Third Person camera, how to rotate around character?

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1

I have created this script, my camera look to character and follow him, but cannot rotate around him.

here my script:

Vector3 offset = Vector3.zero;
Vector3 velocity = Vector3.zero;

public float distance = 10f;
float currentDistance;
float minDistance = 16f;
float maxDistance = 20f;

public float height = 8f;
public float targetHeadHeight = 7f;

float smooth = 0.3f;

public Transform target; //for read target position

void Awake(){
	offset = new Vector3 (target.position.x, (target.position.y + height), (target.position.z - distance));
	transform.position = offset;
}

void Update(){
	LookAtTarget ();
}

void LateUpdate(){
	UpdatePosition ();
}

void LookAtTarget(){
	Vector3 relativePos = target.position - transform.position;
	Vector3 y = new Vector3 (0, targetHeadHeight, 0);
	Quaternion newRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation (relativePos + y);
	transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp (transform.rotation, newRotation, 10f * Time.deltaTime);
}


void UpdatePosition(){
	currentDistance = Vector3.Distance (transform.position, target.position);

	if (currentDistance < minDistance) {
		currentDistance = minDistance;
	} else if (currentDistance > maxDistance) {
		currentDistance = maxDistance;
	}

	distance = currentDistance;

	offset = new Vector3 (target.position.x, (target.position.y + height), (target.position.z - distance));
	transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp (transform.position, offset, ref velocity , smooth);
}
2

Good day @Hertex !

Look at this post, and this code. You need to reate an “offset”, a “pivot” to do it.

 public class Orbit : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public float turnSpeed = 4.0f;
     public Transform player;
 
     private Vector3 offset;
 
     void Start () {
         offset = new Vector3(player.position.x, player.position.y + 8.0f, player.position.z + 7.0f);
     }
 
     void LateUpdate()
     {
         offset = Quaternion.AngleAxis (Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * turnSpeed, Vector3.up) * offset;
         transform.position = player.position + offset; 
         transform.LookAt(player.position);
     }
 }

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Bye :smiley: