finally I am a bit happy with the "f4" camera view

source/glest_game/game/game.cpp

@@ -1506,16 +1506,26 @@ void Game::update() {
 
 					if(currentCameraFollowUnit!=NULL){
 						Vec3f c=currentCameraFollowUnit->getCurrVector();
+						int rotation=currentCameraFollowUnit->getRotation();
+						float angle=rotation+180;
+
+
+#ifdef USE_STREFLOP
+						c.z=c.z+4*streflop::cosf(static_cast<streflop::Simple>(degToRad(angle)));
+						c.x=c.x+4*streflop::sinf(static_cast<streflop::Simple>(degToRad(angle)));
+#else
+						c.z=c.z+4*cosf(degToRad(angle));
+						c.x=c.x+4*sinf(degToRad(angle));
+#endif
 						c.y=c.y+currentCameraFollowUnit->getType()->getHeight()/2.f+2.0f;
+
 						getGameCameraPtr()->setPos(c);
 
-						int rotation=currentCameraFollowUnit->getRotation();
-						getGameCameraPtr()->rotateToVH(18.0f,(540-rotation)%360);
+						rotation=(540-rotation)%360;
+						getGameCameraPtr()->rotateToVH(18.0f,rotation);
 
 						if(currentCameraFollowUnit->isAlive()==false){
 							currentCameraFollowUnit=NULL;
-							gameCamera.resetPosition();
-							getGameCameraPtr()->setClampDisabled(false);
 							getGameCameraPtr()->setGameState();
 						}
 					}
@@ -1931,7 +1941,7 @@ void Game::render() {
 		isFirstRender = false;
 
 		if(this->loadGameNode == NULL) {
-			gameCamera.resetPosition();
+			gameCamera.setGameState();
 			this->restoreToStartXY();
 		}
 	}
@@ -2881,7 +2891,7 @@ void Game::mouseDownRight(int x, int y) {
 	}
 
  	if(mouseMoved == false) {
- 		gameCamera.resetPosition();
+ 		gameCamera.setGameState();
  	}
  	else {
  		mouseMoved = false;
@@ -3169,7 +3179,6 @@ void Game::startCameraFollowUnit() {
 		Unit *currentUnit = selection->getUnitPtr(0);
 		if(currentUnit != NULL) {
 			currentCameraFollowUnit = currentUnit;
-			getGameCameraPtr()->setClampDisabled(true);
 			getGameCameraPtr()->setUnitState();
 			getGameCameraPtr()->setPos(currentCameraFollowUnit->getCurrVector());
 
@@ -3303,7 +3312,16 @@ void Game::keyDown(SDL_KeyboardEvent key) {
 			//change camera mode
 			//else if(key == configKeys.getCharKey("FreeCameraMode")) {
 			else if(isKeyPressed(configKeys.getSDLKey("FreeCameraMode"),key, false) == true) {
-				gameCamera.switchState();
+				if(gameCamera.getState()==GameCamera::sFree)
+				{
+					gameCamera.setGameState();
+				}
+				else if(gameCamera.getState()==GameCamera::sGame)
+				{
+					gameCamera.setFreeState();
+				}
+				//else ignore!
+
 				string stateString= gameCamera.getState()==GameCamera::sGame? lang.get("GameCamera"): lang.get("FreeCamera");
 				console.addLine(lang.get("CameraModeSet")+" "+ stateString);
 			}
@@ -3313,9 +3331,7 @@ void Game::keyDown(SDL_KeyboardEvent key) {
 				if(currentCameraFollowUnit != NULL) {
 					currentCameraFollowUnit = NULL;
 				}
-
-				gameCamera.resetPosition();
-				gameCamera.setClampDisabled(false);
+				gameCamera.setGameState();
 			}
 			//pause
 			//else if(key == configKeys.getCharKey("PauseGame")) {

source/glest_game/game/game_camera.cpp

@@ -287,20 +287,24 @@ Quad2i GameCamera::computeVisibleQuad() {
 	return result;
 }
 
-void GameCamera::switchState(){
-	if(state==sGame){
-		state= sFree;
-	}
-	else{
-		state= sGame;
-		destAng.x = startingVAng;
-		destAng.y = startingHAng;
-		destPos.y = calculatedDefault;
-	}
+void GameCamera::setGameState() {
+	state = sGame;
+	setClampDisabled(false);
+	resetPosition();
+}
+void GameCamera::setUnitState() {
+	state = sUnit;
+	setClampDisabled(true);
+}
+void GameCamera::setFreeState() {
+	state = sFree;
+	setClampDisabled(false);
+	resetPosition();
 }
 
+
+
 void GameCamera::resetPosition(){
-	state= sGame;
 	destAng.x = startingVAng;
 	destAng.y = startingHAng;
 	destPos.y = calculatedDefault;

source/glest_game/game/game_camera.h

@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@ public:
 	float getHAng() const		{return hAng;};
 	float getVAng() const		{return vAng;}
 	State getState() const		{return state;}
-	void setGameState() { state = sGame; }
-	void setUnitState() { state = sUnit; }
-	void setState(State value) { state = value; }
+
+	void setGameState();
+	void setUnitState();
+	void setFreeState();
 
 	const Vec3f &getPos() const	{return pos;}
 	float getFov() const 		{return fov;}
@@ -140,8 +141,7 @@ public:
     //other
     void update();
     Quad2i computeVisibleQuad();
-	void switchState();
-	void resetPosition();
+
 
 	void centerXZ(float x, float z);
 	void transitionXYZ(float x, float y, float z);
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ public:
 	void load(const XmlNode *node);
 	void save(XmlNode *node) const;
 
-	void setClampBounds(bool value) { clampBounds = value; }
-	void setClampDisabled(bool value) { clampDisable = value; };
 	void setMaxHeight(float value);
 	float getCalculatedDefault() const{ return calculatedDefault; }
 	void setCalculatedDefault(float calculatedDefault);
@@ -173,6 +171,9 @@ public:
 	void loadGame(const XmlNode *rootNode);
 
 private:
+	void setClampBounds(bool value) { clampBounds = value; }
+	void resetPosition();
+	void setClampDisabled(bool value) { clampDisable = value; };
 	void clampPosXYZ(float x1, float x2, float y1, float y2, float z1, float z2);
 	void clampPosXZ(float x1, float x2, float z1, float z2);
 	void clampAng();