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Trying to lock a camera to a certain spot at a certain view but not working?

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Alright, I am JUST delving into the art of camera positioning.

I have looked at the regular Roblox forums and the wiki but I can't really find suitable help.

Here's my line of code:

local cam = workspace.CurrentCamera

cam.CameraSubject = game.Workspace.CameraPoint -- CameraPoint is a part 
cam.CameraType = "Attach"

cam.CoordinateFrame=CFrame.new(-331.06, 9.56, 90.161)
cam.Focus=CFrame.new(-331.86, 8.96, 90.961)

The user is spawned elsewhere, but the camera is here instead.

Just to help specify better what the CFrame and Focus thing are doing: http://prntscr.com/85hz9y

SO FAR it's only changed the camera view to attach and MAYBE at first set the focus towards the intended spot.

THE CODE IS put in a local script in the Starter Pack

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OkOkOkOk, here's how you fix it.

#You don't.

Shocking, right? I know. Very. Terrifying, actually. How do we fix this!?!? I'm confused! Nononononono. We will use a useful thing called Interpolation. Interpolation for cameras Is. The. Cheese. Basically, what it is is a function that interpolates the camera from its position to another. in a given amount of time. Wait a second.. these are familiar. Oh yes, they are the parameters.

######EndPos Is the CFrame where it will end at ######EndFocus Is the CFrame it will end looking at. ######Duration is the time it will take.

Now that we have these, let's Interpolate this camera.

game.Workspace.CurrentCamera:Interpolate(EndPos, EndFocus, Duration)

BUT, these will have to run at certain conditions.

  • It must be a localscript.
  • The cameratype must be Scriptable

###I guess that's it...

So, with this information, we can interpolate the camera to the directions you have supplied.

local cam = workspace.CurrentCamera

cam.CameraSubject = game.Workspace.CameraPoint -- CameraPoint is a part 
cam.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable -- always use Enums

local CoordinateFrame=CFrame.new(-331.06, 9.56, 90.161)
local Focus=CFrame.new(-331.86, 8.96, 90.961)

cam:Interpolate(CoordinateFrame, Focus, .1)

And voila, here you go, good sur!

HungryJaffer, Written with StackEdit.

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Thanks a lot, compared to a lot of other answers I get from other questions I ask, you're the best at EXPLAINING why I should do this or that.

Anonymous#

You should set the camera mode before you change the rest of the camera's settings.

local cam = workspace.CurrentCamera

cam.CameraType = "Attach" 
cam.CameraSubject = game.Workspace.CameraPoint
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