acdream/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/ChaseCamera.cs

using System;
using System.Numerics;

namespace AcDream.App.Rendering;

/// <summary>
/// Third-person chase camera that follows behind and above a player
/// character. Implements <see cref="ICamera"/> so it plugs into the
/// existing renderer pipeline.
/// </summary>
public sealed class ChaseCamera : ICamera
{
    public Vector3 Position { get; private set; }
    public float Aspect { get; set; } = 16f / 9f;
    public float FovY { get; set; } = MathF.PI / 3f;

    /// <summary>Distance behind the player. Clamped to [<see cref="DistanceMin"/>, <see cref="DistanceMax"/>].</summary>
    public float Distance { get; set; } = 8f;
    public const float DistanceMin = 2f;
    public const float DistanceMax = 40f;

    /// <summary>Camera pitch above horizontal (radians). Positive = look down.</summary>
    public float Pitch { get; set; } = 0.35f;  // ~20 degrees

    /// <summary>
    /// Additional yaw applied on top of the player's heading when positioning
    /// the camera. Used by the hold-RMB "inspect" mode to orbit around the
    /// player without rotating the character. Snap to 0 to return the camera
    /// to directly behind the player.
    /// </summary>
    public float YawOffset { get; set; } = 0f;

    /// <summary>Vertical offset from the player's feet to the look-at point (eye height).</summary>
    public float EyeHeight { get; set; } = 1.5f;

    // Pitch range: negative values place the camera below the player's Z
    // (at distance * sin(Pitch)) so the player can be viewed from a low
    // angle. Clamped to -0.7 to avoid pushing the camera deep underground;
    // at -0.7 and Distance=8 the camera is ~5m below player-Z which will
    // clip terrain on hills but is OK on flat ground. 1.4 ≈ looking
    // straight down. Wider than the old [0.05, 1.4] so mouse-Y moves the
    // camera in both directions from the neutral [~20°] default.
    private const float PitchMin = -0.7f;
    private const float PitchMax = 1.4f;

    private float _playerYaw;
    private Vector3 _lookAt;

    // K-fix12 (2026-04-26): retail-feel jump camera. The camera Z is
    // pinned to the LAST GROUNDED Z while the player is airborne — the
    // character rises above the camera on screen, visually matching
    // retail's "you can see yourself jump" feedback. Walking on the
    // ground tracks Z directly (no lag on hill transitions); falling
    // catches up immediately so we don't end up below ground when
    // landing in a pit. Only the upward-while-airborne case is pinned.
    private float _trackedZ;
    private bool _trackedZInitialised;

    public Matrix4x4 View =>
        Matrix4x4.CreateLookAt(Position, _lookAt, Vector3.UnitZ);

    // Near plane 0.1 m = retail Render::znear (see RetailChaseCamera.Projection).
    public Matrix4x4 Projection =>
        Matrix4x4.CreatePerspectiveFieldOfView(FovY, Aspect, 0.1f, 5000f);

    /// <summary>
    /// Update the camera position to follow the player. <paramref name="isOnGround"/>
    /// drives the airborne-pin behavior: while airborne and rising, the
    /// camera stays at last-grounded Z so the jump is visible on screen.
    /// </summary>
    public void Update(Vector3 playerPosition, float playerYaw, bool isOnGround = true, float dt = 1f / 60f)
    {
        _playerYaw = playerYaw;

        // K-fix12: track the camera's reference Z.
        //   - On ground: snap directly to player.Z (smooth slope walking).
        //   - Airborne + rising: stay pinned (player visibly rises above camera).
        //   - Airborne + falling below tracked Z: catch up so we don't lag below
        //     ground when landing somewhere lower (a cliff / hole).
        if (!_trackedZInitialised)
        {
            _trackedZ = playerPosition.Z;
            _trackedZInitialised = true;
        }
        else if (isOnGround)
        {
            _trackedZ = playerPosition.Z;
        }
        else if (playerPosition.Z < _trackedZ)
        {
            _trackedZ = playerPosition.Z;   // catch up to falls / drops
        }
        // else: airborne and rising — keep _trackedZ pinned.

        // Look-at uses the actual player Z so the camera always points
        // at the character — when the player rises above the pinned
        // camera the look-at tilts up to keep them centered in frame.
        _lookAt = playerPosition + new Vector3(0f, 0f, EyeHeight);

        // Camera offset: behind the player (-forward direction) plus any
        // YawOffset for the hold-RMB inspect orbit mode.
        float effectiveYaw = playerYaw + YawOffset;
        float forwardX = MathF.Cos(effectiveYaw);
        float forwardY = MathF.Sin(effectiveYaw);

        float horizontalDist = Distance * MathF.Cos(Pitch);
        float verticalDist = Distance * MathF.Sin(Pitch);

        Position = new Vector3(
            playerPosition.X - forwardX * horizontalDist,
            playerPosition.Y - forwardY * horizontalDist,
            _trackedZ + EyeHeight + verticalDist);   // ← uses tracked Z (pinned to ground while airborne)
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adjust pitch by a delta (from mouse Y movement).
    /// </summary>
    public void AdjustPitch(float delta)
    {
        Pitch = Math.Clamp(Pitch + delta, PitchMin, PitchMax);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adjust distance (zoom) by a delta, clamped to [DistanceMin, DistanceMax].
    /// </summary>
    public void AdjustDistance(float delta)
    {
        Distance = Math.Clamp(Distance + delta, DistanceMin, DistanceMax);
    }
}