Help finding good view angle for top-down view game

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#1

I’m working on creating a top-down style MMO Fantasy game but am struggling to find a decent ‘angle’ for the camera. The goal is to have enough fov to show off the map but not so much that it reveals everything or looks straight up and down, I’ve attached a screenshot of another project which appears to do the effect I’m after quite well.

Video Credit: @HBG_Prestation ( if you see this I’d love to know which numbers you’re using :sob:

#2

Apologies I posted my scripting place & not the camera test place :slight_smile: link is updated

#3

The camera view shown in this video is an Isometric view (45°). For the FOV, i’d leave it as 70, but just make sure that the camera has enough distance to the player.

#4

45 sounds decent and is what I’ve stumbled across testing, I’m more or less struggling w/ the distance / height of the camera from the player. I’m testing between 25 - 30 - even 35 studs but I’m still unsure. Any suggestions?

#5

You can read up on the documentation about various camera views here:

You should tweak the FOV and camera distances until you get a result you’re happy with!

#6

This is the code sample used in the documentation for the isometric camera:

local Players = game:GetService("Players") 

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService") 

local player = Players.LocalPlayer 

local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera 

local CAMERA_DEPTH = 24 

local HEIGHT_OFFSET = 2

local function updateCamera()
    local character = player.Character
    if character then
        local root = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
        if root then
            local rootPosition = root.Position + Vector3.new(0, HEIGHT_OFFSET, 0)
            local cameraPosition = rootPosition + Vector3.new(CAMERA_DEPTH, CAMERA_DEPTH, CAMERA_DEPTH)
            camera.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(cameraPosition, rootPosition)
        end
    end
end

RunService:BindToRenderStep("IsometricCamera", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value + 1, updateCamera)
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