koobas.hobune.stream
My camera won't move properly.
When my player object is a certain amount away from the center of the screen, a script is enabled to move the camera to the player's position, and it is only disabled when the camera is re-centered. This works when I change the camera's position to the player's position, but then it snaps to the player and I don't want that. When I use "transform.translate", the script makes the camera start slowly falling, with the player able to drag/float it around with their motion. The camera is never able to recenter like this, so the script is never disabled.
Edit: Here is my code. Like I said, it breaks when I change it to "transform.translate"
GameObject player;
void Start () {
player = GameObject.Find("Player");
}
void Update () {
transform.Translate(player.transform.position * Time.deltaTime);
}
The camera is a child of a transparent box that this script is attached to. The script is enabled when the player exits the box and disabled when the box re-centers to the player.
Without seeing your code, how can anyone know what's wrong with it?
You are moving the camera by the player's position, not to the player's position. You need to supply Translate with a direction, as per the manual's definition. There are two easy ways to achieve what you want.
Get the direction by subtracting the camera's position from the player's position
void Update(){
transform.Translate((player.transform.position - transform.position)* Time.deltaTime);
}
Lerp (get an inbetween value) between the camera's position and the player's position.
void Update(){
transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, player.transform.position, Time.deltaTime);
}
Thank you so much! The first solution made the movement a little twitchy, but Lerp works very well! But I have another question now: Is there a way I can alter the speed with a float variable or something? Lerp only takes 3 arguments and I tried replacing Time.deltaTime, but that makes the camera teleport.
Lerp's third parameter is relative amount of distance (always from 0 to 1) to travel. In above, higher value equals to faster speed. I'd try third parameter as something like speed*Time.deltaTime and tweak speed variable.
If you need to have full control over speed, try using (player.transform.position - transform.position).normalized*speed in first way of doing it, while first setting speed variable.
If it's the right answer and helps, you're supposed to press the tick. ;)
