I want to select an object and have the camera zoom in but inactive the other objects. I am having problems

Hi, I changed my zoom setting to 0.25 and I was able to see my object. However, my object was not zoomed in and it appeared small. It was isolated from the other objects but not zoomed in. So, I was wondering how do I have it zoomed in but appear in the scene? I was looking at changing the field of view but I wasn't sure how I would do that. Would you mean if that I need to adjust the near and far clipping plan?

The default clipping planes are fine, so unless you've edited them, changing the clip planes is not the solution. What I recommend is as follows:

• In edit mode, click on the camera in your hierarchy.

• In the Inspector decrease the field of view. For this test, cut it in half. For example if it is set at 60, change it to 30.

• Now double the distance of your camera to your objects. For example if your camera is at -10 on the 'z' axis as is the default, move it to -20 on the 'z' axis.

Now run your app. You may have to adjust how far you move the camera forward to get the zoom you want. For example:

 camPos.z += 8.0; 

Note zoo$$anonymous$$g by adjusting the camera's field of view is another option. Code to zoom the FOV has been posted to UA many times.

The camera is orthographic. I would have to change the size of my orthographic camera for the field of view? (as there's no field of view for orthographic cameras). Also, I disabled camPos.x and CamPos.y because I don't need the object itself to move (It moves when I select it) and it seems fine. I just need to zoom it in the z direction but I'm not sure how to zoom in z direction without having the camera make the object disappear.

If the camera is orthographic, then you will have to change the orthographic size of the camera to zoom. Here is a bit of demonstration code on one way to zoom the size. Note the small the size, the larger the object (the more zoomed in):

 #pragma strict
 
 var speed = 2.5;
 
 function Update() {
      if (Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyDown($$anonymous$$eyCode.Z)) {
          OrthoZoom(1.5);
      }
 }
 
 function OrthoZoom(size : float) {
     var cam = Camera.main;
     
     while (cam.orthographicSize != size) {
         cam.orthographicSize = $$anonymous$$athf.$$anonymous$$oveTowards(cam.orthographicSize, size, speed * Time.deltaTime);
         yield;
     }
 }

Hmm, nothing happens to the zoom. Here's how I manipulated your code:

 var camPos : Vector3; 
 var camTr  : Transform;
 var speed = 2.5;
 
 function Start() {
 camTr  = Camera.main.transform;
 camPos = camTr.position;
 }
 
 function Update() {
 
 if (Input.Get$$anonymous$$ouseButtonDown(0)) {
    var hit : RaycastHit;
    var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, hit) && hit.collider.tag == "block") {
      var blocks = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("block");
      for (var go : GameObject in blocks) {
       if (go == hit.collider.gameObject) {
          //camPos.x = go.transform.position.x;
         // camPos.y = go.transform.position.y;
       //   camPos.z += .05; // Zoom
          
          if (Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyDown($$anonymous$$eyCode.Z)) {
          OrthoZoom(3);
          }
          
  
           }
       
       else {
           go.SetActive(false);
         
       }
      }
    }
 }
 
 camTr.position = Vector3.Lerp(camTr.position, camPos, Time.deltaTime * speed);
 
   
 
 }
 
 function OrthoZoom(size : float) {
 var cam = Camera.main;
 
 while (cam.orthographicSize != size) {cam.orthographicSize = $$anonymous$$athf.$$anonymous$$oveTowards(cam.orthographicSize, size, speed * Time.deltaTime);
 yield;

} }