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Camera Movement Question - How to follow player in Y axis only above certain threshold?
Hello, this is my first post to the forum. I am creating a 2D platformer game and cannot seem to get the code quite right to achieve the effect I'm looking for. I want the camera to follow the player in the X axis only (which I have it doing now) and then when the player jumps above a certain threshold, they kind of drag the camera up with it so the player is centered slightly higher than when at ground level. I also want to reverse the effect when returning to ground level. I have tried using a boolean to check whether the player is above a certain height, then apply a transform to the camera, but it come out looking choppy, and then the camera never goes back to its original y position. Here is my code for the camera:
void Update ()
{
if (player.GetComponent<PlayerCtrl>().topOfScreen == false) //freezes camera in y direction if player is not at the top of screen
{
//makes the camera follow the player in the x axis only
transform.position = new Vector3(player.position.x,transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
}
if (player.GetComponent<PlayerCtrl>().topOfScreen == true)
{
//makes camera follow player in the x and y axis
transform.position = new Vector3(player.position.x, player.position.y - 2, transform.position.z);
And the code fore the boolean checking when the player exceeds the height when I want the camera to start following in the y direction: [code=CSharp] void ScreenCheck() { topOfScreen = false;
if (transform.position.y > 4)
topOfScreen = true;
if (transform.position.y < 4)
topOfScreen = false;
Mostly I want to get a solid understanding of why it isn't working now and how I can make it work so the transition is smooth. Thanks for any help!
Joe
