Roll A Ball Question: How to change the camera so it follows like a 3d platformer?

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I’m onto something, I imported the standard assest’s project with camera scripts. I just don’t know where a good tutorial on youtube is, or how to edit the options and scripting to [connect the camera and the player].

If I were to remove the ball or set the camera further back. I could then use the roll a ball level, and have an extended idea to work with.

Thanks

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Updated: Dragging the camera script options, from the import assests. I have attached a camera without making it myself.

The better question is - how do I find a camera where it will pivot all axis’?

I’d like to see the whole map as I follow the roll-a-ball, not just a 180

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When you say “Pivot all axis” do you mean that you want to be able to rotate the camera similar ot a 1st/3rd person game and look everywhere?

Also, you mentioned about not finding any good tutorials… what exactly are you after? Perhaps I can point to one that deals with your specific queries…

Of course I would recommend going through ALL the tutorials that are available on this site as they can all teach your something useful in your fledgling projects.

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I was meaning something that could be able to follow it like super monkey ball for the GameCube.

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(Third Person Fixed but dynamic and free following camera)

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Still not sure if I’m following you, but I’ll try to help make something that’s similar to super monkey ball.

  • Take your basic main camera.
  • Add a new script.
  • Have something like the following in the new script:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerFollowScript : MonoBehaviour {

    public GameObject player;

    public float followDistance;
    public float followHeight;

    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
       
    }
   
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {
        Vector3 newPos = player.transform.position + (-player.transform.forward * followDistance);

        newPos.y = followHeight;

        transform.position = newPos;

        transform.LookAt(player.transform.position);
    }
}
  • Back in the inspector, drag the player object to the new “Player” field for the script.
  • I’d recommend setting the followDistance and followHeight to 15 and 10 respectively.

Every frame the camera will do the following

  • Get the players location in the game and move behind the player by whatever you’ve set the distance to. (This is done by using “-player.transform.forward” - leaving out the minus will set the camera in front of the player.)
  • Set’s the cameras height to whatever you wanted it to. NOTE: if you’re going to have the player on a non-flat direciton of play then you will have to change this.
  • Finally, look directly at the player.

Hope this helps. All the best.

P.S. You could try searching for 3rd person game tutorials - this SHOULD provide some of the basic tips for a Super Monkey Ball type camera.

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Ill bookmark this, as this will hopefully solve the problem

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