to an ARFX Bookmark already in the level to be where the camera will spawn at on play.

Always Skip Transition - If enabled, skip the transition animation between bookmarks.

Transition Curve - Transition curve for the interpolation time-line. Use this if you want customize the overall movement of bookmark transitions. By default is uses a simple ease-in, east-out curve.

Transition Play Rate - Sets the transition play rate, allowing you to speed up or slow down the interpolation movement.

Actors In Bookmarks - A list of actor bookmarks that you want to move along with the camera on transition.

Actors to Hide - A list of actors to hide when switching to this bookmark. Used to prevent clipping issues.

Section 6.6 User Interface

The settings found in this section refer to all in [PlayInEditor] UI. You can ignore the settings under the Customize section as they are populated automatically for you when in play.

Do Not Auto Load UI - Disables the UI from loading automatically. Turning on Debug Mode will show the information as normal but still not show when disabled.

Disable Option UI - Completely disables the Option UI. Use this if you have settings being overridden that you do not want.

Top Bar Height - The height of the solid color bar that can be toggled on the screen.

Bottom Bar Height - The height of the solid color bar that can be toggled on the screen.

Top Bar Color - The color of the solid bar that can be toggled on the screen.

Bottom Bar Color - The color of the solid bar that can be toggled on the screen.

Section 6.7 Remote Control

This is purely for setting up Remote Control support on our camera. Steps on how you can use this yourself will be found in its own article.

ARwall RC Preset - Assigning an empty Remote Control Preset here will enable Remote Control support. The preset MUST be in the root of the project's Content folder!

RC Post Process Volume - Assign the main post process volume for remote control to use for editing the look of your scene while in play.