Focus Camera on Part

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#1

How do I make a script so if I press a part (ClickFocus), your camera will move to another part (CameraFocus) and when I click off ClickFocus, your camera will go back to your avatar?

Example (From CheckMeIn):

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#2

For camera focus:

  • Set camera CameraType to Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
    • if you have the local/client player’s camera mode set to LockFirstPerson, you will have to change it to Classic, otherwise you can ignore this step
  • set the camera’s cframe

For setting it back to the player:

  • set camera CameraType to Enum.CameraType.Custom (Roblox’s default camera system)

for changing the camera’s CFrame itself, seems like that video uses TweenService

#3

I did a script like this, but it’s not working:

local clickFocus = script.Parent
local cameraFocus = script.Parent.Parent.CameraFocus
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local clickDetector = clickFocus:WaitForChild("ClickDetector")
local isCameraFocused = false

local function focusCamera()
	camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
	camera.CFrame = cameraFocus.CFrame
	isCameraFocused = true
end

local function resetCamera()
	camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
	isCameraFocused = false
end

clickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
	if isCameraFocused then
		resetCamera()
	else
		focusCamera()
	end
end)
#4

local scripts do not work in workspace, you’d have to refer to the clickdetector from a local script inside of StarterPlayerScripts (reccomended), StarterCharacterScripts, or StarterGui

#5 
local player = game:GetService("Players")
local char = nil
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
    char = character
end)
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local mouse = player:GetMouse()

local CAMERAMODES = {}
table.insert("CAMERA_DEFAULT")
table.insert("CAMERA_CHECKINSCREEN")

local CAMERASTATES = {}
table.insert(CAMERASTATES, nil)
table.insert(CAMERASTATES, nil)

local function DefaultCamera()
     local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
     if CurrentCameraMode == 2 then
          if CAMERASTATES[1] ~= nil then
                camera.CFrame = CAMERASTATES[1]
                 -- animate/tween back to where your camera was 
          end
      end
     camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
     player.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson
     
end

local function CheckInCamera(screenpart)
        local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
        player.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.Classic
        camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
        CurrentCameraMode = 2
        -- animate/ tween to desired position
       local offsetdistance = 5
       local offsetvector = screenpart.CFrame.LookVector * offsetdistance 
       camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(screenpart.CFrame.Position + offsetvector, 
screenpart.CFrame.Position)
end


local CAMERAFUNCTIONS = {}
table.insert(CAMERAFUNCTIONS,  DefaultCamera)
table.insert(CAMERAFUNCTIONS, CheckInCamera)


local function onInputBegan(input, proc)
if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 then
     if CurrentCameraMode == 2 then
          if mouse.target ~= CheckInScreenPart then
                 CAMERAFUNCTIONS[1]()
                 CurrentCameraMode = 1
           end
      end
end
end

local CheckInScreenPart = workspace.wherever.it.is
local ClickD = CheckInScreenPart.ClickDetector

ClickD.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
        if CurrentCameraMode == 1 then
               local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
               CAMERASTATES[1] = camera.CFrame
               CAMERAFUNCTIONS[2](CheckInScreenPart)

end)

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)

I have this LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts

Assign any ClickDetectors in the same script to work like this