Camera Manipulation Help

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#21

i had originally done this, but the code does not run again(when i tested) after the player Respawns/Re-Set.( at least when the script is in the StarterPlayerScripts)

#22

Then add a Player.CharacterAdded. You’re calling a CharacterAdded connection without returning anything.

Like this:

local Character = player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Char)
   Character = Char
end)
#23

I can still freely remove the camera. This is what I currently have as a local script.

—localscript in StarterPlayerScripts
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Char)
Character = Char
end)
local Root = Character:WaitForChild(“HumanoidRootPart”)
local lastZpos = Root.CFrame.Z
local RunService = game:GetService(“RunService”)

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
if lastZpos ~= Root.CFrame.Z then
Root.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(Root.Position.X, Root.Position.Y, lastZpos)) * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(Root.Orientation.Y),0) – limits the z axis, but maintains the orientation of the HumanoidRootPart
lastZpos = Root.CFrame.Z
end
end)
end)

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#24

You aren’t setting the CameraType to Scriptable, therefore it doesn’t set the camera position.

#25

So, after playing around with the camera, i came up with this:
(@zQ86, good idea about the character added thing)

-------localScript in StarterCharacterScripts
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Root= Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local DistanceFromPlayer = 20 -- Distance from player
local lastZpos = Root.CFrame.Z 
local lastXpos =  Root.CFrame.X


local XLocked = true -- X axis Locked?
local ZLocked =false-- Z axis Locked?

local Direction = 0





local function SetCameraDirection(Setinverse)
   if Setinverse then
   DistanceFromPlayer = -DistanceFromPlayer
   if XLocked and not ZLocked then
   Direction = -90
      else 
   	Direction = 180
   end
   else
   	DistanceFromPlayer = math.abs(DistanceFromPlayer) 
   	if XLocked and not ZLocked then
   	Direction = 90
   	else if ZLocked and not XLocked then
   		Direction = 0
   		end
     end
 end
end


SetCameraDirection()




Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
RunService:BindToRenderStep("CameraPosition", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value, function()
    if XLocked and not ZLocked then
Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new( Root.Position.X  + DistanceFromPlayer , Root.Position.Y + 5 , Root.Position.Z )) * CFrame.Angles(0,math.rad(Direction), 0)
        else
   	Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new( Root.Position.X  , Root.Position.Y + 5 , Root.Position.Z + DistanceFromPlayer )) * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(-10) ,math.rad(Direction) , 0)
   end
end)




RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
   	if lastZpos ~= Root.CFrame.Z and ZLocked then
   	Root.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(Root.Position.X, Root.Position.Y, lastZpos)) * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(Root.Orientation.Y),0)     -- limits the z axis, but maintains the orientation of the HumanoidRootPart
   	lastZpos =  Root.CFrame.Z
   end
   if lastXpos ~= Root.CFrame.X and XLocked then
   	 Root.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(lastXpos, Root.Position.Y,  Root.Position.Z)) * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(Root.Orientation.Y),0)  
   	lastXpos =  Root.CFrame.X
   end
end)



Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
  Character = Character
end)

Using This Method, this is the result:

Also i highly recommend you look into the documentation for all of this stuff(wiki) if you don’t understand something!

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#26

Thank you Jaycbee05! It works perfectly. However, if I die, the camera goes off, and my character can freely move. How do I fix that?

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#27

While there are a couple ways of fixing that issue, i find that putting the script in StarterCharacterScripts is one of the easier ways to do it, instead of putting it in the StarterPlayerScripts. i probably should have put that in my previous :sweat_smile: post

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