Smooth Camera Rotation

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1

I am developing a game where there are two players that can be switched between. The camera smoothly follows them, and rotates based on the x position of each player. The problem is, when I select my other player to have the camera focus on, the rotation jumps instead of smoothly transitioning.

I’ve heard of Mathf.Lerp, but wouldn’t I need the position of each separate object to do that? Is there an easier way? Here is my basic code.

#pragma strict

var target : Transform; //changes between player 1 and player 2
private var lookAt : float; //because var target is used in another script, I condense the math to var lookAt

function Start () {

}

function Update () {

target = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag(GameManager.currentPlayer).transform;

lookAt = (target.transform.position.x)*2;
    
transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(10,lookAt,0);  //how can I smooth this action when I change the var target?
}
2

But you do have the positions!

You want to Slerp or Lerp between your target and the current position of the camera.

Something to the effect of:

transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(target.transform.position, transform.position,Time.DeltaTime);

I would also suggest not assigning the target every single frame, but rather have a method that switches and then you could start the S/Lerp.

3

From what I see, in your update function you have “target” (being a float) trying to get the location of a Vector3. Try changing “target” to a Vector3.