Switching between cameras (2555)

[system]

Hi, I would like to switch between cameras depending on the position of my player position, how can I do this please?

Thanks a lot for your time.

[Jason_DB]

You can activate and deactivate cameras if you can get a hold of the object that holds them.

//cameraObject is the gameObject which holds the camera

cameraObject.camera.active = false;

So If you had a script which kept track of all the cameras in your scene then you could switch cameras easily. For example here is a function which would go through an array of camera objects and turn a certain one on (based on the index sent to it).

var cameras : GameObject[]; 

function SelectCamera (index : int) {
for (var i : int=0 ;i<wcameras.length; i++) {
    // Activate the selected camera
    if (i == index){
        cameras*.camera.active = true;*
 *// Deactivate all other cameras*
 *}else{*
 _cameras*.camera.active = false;*_
 _*}*_
_*}*_
_*```*_
_*<p>You could use this function by calling it with a message</p>*_
_*```*_
_*BroadcastMessage ("SelectCamera", 1);*_
_*```*_
_*<p>or by outright calling it</p>*_
_*```*_
_*SelectCamera(1);*_
_*```*_
_*<p>You just need to get hold of the instance of the script it's in</p>*_

[anon92155463]

DastardlyBanana's answer would be more flexible, but i'll post my (very simple!) answer here anyway:

You could check for a collision with a collider and then enabled/disable your cameras, so:

var Camera1 : Camera;
var Camera2 : Camera;

function Start(){
    Camera1.enabled = true;
    Camera2.enabled = false;

}

function OnTriggerEnter (other : Collider) {

    if(other.gameObject.name == "switch_camera"){

        Camera1.enabled = false;
        Camera2.enabled = true;

    }
}

function OnTriggerExit (other : Collider) {

    if(other.gameObject.name == "switch_camera"){

        Camera1.enabled = true;
        Camera2.enabled = false;

    }
}

Camera1 and Camera2 are assigned in the editor, or you could assign them with code.

Cheers.

[system]

Thanks because I've just looked at your answer I had a lot o thngs to do but it's not as interresting as your answer thanks to you 2!!

[ImRipken]

This script worked for me. It only works for 2 camera’s as far as I know but you might be able to edit it.

var cam1 : Camera;
var cam2 : Camera;

function Start() {
cam1.enabled = true;
cam2.enabled = false;
}

function Update() {

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.C)) {
    cam1.enabled = !cam1.enabled;
    cam2.enabled = !cam2.enabled;
}

}