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How to make a top down shooter camera?

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5 years ago

I don't know how to make a top down shooter camera, and the tutorials I've found don't help with controlling the camera with your mouse.

How do I make a top down shooting camera?

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Dave_Robertson 42

4 years ago

01-- Place into StarterPlayerScripts as a LocalScript --
02 
03local Player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
04local Character
05local Humanoid
06local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
07 
08local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
09 
10-- Configurable Settings
11local Dampening = 1000 -- Higher number makes it take longer to reach its destination
12local Power = 10000 -- Higher number means more power
13local MaxForce = Vector3.new(4000, 4000, 4000) -- Max amount of power that can be applied on each axis
14--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15 
16function OnCharacterAdded(AddedCharacter)
17    if AddedCharacter == nil then
18        repeat wait() until AddedCharacter ~= nil
19    end
20 
21    if AddedCharacter.Parent == nil then
22        repeat wait() until AddedCharacter.Parent ~= nil
23    end
24 
25    if AddedCharacter ~= nil and AddedCharacter.Parent ~= nil then
26        Character = AddedCharacter
27        Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
28 
29        Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
30 
31        CreateCameraPositionPart()
32        RunService:BindToRenderStep("Camera", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value, UpdateCameraPosition)
33    end
34end
35 
36function UpdateCameraPosition()
37    Character.CameraPositionPart.BodyPosition.Position = Character.PrimaryPart.Position + Vector3.new(-1, 25, 0)
38    Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Character.CameraPositionPart.Position, Character.CameraPositionPart.Position - Vector3.new(-1, 25, 0))
39end
40 
41function CreateCameraPositionPart()
42    local CameraPositionPart = Instance.new("Part")
43    CameraPositionPart.CanCollide = false
44    CameraPositionPart.Transparency = 1
45    CameraPositionPart.Name = "CameraPositionPart"
46    CameraPositionPart.Parent = Character
47 
48    local CameraBodyPosition = Instance.new("BodyPosition")
49    CameraBodyPosition.D = Dampening
50    CameraBodyPosition.P = Power
51    CameraBodyPosition.MaxForce = MaxForce
52    CameraBodyPosition.Parent = CameraPositionPart
53 
54    return
55end
56 
57Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(OnCharacterAdded)
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