Camera Switch Event

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#1

Hello there.

I am was working on a game and ran into a really big problem. My game is a horror game and for one of features there is a radio. When you hold the ProximityPrompt on the radio it begins playing a song. I wanted the players camera to switch and focus on the radio. After making all the scripts I realized a problem. The ProximityPrompt is in Workspace and uses a script, while the receiving local script is in StarterPlayerScripts. I decided to go the route of using a event. I tried to use a Remote Event but it didn’t work because it was not sent from the client. I then attempted a Bindable Event which worked, but the change camera script has to be a local script to work. So I am kind of stuck. Does anyone think they can help me? I do not know what to do and I suck at scripting. Thanks.

#2

Remote events are the right answer here. How exactly were you trying to use them?

#3

Just before I make the script. Would you like this “cutscene” to be only localy visible or something for everyone to see?

#4

When a player triggers a ProximityPrompt, you can grab the specific player using something like this:

ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
    --Code goes here
end

You can use this to make changes to the specific player just like a LocalScript. For example, you could do this to make you go first person when you trigger the Prompt:

ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
    player.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson
end
#5

I think you could do this:

This is the script on the prompt on the Workspace.

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RemoteEvent = ReplicatedStorage.CameraSwitch

script.Parent.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
    RemoteEvent:FireClient(player, "Triggered")
end)

This is the local script which will recieve the Event:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RemoteEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("CameraSwitch")

RemoteEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(player, response)
    if player then
        player.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson
        player.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
        -- Here you can change CFrame of the camera.
    end
end)

PS: Also If your prompt doesn’t have a hold duration time I suggest you put a debounce / cooldown because players could trigger it twice and glitch the whole system.

#6

The game is single player, so it only needs to work for one person.

#7

I was trying to fire an event from a script in Workspace to a local script in StarterPlayerScripts.

#8

I got an error that says " Players.CrispyTRCS.PlayerScripts.LocalScript:8: attempt to index string with ‘CameraMode’ - Client - LocalScript:8"

#9

Sorry for the late response,

Here’s something that should work out:

Workspace Script:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RemoteEvent = ReplicatedStorage.CameraSwitch

script.Parent.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
    RemoteEvent:FireClient(player)
end)

Local Script:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RemoteEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("CameraSwitch")

local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

RemoteEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
    Camera.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson
    Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
    -- Here you can change CFrame of the camera.
end)
#10

Thank you so much, it worked. Have a good day!