Custom camera not rotating

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#1

I’ve been trying to make this smooth camera that you can rotate with the arrow keys (planning to add sensitivity), but I can’t seem to make it rotate.
The camera only rotates a tiny bit before stopping.

Code:

RunServ.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	Cam.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
	Cam.CFrame = Cam.CFrame:Lerp(CFrame.new(script.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position + Vector3.new(0, 5, -25), script.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position + Cam.CFrame.LookVector), .15)
end)
UserInputServ.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, Processed)
	if not Processed then
		if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Right then
			local Rep = true
			local Con = UserInputServ.InputEnded:Connect(function(Input)
				if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Right then
					Rep = false
				end
			end)
			repeat Cam.CFrame = Cam.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, -math.rad(.1), 0) RunServ.RenderStepped:Wait() until not Rep
			Con:Disconnect()
			Rep = false
		end
	end
end)

Any help would be appreciated.

#2

The reason it goes back is because in the the hearbeat function the camera cframe is being set back to cframe behind the humaoid root part.

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#3

I don’t get what you mean. It’s adding the LookVector to the position.
Can you explain?

#4

Oh. I see what you mean. This did indeed fix the problem, but it looks like it’s in first person. I’m trying to get a third person camera.

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#5

In your heartbeat code add an additive cframe:

local turn = CFrame.Angles(0,0,0)

local rootpart = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

UIS.InputBegan:connect(function(input)
-- put his in repeating loop
turn = turn * CFrame.Angles(0,math.rad(5),0) -- on input, change our variable
end)


RunService.Heartbeat:connect(function()
Cam.CFrame = Cam.CFrame:Lerp(CFrame.new(rootpart.Position + Vector3.new(0, 5, -25), rootpart.Position + Cam.CFrame.LookVector) * turn, .15)
-- add turn variable to the mix
end)

Make sure to use variables so you don’t have to run something like character:WaitForChild(“HumanoidRootPart”) every single frame.

#6

Reverts back to main position, even though it rotates. Basically the same thing but it rotates more.

#7

Ah. Got it to work. Was my lerp math being messed up. Thanks for the help, everyone.