Player teleports - lerp camera to new position?

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Hello CM Team!

I’m making a 2D game where the player can teleport short distances in the level. I have a Cinemachine Virtual Camera which follows the player around. When the player teleports, the camera joins him instantly and the effect is a bit jarring. Is it possible to do a smoother movement of the camera to the new position? Like a lerp.

Any help appreciated.

I have tried adding a call to OnTargetObjectWarped() to my code, but I’m not sure what this does. It doesn’t seem to have helped me.

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OnTargetObjectWarped() make the camera warp instantly, bypassing damping. If instead you just warp the player without calling OnTargetObjectWarped() then the camera will think the player just moved a lot, and will go to the new position with damping. This will be smooth if your damping setting is > 0.

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Thanks, great tip. I took out OnTargetObjectWarped() and increased the damping and it’s smoother now. Checking the box for Unlimited Soft Zone also seemed to help, for reasons that are beyond me.

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