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How do I make the camera look at the player while rotating?
I've tried doing CFrame which I have no idea on what does what, my code is practically copied from the official wiki, just with a few modified bits, when I go in-game, the camera rotates and everything fine, I just can't figure out how to make the camera actually look down at the player.
Code:
local t = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local c = workspace.CurrentCamera
c.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
c.CameraSubject = t
local a = 0
while not script.Parent.NowStopping.Value do
wait()
c.CoordinateFrame = CFrame.new(t.Position)
* CFrame.Angles(0, a, 0)
* CFrame.new(0, 30, 30)
c.CameraSubject = t
c.Focus = t.CFrame
a = a + math.rad(0.5)
end
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Are you asking for the camera to orbit around the player and have it look at them? xPolarium 1388 — 5y
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Yes LonelyScripter 4 — 5y
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I have recreated the wiki code to help explain how CFrames work. This is my base example which is a local script in StarterCharacterScripts.
-- sevices
local runServ = game:GetService("RunService")
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
-- player root part
local rootPart = script.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local offsetCFrame = CFrame.new(0, 10, 30) -- reuse this value
while true do
for i=1, 360 do
-- Example using wiki code
-- start camera at the players position
local tmpCF = CFrame.new(rootPart.Position)
-- angle the CFrame
-- angles are in radians so convert degrees -> radians
tmpCF = tmpCF * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(i), 0)
-- offset to worlds pace ie add 10y and 30z to the look vector
tmpCF = tmpCF * offsetCFrame
camera.CFrame = tmpCF
runServ.RenderStepped:Wait() -- wait one frame before creating the next CFrame
end
end
The steps take in this code for the camera are:-
- Start at player Vector3
- Rotate to the CFrame by the current degrees
- Offset to world space
As this is the end position you can create a new CFrame using the constructor CFrame.new(position Vector3, lookAt Vector3) if you wanted to make a CFrame looking back at the player.
-- sevices
local runServ = game:GetService("RunService")
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
-- player root part
local rootPart = script.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local offsetCFrame = CFrame.new(0, 10, 30) -- reuse this value
while true do
for i=1, 360 do
-- Example using wiki code
-- start camera at the players position
local tmpCF = CFrame.new(rootPart.Position)
-- angle the CFrame
-- angles are in radians so convert degrees -> radians
tmpCF = tmpCF * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(i), 0)
-- offset to worldspace ie add 10y and 30z to the look vector
tmpCF = tmpCF * offsetCFrame
-- create a new CFrame from the end position looking at the player
camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(tmpCF.p, rootPart.Position)
runServ.RenderStepped:Wait() -- wait one frame before creating the next CFrame
end
end
Some maths fun using sin :3
-- sevices
local runServ = game:GetService("RunService")
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
-- player root part
local rootPart = script.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local offsetCFrame = CFrame.new(0, 10, 30) -- reuse this value
while true do
for i=1, 360 do
-- Example using wiki code
-- start camera at the players position
local tmpCF = CFrame.new(rootPart.Position)
-- angle the CFrame
-- angles are in radians so convert degrees -> radians
tmpCF = tmpCF * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(i), 0)
-- offset to worldspace ie add 10y and 30z to the look vector
-- use sine for height also needs radians
tmpCF = tmpCF * CFrame.new(0, (math.sin(math.rad(i))) * 2 + 2, 30)
camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(tmpCF.p, rootPart.Position)
runServ.RenderStepped:Wait() -- wait one frame before creating the next CFrame
end
end
I hope this helps