Help with the camera

richiitalia · April 17, 2021, 1:37pm

I would like to be able to see my character next to my GUI, like in this “open source” avatar editor game:

However I would also like to be able to move the character without leaving the frame and to be able to look at him in all directions. So I thought something like this might be fine, however I’m not sure as I’ve never had any experience with the camera:

Obviously together with the “camera” defined by the black line, the purple “look direction” line will rotate and the avatar will remain stationary (or moving) and always present on the right.

If anyone who has experience with the camera can help me it is really appreciated.

If anyone has a better title to propose for the topic just let me know.

iGottic · April 17, 2021, 1:57pm

So, you want the character to rotate, while the camera stays static?

storeboughtbeef1 · April 17, 2021, 2:06pm

I’m not completely sure what you mean but if you are looking for a static camera that won’t move with the character:

You can create an invisible part where you want the camera to be then set the camera to scriptable and set it’s CFrame to the camera part. You could have other code to rotate the player themselves while the camera would stay in that set position.

richiitalia · April 17, 2021, 2:09pm

no, i want to move the camera around the player with the avatar on the right side of the screen

richiitalia · April 17, 2021, 2:15pm

no, I need a non-static camera that can rotate around the avatar but with the avatar on the right side of the screen (not a spinning avatar on the side)

storeboughtbeef1 · April 17, 2021, 2:18pm

Ohhh, I think what I said would still work. Just move the part around instead of the player, would take some math to do though.

richiitalia · April 17, 2021, 3:02pm

What if I move the normal camera a little to the left, so that it moves around the avatar that stays on the right? and… how i can move the camera?.. i think by editing the CFrame, like:

currentCamera.CFrame = currentCamera.CFrame + Vector3.new(numbersHere)

EDIT:
well this code is not working… how can i do it? ill maybe try to search a tutorial too