Can someone explain to me how camera manipulation works?

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#1

Can someone explain to me how camera manipulation works?

Goals

I want to manipulate the players camera by changing its position so the player can have an intro to certain areas in a game.

I also want to be able to reset the players camera position back to focusing on the player.

I want to finally be able to create immersive cut scenes for the player to look at.

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#2

The easiest way to do this is simply with parts on the client.

local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local Part = workspace.CameraPart --your part

Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
Camera.CFrame = Part.CFrame

Then as for moving it for cutscenes, you would simply tween your part, however you have to CFrame the camera to the part in a fast loop in order for it to follow, that should be it.

To return the camera to the player’s character is as easy as setting its CameraType to Enum.CameraType.Custom.

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#3

how would I make a character bobble effect?

#4

How would I make a specific players camera only change?

#5

Using remote events, remote:FireClient(player) then the camera code on the OnClient
Event.

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#6 
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
 
local playerModel = script.Parent
local humanoid = playerModel:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
 
local function updateBobbleEffect()
	local now = tick()
	if humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then -- Are we walking?
		local velocity = humanoid.RootPart.Velocity
		local bobble_X = math.cos(now * 9) / 5
		local bobble_Y = math.abs(math.sin(now * 12)) / 5
		
		local bobble = Vector3.new(bobble_X,bobble_Y,0) * math.min(1, velocity.Magnitude / humanoid.WalkSpeed)
		humanoid.CameraOffset = humanoid.CameraOffset:lerp(bobble,.25)
	else
		-- Scale down the CameraOffset so that it shifts back to its regular position.
		humanoid.CameraOffset = humanoid.CameraOffset * 0.75
	end
end
 
-- Update the effect on every single frame.
RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(updateBobbleEffect)

Its literally written on the dev hub. As for ur other question, localscript changes replicates only 2 client.

#7

This script that is written on the dev hub, do you understand it?

I have another question if you do

#8

More or less, yes, wts ur question?

#9

The reason I don’t like to stick to the devhub and don’t always look at them is because I don’t feel like their giving me much info, but when I talk to people on the devforum, they can easily help me.

I don’t understand the parts from local now = tick() to the else. Can you explain to me how that works?

#10

B ricey explains it well in this yt video.

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