Moba Styled Camera.

Unity Engine
1

Hey Guys! I am making a script for a little moba camera. and I can’t really visualize how to do a rotation lock. for example instead of always following the back of a player, it is always faces north(for example) but still follows the player. I have done this script so far…

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

[AddComponentMenu("Camera-Control")]

public class Follow : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform target;
    public float distance = 10.0f;
    public float height = 5.0f;
    public float heightDamping = 2.0f;
    public float rotationDamping = 3.0f;

    public bool FreeCam = false;
    void LateUpdate() {
 
        if(!FreeCam){

        if (!target)
            return;

        float wantedRotationAngle = target.eulerAngles.y;
        float wantedHeight = target.position.y + height;
        float currentRotationAngle = transform.eulerAngles.y;
        float currentHeight = transform.position.y;

        currentRotationAngle = Mathf.LerpAngle(currentRotationAngle, wantedRotationAngle, rotationDamping * Time.deltaTime);

        currentHeight = Mathf.Lerp(currentHeight, wantedHeight, heightDamping * Time.deltaTime);

        Quaternion currentRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, currentRotationAngle, 0);

        transform.position = target.position;
        transform.position -= currentRotation * Vector3.forward * distance;

        transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, currentHeight, transform.position.z);
        transform.LookAt(target);
        }
        else
        {
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
            {
                Vector3 posz = transform.position;
                posz.z = posz.z + 1;
                transform.position = posz;
            }
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S))
            {
                Vector3 posz = transform.position;
                posz.z = posz.z - 1;
                transform.position = posz;
            }
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
            {
                Vector3 posx = transform.position;
                posx.x = posx.x - 1;
                transform.position = posx;
            }
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
            {
                Vector3 posx = transform.position;
                posx.x = posx.x + 1;
                transform.position = posx;
            }
        }
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.F))
        {
            if (FreeCam)
            {
                Debug.Log("FreeCam false");
                FreeCam = false;
            }else
            {
                Debug.Log("FreeCam true");
                FreeCam = true;
            }
        }
    }
}

but this code only follows the back of the player.

2

If you switch from FreeCam true to false during play, and turn the character, the camera rotates with? Is the camera set as a child to the character?

3

No, it is not a child of the player. It is an individual script that is following the player