Any way to make camera follow it's target without using while loop?

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So what this code does is basically uses a tween to move the camera up and down continuously. It works just fine but if I make the part visible, it seems to sort of ‘z-fight’ with the camera, as shown in the video.

--Camera Variables
local target = game.Workspace.Part
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable 
camera.CameraSubject = target

--Tweening Stuff
local ts = game:GetService("TweenService")
local part = game.Workspace.Part 
local info = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Sine, Enum.EasingDirection.InOut, -1, true, 0)
local goals = {Position = Vector3.new(-39, 18, -4)}
local goals2 = {Position = Vector3.new(-39, 36, -20)}
local tween = ts:Create(part, info, goals)
tween:Play()

--camera thingy

while wait() do
	camera.CoordinateFrame = CFrame.new(target.Position)
end

Is there a better way of going about with this or is this normal no matter how I do it?

(This is in a LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts)

2

Just use Camera.CameraSubject, it will follow the thing you want.

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3

No idea why you doing this!
Maybe this helps:
CameraType = ‘Track’
CameraSubject = ‘target’
And lock player camera in first person!
Try that

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4

This did not work. I set the Type to ‘Track’ and locked the camera in first person, also set camerasubject to target but it focused on the player instead of the target.

5

Well your trying to play a tween and reposition the camera position at the same time. That’s why it’s fighting.
Sidenote: camera.CoordinateFrame shouldn’t be used, camera.CFrame should.

6

The “z-fighting” you experience is due to the camera not being able to keep up with the part; the part is rendered at 60fps, while a wait() loop only runs (at best) at 30fps. Simply change the loop to a RenderStepped connection.

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:connect(function()
	camera.CoordinateFrame = CFrame.new(target.Position)
end)
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