Camera Movement

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#1

Hello i am having a tough time creating some camera movements. I tried a couple different things and nothing really gave me the outcome i wanted. I’m hoping people here can help me out and guide me on how i can get my goal.

Below is a n image of what i want. I am on the forums now asking if anyone can help with figuring out how to create this kind of camera movement. Where the camera is the only thing rotating while player is standing still but it moves based on where the mouse is relative to center.

https://i.gyazo.com/b66f68f0c8c01ace6a1f0f003a3971ca.gif

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#2

I personally don’t know much about this but the least i can do is provide you a video that shows how to do exactly what you want!

Don’t go around the forums asking for topics that aren’t related to the article that you are asking at; it’s against the Terms of Service.

Hope this helps and good luck! :+1:

#3

I dont want to move my head with my camera. I want my camera to follow my mouse and rotate around my player.

#4

In that case you can read this article.

Please use the search bar in the future for your queries, it saves you a lot of time!

Hope this helps! :+1:

#5

Here is an over-the-shoulder camera script that I wrote a few months ago. It’s isn’t exactly directly above the player’s head, but try playing around with the settings and you should be able to achieve what you want.

-- definitions

local RUNSERVICE		= game:GetService("RunService")
local PLAYERS			= game:GetService("Players")
local UIS				= game:GetService("UserInputService")

local CAMERA			= workspace.CurrentCamera

local PLAYER			= PLAYERS.LocalPlayer
local CHAR				= PLAYER.Character or PLAYER.CharacterAdded:wait()
local ROOT				= CHAR:WaitForChild('HumanoidRootPart')

-- setup

CAMERA.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable

-- variables

local ZOOM				= 10
local ZOOMlower			= 8
local ZOOMupper			= 16
local ZOOMincr			= 2

local X					= 0
local Y					= 0
local RX				= 0
local RY				= 0

local PANSPEED			= 10

local SKEW				= 0.2 --skewed sensitivity

-- functions

function halflerp(a,b,alpha)
	return a+(b-a)--*alpha
end

function PanCamera(dt)
	UIS.MouseBehavior = "LockCenter"
	
	local DELTA = UIS:GetMouseDelta()*SKEW
	local ROOTCF = CFrame.new(ROOT.Position)
	local OFFSET = CFrame.new(3,2,ZOOM)
	local MODSPEED = PANSPEED*dt
	
	--[[
		X = X-DELTA.X
		Y = Y-DELTA.Y
	]]--
	X = X-DELTA.X
	Y = math.clamp(Y-DELTA.Y,-70,70)
	
	RX = halflerp(RX,math.rad(X),MODSPEED)
	RY = halflerp(RY,math.rad(Y),MODSPEED)
	
	local absOFFSET = CFrame.Angles(0,RX,0)*CFrame.Angles(RY,0,0)*OFFSET
	
	CAMERA.CFrame = CAMERA.CFrame:Lerp(ROOTCF*absOFFSET,MODSPEED)
end

function SetZoom(input,other)
	if other then return end
	if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseWheel then
		local dt = input.Position.Z
		if dt > 0 then
			ZOOM = math.clamp(ZOOM-ZOOMincr,ZOOMlower,ZOOMupper)
		elseif dt < 0 then
			ZOOM = math.clamp(ZOOM+ZOOMincr,ZOOMlower,ZOOMupper)
		end
	end
end

-- script

RUNSERVICE:BindToRenderStep('ShoulderCam',Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value - 1,PanCamera)
UIS.InputChanged:Connect(SetZoom)

This script uses GetMouseDelta() of the player’s mouse (which makes this incompatible with mobile and xbox) and then uses the returned values to pan the camera around the player’s HumanoidRootPart.

Put inside of StarterCharacterScripts or StarterGui so that it loads every time the player’s Character property loads.

Hope this helped!

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