CineMachine 2D issue with camera follow and respawn view

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Hey guys, I am having a bit of an issue with CineMachine. I just installed the extension yesterday and followed the Unity tutorial to set it up, which works perfectly. I really enjoy the dead zones and such. However, I am having an issue with follow ahead as well as my death respawn.

  1. I had a scrip within my old camera making it so the camera followed ahead whichever way I was facing on the X axis.
public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour {

    public GameObject target;
    public float followAhead;

    private Vector3 targetPosition;

    public float smoothing;

    public bool followTarget;


    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {

        followTarget = true;
       
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {

        if (followTarget) {

            targetPosition = new Vector3 (target.transform.position.x, target.transform.position.y + 1, transform.position.z);

            //this moves the target of the camera ahead of the player
            if (target.transform.localScale.x > 0f) {
                targetPosition = new Vector3 (targetPosition.x + followAhead, targetPosition.y, targetPosition.z);
            } else {
                targetPosition = new Vector3 (targetPosition.x - followAhead, targetPosition.y, targetPosition.z);
            }

            //transform.position = targetPosition;

            transform.position = Vector3.Lerp (transform.position, targetPosition, smoothing * Time.deltaTime);
        }

    }
}

I just can’t figure out how to make a smooth follow ahead with using CineMachine.

  1. The second issue I am having is on my respawn. I have certain flag points, which when you walk past are activated and reset on death. When you die, you respawn at the last flag. I do still respawn, but it takes the cinemachine camera a second to re-focus on my player, which makes the screen kind of shaky and weird for a split second.

Here is my respawn coroutine.

//Coroutine function, Player deacti. on KillPlane with delay, then reacti.
    public IEnumerator RespawnCo(){

        respawnCoActive = true;

        thePlayer.gameObject.SetActive (false);

        //thePlayer.transform.SetParent(null);

        Instantiate (deathSplosion, thePlayer.transform.position, thePlayer.transform.rotation);

        yield return new WaitForSeconds (waitToRespawn);

        respawnCoActive = false;

        healthCount = maxHealth;
        respawning = false;
        UpdateHeartMeter ();

        coinCount = 0;
        coinText.text = "Coins: " + coinCount;
        coinBonusLifeCount = 0;

        thePlayer.transform.position = thePlayer.respawnPosition;
        thePlayer.gameObject.SetActive (true);

        for (int i = 0; i < objectsToReset.Length; i++) {


            objectsToReset [i].gameObject.SetActive (true);
            objectsToReset [i].ResetObject ();
        }

    }

Is there a way around this? Maybe make a different respawn? Thank in advance.

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It’s probably way to lat for that, but your second issue is becaue of look ahead option. You need to find a way to change it’s value to 0 when you respawn.