How do I make a camera point in a certain direction?

Scripting Issues
1

I need to know this so I can continue making my project. c:

2

Look at point:

camera.lookAt(point)

Look in direction of vector:

camera.lookAt(camera.getPos() + vector)
3

If you have angles that you want to use, then you can treat the camera like any other NodePath, I believe:

camera.setHpr(hAngle, pAngle, rAngle)

# Or

camera.setH(hAngle)

camera.setP(pAngle)

camera.setR(rAngle)
4

Like rdb and Thaumaturge stated, you can control your camera by calling the lookAt() method or the setHpr() method. Here is an example of setting a camera’s position away from the panda model, and making it look at the panda:

from direct.showbase.ShowBase import ShowBase

class MyApp(ShowBase):
    def __init__(self):
        ShowBase.__init__(self)

        self.panda = loader.loadModel("models/panda-model")
        self.panda.reparentTo(render)
        self.panda.setScale(0.005)
        self.panda.setPos(0, 0, 0)

        self.cam.setPos(0, -1000, 0)
        self.cam.lookAt(self.panda)

app = MyApp()
app.run()

In this case, self.cam is the camera NodePath. I recommend using ‘camera’ if you’re using DirectBase and ‘self.cam’ if you’re using ShowBase like I am.