Help with camera

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#1

So I tried goofing around with this code but still couldnt figure out how to do this.

local connect = run.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
    local np = Vector2.new(mouse.X,mouse.Y)
    local center = Vector2.new(camera.ViewportSize.X/2, camera.ViewportSize.Y/2)
    local difference = np - center

    local outcome = Vector2.new(difference.Y/center.Y, (difference.X/center.X)*maxDegree)

    camera.CFrame = CFrame.Angles(-outcome.X, -outcome.Y,0) + workspace.Cameras:FindFirstChild(location).Position
end)

What this code is rotates a part in the directions of the players mouse. The parts orientation is (0,0,0) at default. If I was to change the direction the default orientation is when the script starts working it still faces (0,0,0) at default. How can I make it so it rotates around the base orientation instead of always just (0,0,0)

#2

Can you draw what you’re trying to do?

#3

Ok well here is a camera part

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If you move the mouse up it points upwards
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What I want to do is that if I make it so before I start testing if I rotate it like this
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When you move the mouse upwards it rotates like this
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But how it actually works rn it will only be like this
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And when it rotates its like this
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#4

Have you tried doing this with CFrame.lookAt instead? This is the preferred way to do it, it takes a starting point and a target point to look at.

#5

How can I do this and make it point towards the players mouse?

#6

You can get the mouse position in 3D using mouse.Hit.Position and use that as the target to CFrame.lookAt

#7

You’d get the position of the mouse and return a new coordinate frame with an origin point of wherever the camera part is, and have it face towards the position of the player’s mouse.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable

Camera.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(OriginPosition, PositionToLookAt)

In this case the  lookat position would be mouse.Hit.Position
#8

Yes this would work but then you can look everywhere, I only want you to be able to look in certain directions by X amount of degrees. Thats what the code rn does