My camera won't move properly.

Questions & Answers
1

When my player object is a certain amount away from the center of the screen, a script is enabled to move the camera to the player’s position, and it is only disabled when the camera is re-centered. This works when I change the camera’s position to the player’s position, but then it snaps to the player and I don’t want that. When I use “transform.translate”, the script makes the camera start slowly falling, with the player able to drag/float it around with their motion. The camera is never able to recenter like this, so the script is never disabled.

Edit: Here is my code. Like I said, it breaks when I change it to “transform.translate”

GameObject player;

void Start () {
    player = GameObject.Find("Player");
}

void Update () {
    transform.Translate(player.transform.position * Time.deltaTime);
}

The camera is a child of a transparent box that this script is attached to. The script is enabled when the player exits the box and disabled when the box re-centers to the player.

2

You are moving the camera by the player’s position, not to the player’s position. You need to supply Translate with a direction, as per the manual’s definition. There are two easy ways to achieve what you want.

Get the direction by subtracting the camera’s position from the player’s position

void Update(){
    transform.Translate((player.transform.position - transform.position)* Time.deltaTime);
}

Lerp (get an inbetween value) between the camera’s position and the player’s position.

void Update(){
     transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, player.transform.position, Time.deltaTime);
}