switching cam by clicking on an object

Unity Engine
1

hi folks,
i am trying to create a virtual tour of a housing project. i have one orbit cam, that orbits around the whole layout in an aerial view. what i want is to have multiple first person cams all over the site, and some sort of objects like a ball or a cylinder which you can click and the cam next to it will get activated. i tried something like

function OnMouseDown() {
CamOrbit.camera.enabled = false;
Cam1.camera.enabled = true;
}

but i can not figure out how to make it work.

2

I think to be able to find the cams, you would have to give them each a tag name and then use
var go = GameObject.FindWithTag(“cam1”);
go.enabled = true;
go = GameObject.FindWithTag(“CamOrbit”);
go.enabled = false;

3

i dont yet understand how, but ill try to. thanks for the answer fireside.

4

That probably wasn’t the simples way. A simpler way would be
var cam1:Camera
var camOrbit:Camera

function OnMouseDown() {
camOrbit.enabled = false;
cam1.enabled = true;
}

Attach the script to the cube, then drag the camera’s onto the varibles when the cube is highlighted and it shows the script

5

If you want it to happen when you click an object in the scene you will need to raycast to find the object

6

thanks fireside, it worked like a charm :slight_smile:
p.s. is there any way to change the mouse pointer to hand when it is over the clickable object?