How to make a scope cam that's optional

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Greetings everyone,
I am completely new to Unity (or just coding in general) and am trying to make a mecha game.

One part of this mecha game is that I’m trying to build a system where it’s possible to switch between 3 points of view:

  1. Standard 3rd person mode,
  2. Standard 1st person mode, and
  3. Aim Down Sight mode, only when the weapon is equipped with a scope.

The problem regarding to this is that, with some googlefu I can figure out a general idea of how to switch between modes (very likely not correct as depicted below);

public GameObject ThirdCam;
public GameObject FirstCam;
public GameObject ScopeCam;
public int CamMode;

void Update() {
if(Input.GetButtonDown("Camera"))
if(CamMode==2){CamMode = 0;}else{CamMode+-=1;}
if(CamMode>2 and CamMode<0){CamMode=0)}
}

IEnumerator CamChange(){
yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.01f);
if (CamMode==0){
ThirdCam.SetActive(true);
FirstCam.SetActive(false);
ScopeCam.SetActive(false);
if (CamＭode==1)
ThirdCam.SetActive(false);
FirstCam.SetActive(true);
ScopeCam.SetActive(false);
if (CamMode==2)
ThirdCam.SetActive(false);
FirstCam.SetActive(false);
ScopeCam.SetActive(true);
}

But if I want to ensure ScopeCam is possible only if the player has a weapon that is equipped with ScopeCam, how do I detect whenever ScopeCam is equipped and allow ScopeCam view to be true, and vice versa?

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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

Otherwise if you insist on rolling all this camera code yourself, start with some good tutorials on it. It’s insanely complex and could never be adequately described in a little text box here.

3

If the weapon is not equipped and if CamMode > 2 then CamMode can = 0.

4

In code-wise, how do I check if Weapon is equipped with ScopeCam?

I probably should learn cinemachine instead i think, thanks