Having problem changing MouseLock's offset without forking

[TypelX (Typel)]

I want to change the offset value of MouseLockController without forking it. In theory it is possible but I don’t think Roblox’s script is working as intended to; nullifying my method

I have succesfully changed the BoundKeys and CursorImage with a LocalScript, but not the CameraOffset

Here is my LocalScript:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")


-- Values
local KEYS = "LeftControl,RightControl"
local OFFSET = Vector3.new(5,5,0)
local IMAGE = "rbxassetid"

local MouseLockController = Players.LocalPlayer
	.PlayerScripts
	:WaitForChild("PlayerModule")
	:WaitForChild("CameraModule")
	:WaitForChild("MouseLockController")

local CameraUtils = require(Players.LocalPlayer
	.PlayerScripts
	:WaitForChild("PlayerModule")
	:WaitForChild("CameraModule")
	:WaitForChild("CameraUtils"))

local BoundKeys = MouseLockController:FindFirstChild("BoundKeys")
if BoundKeys then
	BoundKeys.Value = KEYS
else
	BoundKeys = Instance.new("StringValue")
	BoundKeys.Name = "BoundKeys"
	BoundKeys.Value = KEYS
	BoundKeys.Parent = MouseLockController
end

local Offset = MouseLockController:FindFirstChild("CameraOffset")
if Offset then
	Offset.Value = OFFSET
else
	Offset = Instance.new("Vector3Value")
	assert(Offset, "")
	Offset.Name = "CameraOffset"
	Offset.Value = OFFSET
	Offset.Parent = MouseLockController
end

local Image = MouseLockController:FindFirstChild("CursorImage")
if Image then
	Image.Value = IMAGE
else
	Image = Instance.new("StringValue")
	assert(Image, "")
	Image.Name = "CursorImage"
	Image.Value = IMAGE
	Image.Parent = MouseLockController
	CameraUtils.setMouseIconOverride(IMAGE)
end

I checked MouseLockController’s Module Script, it should return value or create a new instance if there’s none according to the script, but it did neither.

Section of MouseLockController’s GetMouseLockOffset:

function MouseLockController:GetMouseLockOffset()
	if FFlagUserFixCameraOffsetJitter then
		return CAMERA_OFFSET_DEFAULT 
	else
		local offsetValueObj: Vector3Value = script:FindFirstChild("CameraOffset") :: Vector3Value
		if offsetValueObj and offsetValueObj:IsA("Vector3Value") then
			return offsetValueObj.Value
		else
			-- If CameraOffset object was found but not correct type, destroy
			if offsetValueObj then
				offsetValueObj:Destroy()
			end
			offsetValueObj = Instance.new("Vector3Value")
			assert(offsetValueObj, "")
			offsetValueObj.Name = "CameraOffset"
			offsetValueObj.Value = Vector3.new(1.75,0,0) -- Legacy Default Value
			offsetValueObj.Parent = script
		end

		if offsetValueObj and offsetValueObj.Value then
			return offsetValueObj.Value
		end

		return Vector3.new(1.75,0,0)
	end
end

I’m not sure if I’m just dumb since I just started to actually learn lua

[aelurein (kylie)]

Since we cannot directly modify GetMouseLockOffset, here’s a possible workaround to this by returning a custom offset rather than the pre-set one.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local MouseLockController = require(Players.LocalPlayer
	.PlayerScripts
	:WaitForChild("PlayerModule")
	:WaitForChild("CameraModule")
	:WaitForChild("MouseLockController"))

-- # Override the function
function MouseLockController:GetMouseLockOffset()
	return Vector3.new(5, 5, 0) -- # Change the value of this to whatever you want it to be
end

[TypelX (Typel)]

Thanks for the solution, still figuring out why the script ignored the Instance nor decide to not do its job at all