Auto changing cameras

Unity Engine
1

Im trying to get 3 cameras automatically change to the next camera after a set period of time on a constant loop so they can pan around an object whilst the game is inactive. A fade on these would also be nice but i have struggled with this too as i seem to only be able to get it to work between two cameras and it seems to fade straight back and forth. I worked on modifying the crossfade script to use time rather than the input.

So to change between cameras i have tried something like this… (where i can assign a different shot duration to each camera. Problem is i have them all under function update and this may be causing an issue. Its frustrating as i can understand why this might not work but i cant seem to get my head around a different way of doing it. Trying hard to learn code!)

var camera1 : GameObject;
var camera2 : GameObject;
var camera3 : GameObject;
var shotDuration1=25;
var shotDuration2=25;
var shotDuration3=25;

function Update () {

if (Time.time > shotDuration1){
camera1.camera.enabled = true;
camera2.camera.enabled = false;
camera3.camera.enabled = false;
}

if (Time.time > shotDuration2){
camera1.camera.enabled = false;
camera2.camera.enabled = true;
camera3.camera.enabled = false;
}

if (Time.time > shotDuration3){
camera1.camera.enabled = false;
camera2.camera.enabled = false;
camera3.camera.enabled = true;
}
}

I just need to get it to order correctly as i have had this working between to cameras but it has stopped working lol

Any direction would be much appreciated!

2

The simplest way would be to use Coroutines here in my opinion.

var camera1 : Camera;
var camera2 : Camera;
var camera3 : Camera;

var shotDuration1=25;
var shotDuration2=25;
var shotDuration3=25;

function Update(){
    UpdateCameras();
}

function UpdateCameras(){
    camera1.enabled = true;
    camera2.enabled = false;
    camera3.enabled = false;

    yield WaitForSeconds(shotDuration1);

    camera1.enabled = false;
    camera2.enabled = true;
    camera3.enabled = false;

    yield WaitForSeconds(shotDuration2);

    camera1.enabled = false;
     camera2.enabled = false;
     camera3.enabled = true;

    yield WaitForSeconds(shotDuration3);
}
3

You could also use an array of cameras to reduce the amount of code:

var cameras : Camera[];
var initialPause = 2.0;
var shotDuration = 2.0;
var index = 0;

function UpdateCamera(){
	cameras[index].enabled = false;
	index = (index+1) % cameras.Length;
	cameras[index].enabled = true;
}

function Awake(){
	InvokeRepeating("UpdateCamera", initialPause, shotDuration); 	
}

Make sure all but your starting camera are disabled on start.