Camera looking at the player at an angle

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So I am working on a camera controller that’s pretty similar to the ones found in newer 3d Zelda games following this tutorial series: Unity Third Person Control Tutorials - YouTube
But it’s pretty old, I’m currently on tutorial #12, and that’s when i hit my problem. When I try to move my player forward/backward the camera looks at the player at an angle (30 degrees give or take) and quite frankly, I have no idea how to fix it. Here’s the code snippet:

    [SerializeField]
    private float distAway;
    [SerializeField]
    private float distUp;
    [SerializeField]
    private Transform followXFrom;
    [SerializeField]
    private float lookDirectDampTime = 0.1f;

    private Vector3 velocityLookDirect = Vector3.zero;
    private Vector3 curLookDirect;
    private Vector3 targPos;
    private Vector3 lookDirect;
    followXFrom = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player").transform;
    lookDirect = followXFrom.forward;
    curLookDirect = followXFrom.forward;


case CamStates.Behind:
                ResetCamera();
                    
                if (playerLogic.Speed > playerLogic.LocomotionThreshold && playerLogic.IsInLocomotion())
                {
                    lookDirect = Vector3.Lerp(followXFrom.right * (leftX < 0 ? 1f : -1f), followXFrom.forward * (leftY < 0 ? -1f : 1f), Mathf.Abs(Vector3.Dot(this.transform.forward, followXFrom.forward)));
                    curLookDirect = Vector3.Normalize(characterOffset - this.transform.position);
                    curLookDirect.y = 0;
                    curLookDirect = Vector3.SmoothDamp(curLookDirect, lookDirect, ref velocityLookDirect, lookDirectDampTime);
                }
               
                break;

private void ResetCamera()
    {
        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.localRotation, Quaternion.identity, Time.deltaTime);
    }

As usual, Any help is greatly appreciated

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Fixed it! there are probably better ways to do it, but i just modified an if state meant a bit. Here’s the changes:

     [SerializeField]
     private float distAway;
     [SerializeField]
     private float distUp;
     [SerializeField]
     private Transform followXFrom;
     [SerializeField]
     private float lookDirectDampTime = 0.1f;
 
     private Vector3 velocityLookDirect = Vector3.zero;
     private Vector3 curLookDirect;
     private Vector3 targPos;
     private Vector3 lookDirect;
     followXFrom = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player").transform;
     lookDirect = followXFrom.forward;
     curLookDirect = followXFrom.forward;

` void LateUpdate() {
float leftX = Input.GetAxis(“FPSmodeH”);
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}`

      case CamStates.Behind:
                ResetCamera();

                if (playerLogic.Speed > playerLogic.LocomotionThreshold && playerLogic.IsInLocomotion() && (leftX > 0.15f || leftX < -0.15f))
                {
                    lookDirect = Vector3.Lerp(followXFrom.right * (leftX < 0 ? 1f : -1f), followXFrom.forward * (leftY < 0 ? -1f : 1f), Mathf.Abs(Vector3.Dot(this.transform.forward, followXFrom.forward)));
                    curLookDirect = Vector3.Normalize(characterOffset - this.transform.position);
                    curLookDirect.y = 0;
                    curLookDirect = Vector3.SmoothDamp(curLookDirect, lookDirect, ref velocityLookDirect, lookDirectDampTime);
                    targPos = characterOffset + followXFrom.up * distUp - Vector3.Normalize(curLookDirect) * distAway;
                }

                else {targPos = characterOffset + followXFrom.up * distUp - followXFrom.forward * distAway;   }
                break;
 
 private void ResetCamera()
     {
         transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.localRotation, Quaternion.identity, Time.deltaTime);
     }

PS. Just realized that there are a few undefined floats and stuff in the code I gave you :stuck_out_tongue: their highlighted in red… well some of them…