# 2d platform, 2 player, 1 camera
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261
**Category:** Camera
**Tags:** Scripting
**Created:** [October 27, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261 "2009-10-27T12:55:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@anon\_57047471](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_57047471)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261/1 "2009-10-27T12:55:54Z")
Hi, i have a question over here.
I am doing a 2d platform, with player 1 at the left side of the screen, and player 2 at the right side of the screen facing each other. The camera is showing both players. There is a maximum distance between player 1 and player 2 for the camera to show.
When player 1 moves backwards and reach the maximum distance, he cannot move backwards.
I uses Mathf.Clamp for both player1 and 2. But it seems that when player1 moves backwards, he is dragging player2 along too.
How do I do that?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Narlix](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Narlix)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261/2 "2009-10-27T14:03:06Z")
use a if command and the Vector3.Distance.
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### Author:  [@anon\_57047471](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_57047471)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261/3 "2009-10-27T14:21:37Z")
-addon:
When the player1 moves backwards, and reach the maximum distance between both players, there was like an invisible wall, the player can’t move anymore backwards. how?
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### Author:  [@Narlix](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Narlix)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261/4 "2009-10-27T14:41:16Z")
This is a simple version of it.
then the distance also should relay on the camera distance, but i trust that you can figure out that part. 😛
PlayerScript.js
```auto
var speed = 3.0;
//var rotateSpeed = 3.0;
function Update ()
{
var controller : CharacterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
// Rotate around y - axis
//transform.Rotate(0, Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * rotateSpeed, 0);
// Move forward / backward
var forward = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
var curSped = speed * Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal");
controller.SimpleMove(forward * curSped);
}
@script RequireComponent(CharacterController)
```
Arena.js
```auto
var Player1: GameObject;
var Player2: GameObject;
var MaxDistance: float;
function Start() {
Player1 = GameObject.Find("player1");
Player2 = GameObject.Find("player2");
}
function Update () {
var distance = Vector3.Distance(Player1.transform.position, Player2.transform.position);
if (distance > MaxDistance) {
Player1.transform.position.z = Player2.transform.position.z + -MaxDistance+0.001;
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@Narlix](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Narlix)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261/5 "2009-10-27T14:45:25Z")
But i guess you and thinking of a tekken like game, so what i would do is, have the camera’s distance to go out to a point and have a box colliders on each end, with a width of lets say 15, so and when the players come closer to each other the camera simply zooms in…
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### Author:  [@anon\_57047471](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_57047471)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/2d-platform-2-player-1-camera/400261/6 "2009-10-28T01:21:10Z")
k, thanks. i will go and try it now.