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3rd person camera with toggle-able free look, problem with transform.Rotate
I have a camera that is locked onto the character. The player can then press alt to freely move the camera independently from the character. The problem I am having is with transform.Rotate, as it updates every frame, something weird happens and the camera starts rotating around its z-axis turning upside down.
So I want to use:
mouseX = Input.GetAxis ("Mouse X");
mouseY = Input.GetAxis ("Mouse Y");
character.Rotate (0, mouseX, 0);
transform.Rotate (-mouseY, 0, 0);
while also using this:
mouseX += Input.GetAxis ("Mouse X");
mouseY -= Input.GetAxis ("Mouse Y");
centerPoint.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler (mouseY, mouseX, 0);
However, if both are used, then you can't change smoothly between locked and free-look. Here is the whole code:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
//Script is attached to the centerpoint go that the main camera uses as a pivot point.
public class Help : MonoBehaviour {
public float cameraReturnSpeed = 300.0f;
public Transform character;
public Transform NeutralPoint;
private bool returnCamera = false;
private float mouseX, mouseY;
//TODO: When exiting free look, rotate y back to previous position, not back to neutral.
//TODO: Don't turn the camera upside down in free look.
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {
//Rotate character around y and rotate camera view around x with the mouse.
mouseX = Input.GetAxis ("Mouse X");
mouseY = Input.GetAxis ("Mouse Y");
//Allow free look when left alt key is pressed.
if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.LeftAlt)) {
returnCamera = false;
//Rotate adds to the rotation every frame, this causes the problem.
transform.Rotate (-mouseY, mouseX, 0);
}
else
{
character.Rotate (0, mouseX, 0);
transform.Rotate (-mouseY, 0, 0);
}
if (Input.GetKeyUp (KeyCode.LeftAlt)) {
StartCoroutine(ReturnCamera ());
}
if (returnCamera == true) {
if (Mathf.Approximately(transform.rotation.x, NeutralPoint.rotation.x)) {
returnCamera = false;
}
else {
transform.localRotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards (transform.localRotation, Quaternion.Euler (transform.localRotation.y, 0, 0), Time.deltaTime * cameraReturnSpeed);
}
}
}
IEnumerator ReturnCamera (){
returnCamera = true;
yield return new WaitForSeconds (0.6f);
transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler (transform.localRotation.y, 0, 0);
returnCamera = false;
}
}
I've been struggling with this for some time now, hopefully you guys can help me out.
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