/// edit Engine/source/T3D/camera.cpp and past the following
/// below DefineEngineMethod( Camera, setRotation, void, ( Point3F rot ), ,
/// around line 1655 in T3D 1.1 Final:

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineMethod( Camera, getOrbitDistance, F32, (), ,
                   "Get the camera's current orbit mode's distance.\n\n"
                   "@returns The current orbit mode's distance as a float.")
{
   return object->getOrbitDistance();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DefineEngineMethod( Camera, setOrbitDistance, void, ( F32 dist ), ,
                   "Set the camera's orbit mode's distance.\n\n"
                   "@param dist The distance to be set for orbit mode.")
{
   object->setOrbitDistance( dist );
}


/// now edit the associated header file Engine/source/T3D/camera.h and insert
/// the following code just after void setRotation( const Point3F& viewRot );
/// around line 152:

      F32  getOrbitDistance() { return mCurOrbitDist; }
      void setOrbitDistance(F32 dist)
      {
         if(dist > mMaxOrbitDist) dist = mMaxOrbitDist;
         if(dist < mMinOrbitDist) dist = mMinOrbitDist;
         mCurOrbitDist = dist;
      };