Position camera between two players

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I'm trying to figure out how to calculate the offset position of the camera to follow both players based on the midpoint and determine the new camera position. I have most of it figured out, can anyone take a look and point me in the right direction?

Here's what I have so far:

{ public GameObject player1; public GameObject player2;

 private Vector3 offset;
 private Vector3 midPosition;

 // Start is called before the first frame update
 void Start()
 {
     midPosition = (player1.transform.position + player2.transform.position) / 2.0f;

     // Need to calculate offset based on midpoint
     offset = transform.position - player1.transform.position;
 }

 // Update is called once per frame
 void Update()
 {
     midPosition = (player1.transform.position + player2.transform.position) / 2.0f;

     // Need to calculate new camera position based on midpoint
     transform.position = offset + player1.transform.position;
 }

}

Answer 1

As suggested by @Cherie , it does seem to be in order except the last line. You set the new position without using the calculated midPosition.

change:

 transform.position = offset + player1.transform.position;

to:

 transform.position = offset + midPosition

And about the offset: It is calculated once inside Start(), before you reposition the camera between the players, so the initial offset between where you placed player1 and the camera in the scene editor will be used when the scene is running.

You can address this by calculating the midpoint once inside Start(), as you already have, set the camera position to it and only than calculate the offset.,As suggested by @Cherie , it does seem to be in order except the last line. You set the new position without using the calculated midPosition.

change:

 transform.position = offset + player1.transform.position;

to:

 transform.position = offset + midPosition

And about the offset: It is calculated once inside Start(), before you reposition the camera between the players, so the initial offset between where you placed player1 and the camera in the scene editor will be used when the scene is running.

You can address this by calculating the midpoint once inside Start(), as you already have, set the camera position to it and only than calculate the offset.

Position camera between two players

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