Attaching player to moving platform breaks my camera.

Unity Engine
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I have a moving platform where the player jumps onto and moves with it. The player stays on the platform, but my camera suddenly starts to drop and doesn’t function like normal. Can someone please help me thank you :). Here is my script:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlatformAttatchPlayer : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject Player;

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject == Player)
        {
            Player.transform.parent = transform;
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject == Player)
        {
            Player.transform.parent = null;
        }
    }
}
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Sounds like you have something tied together that shouldn’t be… time to start debugging!

By debugging you can find out exactly what your program is doing so you can fix it.

Use the above techniques to get the information you need in order to reason about what the problem is.

You can also use Debug.Log(...); statements to find out if any of your code is even running. Don’t assume it is.

Once you understand what the problem is, you may begin to reason about a solution to the problem.

Camera stuff is pretty tricky… you may wish to consider using Cinemachine from the Unity Package Manager.

There’s even a dedicated forum: Unity Engine - Unity Discussions

If you insist on making your own camera controller, do not fiddle with camera rotation.

The simplest way to do it is to think in terms of two Vector3 points in space: where the camera is LOCATED and where the camera is LOOKING.

private Vector3 WhereMyCameraIsLocated;
private Vector3 WhatMyCameraIsLookingAt;

void LateUpdate()
{
  cam.transform.position = WhereMyCameraIsLocated;
  cam.transform.LookAt( WhatMyCameraIsLookingAt);
}

Then you just need to update the above two points based on your GameObjects, no need to fiddle with rotations. As long as you move those positions smoothly, the camera will be nice and smooth as well, both positionally and rotationally.