2D boundaries for player gameobject not moving with scrolling camera

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The code I currently have has worked great keeping the player within the boundaries of the screen when my camera is static, but when I start having it scroll along the X-axis the boundaries I have stay the same and the camera leaves the player behind. I’ve tried figuring out a way to update the boundaries with the transform of the camera’s X-axis with very little luck. I should mention this is a completely 2D game. Is there something obvious I’m missing or should I rethink how I’m going about this? Thanks!

public class ShipBoundaries : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Camera MainCamera;
    private Vector2 boundaries;
    private float objectWidth;
    private float objectHeight;


    void Start()
    {
        boundaries = MainCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Screen.width, Screen.height, MainCamera.transform.position.z));
        objectWidth = transform.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().bounds.extents.x; 
        objectHeight = transform.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().bounds.extents.y; 
    }


    void LateUpdate()
    {
        Vector3 viewPos = transform.position;
        viewPos.x = Mathf.Clamp(viewPos.x, boundaries.x * -1 + objectWidth, boundaries.x - objectWidth);
        viewPos.y = Mathf.Clamp(viewPos.y, boundaries.y * -1 + objectHeight, boundaries.y - objectHeight);
        transform.position = viewPos;
    }
}
2

Hi there,

I suppose that your boundaries are simple colliders attached to the background or to some other gameObject in the Scene.

If you make a children in your Main Camera, and make this children be your “Boundaries”, it should move along with the Camera.

Hope it helps.