[Newbie] I need help with third-person mouse look

Scripting
1

I’m using a simple mouse look script. But I want to limit my X rotation around -45 and 45. How can I do that thank you! I just want my camera can’t see the sky or rotate to the back of my character. Thank you.

    Vector2 mouseLook;
    Vector2 smoothV;

    public float sensitivity = 4.0f;
    public float smoothing = 2.0f;

    private GameObject character;
    void Start () {
        character = this.transform.parent.gameObject; 
    }
   
    // Update is called once per frame
    void FixedUpdate () {
        var md = new Vector2 (Input.GetAxisRaw ("Mouse X"), Input.GetAxisRaw ("Mouse Y"));
        md = Vector2.Scale (md, new Vector2 (sensitivity * smoothing,sensitivity * smoothing));
        smoothV.x = Mathf.Lerp (smoothV.x, md.x, 1f / smoothing);
        smoothV.y = Mathf.Lerp (smoothV.y, md.y, 1f / smoothing);

        mouseLook += smoothV;

        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis (-mouseLook.y, Vector3.right);
        if(character !=null)
            character.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis (mouseLook.x, character.transform.up);
    }
}
2

I believe the standard asset camera has limiting angles like that. Did you ever try that script (+prefab)?
FixedUpdate should be used for physics only; I mean it’s your call, but that’s usually what I see people saying :slight_smile:
Update or LateUpdate for the Camera is usually what I see being done…