Change Camera on Join

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#1

I’m trying to make the camera shift to a part MenuCamera when the player joins, kind of like a menu.

Anyway, I can’t seem to make it work.

LOCAL SCRIPT IN STARTERGUI:

local Cameras = workspace.Cameras
local MenuCamera = Cameras.MenuCamera
local CurrentCamera = workspace.CurrentCamera
--
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
--
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	--
	print("Player has entered " .. player.Name)
	CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
	CurrentCamera.CFrame = MenuCamera.CFrame
	--
end)

It might be because PlayerAdded can’t be used in a local script but I’m unsure.

Any help would be appreciated!

#2

Client scripts will run immediatly when the source Code is replicated i guess. So I would wait until the Game ist loaded and then just move the camera.

If not game:IsLoaded() then
   game.Loaded.wait()
end

local Cameras = workspace.Cameras
local MenuCamera = Cameras.MenuCamera
local CurrentCamera = workspace.CurrentCamera

	--
	
CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
CurrentCamera.CFrame = MenuCamera.CFrame
#3

This unfortunately didn’t solve the problem, I tried this, and with the PlayerAdded function.

Thank you though!

#4

Does it throw any errors? And if yes which? Or is just nothing happening?

#5

I made a typo in my code.
Replace in line 2 “game.Loaded.wait()” with “game.Loaded:Wait()”

#6

No there aren’t any errors, but I’ll try this.

#7

That didn’t work either, I’m confused.

#9

Sorry, do you want to get the camera immediately after the local player joins?
If so, why are you waiting for the local player to join (they are already in-game)?

#10

How else would I make the Camera’s CFrame to the part once the player joins?

#11

If the script ran as a local script that means that the player has joined, no need to put the player added or something. This is not a server script…

#12

I see, so I would just put:

CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
CurrentCamera.CFrame = MenuCamera.CFrame

replacing the PlayerAdded function? (It doesn’t work)

#13

Yes.
But keep in mind that the current camera could be nil so I’d recommend making a second backup like or WaitForChild("Camera")

Your script could be:

local Cameras = workspace:WaitForChild("Cameras")
local MenuCamera = Cameras.MenuCamera
local CurrentCamera = workspace.CurrentCamera or workspace:WaitForChild("Camera")

CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
CurrentCamera.CFrame = MenuCamera.CFrame

It is maybe because it is in StarterGui as you’ve said earlier. Try putting it in StarterPlayerScripts

#14

The WaitForChild() didn’t seem to do anything, and changing its location to StarterPlayerScripts also did nothing.

There also aren’t any errors which is weird.

#15

+1.
did you try putting a print after the script code?

#16 
local Cameras = workspace:WaitForChild("Cameras")
local MenuCamera = Cameras.MenuCamera
local CurrentCamera = workspace.CurrentCamera or workspace:WaitForChild("Camera")
--
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
print("Went through locals")
--
CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
CurrentCamera.CFrame = MenuCamera.CFrame
print("Went through code")

It printed both prints although it’s not changing the camera.

#17

I just added wait(1) before the CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable and it worked. Thanks for your help! It works now.

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#18

I was about to demonstrate the issue :sweat_smile:

#19

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