Hi, I’m currently working on a 3D-BirdEyed style game.
One of the parts i’m currently working on includes changing the Camera if the Player is either behind a Part or if the Player is below a Part (Such as the roof of an interior) - Was wondering if this is doable through the use of a single ray instead of casting multiple rays?
local Module =
{RunService = game:GetService("RunService"),
Camera = workspace:WaitForChild("Camera"),
Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer,
Offset = Vector3.new(0, 20, 20)}
function Module.Load()
Module.RunService:BindToRenderStep("Camera", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value, onRenderStep)
end
function onRenderStep()
local Position = Module.Player.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame.p
Module.Camera.CoordinateFrame = CFrame.new(Position + Module.Offset, Position)
local CameraRay = Ray.new(Position, Position + Vector3.new(0, 500, 500) * 500)
local CameraHit, position = workspace:FindPartOnRayWithIgnoreList(CameraRay, {Module.Player.Character})
if CameraHit then
if CameraHit.Name == "Roof" then
Module.Offset = Vector3.new(0, 10, 20)
elseif CameraHit.Name == "Building" then
Module.Offset = Vector3.new(0, 20, 5)
end
else
Module.Offset = Vector3.new(0, 20, 20)
end
end
return Module
You can use multiple vectors with this method (though I’m not too sure why you’d want to), and it will save you a lot of code.
Example of how you would hide parts blocking the character:
local obscuringParts = {}
local function onRenderStep()
for i, v in pairs(obscuringParts) do
v.LocalTransparencyModifier = 0
end
obscuringParts = workspace.CurrentCamera:GetPartsObscuringTarget({Player.Character.PrimaryPart.Position}, {Player.Character:GetChildren()})
for i, v in pairs(obscuringParts) do
v.LocalTransparencyModifier = 0.5
end
end
Thanks to @AyeeAndrxw for pointing out that LocalTransparencyModifier existed.
Thanks but this doesn’t help with the Player being inside the interior (As this is a separate “chunk” loaded)
This is how the Camera itself will function, however upon a ‘roof’ in the Y axis or a ‘building’ in the Z access it will adjust.
You can use this method to find your camera offset, instead of using multiple raycasts and if starement. Just iterate through all the parts obscuring the view and add an offset for each one.
