CameraService - A New Camera for a New Roblox

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#63

Simply put, it works well, and I’m happily using it in my game. Highly recommended for anyone looking to enhance their game’s camera experience.

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#65

We’re still looking to show some love! If you’re using CameraService in any current or past projects of yours, let me know, and I can link it in the OP!

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#66

Is there a suitable method to implement a feature similar to what “REALISM” provides? Where players can virtually aim weapons in the direction the character is looking?

#67

Hello ive noticed one error, when switching to Default, the character doesnt rotate towards the camera. I tried turning on AutoRotate but to no effect. How can I fix this?
https://gyazo.com/9b56a356a51b804c4daf6ccebd91269c

#68

I thought I got this version, But I noticed when holding tools and moving backwards, my characters jitter quite a lot.

#69

Could you send a video and the file that you’re using?

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#70

Does this allow for camera spots such as a cutscene? Also for the 1st person camera could we customize it, such as changing the amount of body visible by looking down?

#71

I was unsure if you meant here or your messages, I logically chose the latter, lol. But I sent it :wink:

#72

Yes!
Technically, you could do cutscenes in CameraService by creating a camera view, setting the host to a part, and then tweening that part. However, I personally would recommend disabling CameraService and simply interpolating/tweening yourself.

And for the 1st person camera, yes! There’s a statement on Lines 267 and 444 (if I remember correctly), where you can alter the angles from 60 degrees to something else. If more people have a use to alter it, I’d be happy to make altering that a bit easier in a future release!

#74

v2.1.0 is out!

Patches to the backwards jittery motion, Default motion issues, output error spam, as well as a new method to change vertical range of motion (:SetVerticalRange(angle: number)) are out now on both GitHub and Roblox Marketplace!

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#75

Sweet! would this VerticleRange have a use-case for something like recoil effect for the camera?

#76

To be honest, I don’t see recoil being a heavy use-case for this (probably more use of :Shake or the Offset property), but definitely great if you need to restrict the range of motion for something, like looking through a telescope.

#77

I thought i should post here since my attempted soulution involves the LockCameraPanning method. The video explains the problem better than I can.
robloxapp-20240409-1318299.wmv (3.3 MB)

local c = script.Parent

local holdingKey = false

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

-- Ensure that the character's humanoid contains an "Animator" object
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local animator = humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")


local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local leftAnimation = Instance.new("Animation")
leftAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://17014677879"

-- Wallrun Camera


local CameraService = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Dependencies.CameraService)
local information = {
	Smoothness = .6,
	CharacterVisibility = "All",
	MinZoom = 10,
	MaxZoom = 10.001, --> To avoid running into math errors, make sure MaxZoom and MinZoom have a difference of at least 0.001.
	Zoom = 10,
	AlignChar = true,
	Offset = CFrame.new(2,0,0),
	LockMouse = true,
	BodyFollow = false
}

local information2 = {
	Smoothness = .6,
	CharacterVisibility = "All",
	MinZoom = 10,
	MaxZoom = 10.001, --> To avoid running into math errors, make sure MaxZoom and MinZoom have a difference of at least 0.001.
	Zoom = 10,
	AlignChar = false,
	Offset = CFrame.new(),
	LockMouse = false,
	BodyFollow = false
}

CameraService:CreateNewCameraView("WallrunCamera", information)
CameraService:CreateNewCameraView("Aim", information)
CameraService:CreateNewCameraView("Unlock", information2)

-- Load the animation onto the animator
local leftAnim = animator:LoadAnimation(leftAnimation)

local rightAnimation = Instance.new("Animation")
rightAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://17014672160"


-- Load the animation onto the animator
local rightAnim = animator:LoadAnimation(rightAnimation)
rightAnim.Priority= Enum.AnimationPriority.Action2


uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(inp, p)

	if not p and inp.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift then
		holdingKey = true
	end
end)

uis.InputEnded:Connect(function(inp)
	if inp.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift then
		CameraService:LockCameraPanning(false, false)
		holdingKey = false
	end
end)
	

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	
	local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
	raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude; raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {c}; raycastParams.IgnoreWater = true
	
	local rayL = workspace:Raycast(c.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.Position, -c.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.RightVector * 2.7, raycastParams)
	local rayR = workspace:Raycast(c.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.Position, c.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.RightVector * 2.7, raycastParams)
	
	local ray = rayL or rayR
	
	if ray and holdingKey then
		
		if ray == rayL then
			if not leftAnim.IsPlaying then 
				
				leftAnim:Play()
				c.statusHandler.status.Value = "Wallrunning"
				CameraService:SetCameraView("WallrunCamera")
				CameraService:LockCameraPanning(true, true, 90)
			end
			rightAnim:Stop()
		else
			if not rightAnim.IsPlaying then
				rightAnim:Play() 
				c.statusHandler.status.Value = "Wallrunning"
				CameraService:SetCameraView("WallrunCamera")
				CameraService:LockCameraPanning(true, true, 270)
			end
			leftAnim:Stop()
		end
		
		local part = ray.Instance
		
		local weld = c.HumanoidRootPart:FindFirstChild("WallrunWeld") or Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
		weld.Name = "WallrunWeld"
			
		weld.Part0 = c.HumanoidRootPart
		weld.Part1 = part

		local bp = c.HumanoidRootPart:FindFirstChild("WallrunBodyPosition") or Instance.new("BodyPosition", c.HumanoidRootPart)
		bp.Name = "WallrunBodyPosition"
		bp.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
		bp.Position = c.HumanoidRootPart.Position + workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame.LookVector * 10
			
	else
			
		for i, child in pairs(c.HumanoidRootPart:GetChildren()) do

			if child.Name == "WallrunWeld" or child.Name == "WallrunBodyPosition" then

				child:Destroy()
			end
		end
		c.statusHandler.status.Value = "nil"
		leftAnim:Stop()
		rightAnim:Stop()
	end

end)

Changing the camera when wallrunning only works when running on the right and left walls in world space and not on all walls. Thanks for any help.

#78

I would either slightly reduce the angle (i.e. 269 instead of 270, 89 instead of 90).

On around Line 248 of the CameraService module, there’s this:

--> Allow clipping through transluscent parts
	if landRay and landRay.Distance and landRay.Instance then 
		if landRay.Instance:IsA("BasePart") then
			zoom = landRay.Instance.Transparency <= 0.4 and landRay.Distance * 0.91 or currentZoom
		else
			zoom = landRay.Distance - 1
		end
	end

You may want to change that 0.91 to something smaller to fit your needs, like 0.85.

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