How can I make a camera that moves freely?

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#1

I am creating a game about a sandbox in space, similar to Universe Sandbox 2, and I am looking to create a camera that moves freely, similar to how Spectator mode works in Minecraft, where it shows your head and your name, but not anything else, something like this…
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I have searched far and wide, but have not found anything of help.

I do know some things about camera manipulation and stuff but, I am a begginer on that field of knowledge.

EDIT: There is no need to demonstrate what is a “Free cam” view, I believe that everyone has to already know what a “Free cam” is

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#2

You can use the negative and positive versions of Right, Front, and Look vectors of the camera to move on the 3 axis, and get how much the mouse moved to rotate the camera(if the mouse moved up, rotate the camera upwards by adding on to the x-axis, if the mouse is moved to the right, rotate the camera to the right by adding to the y-axis).

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#3

Can you tell me how I could implement it on a script? My few braincells only like bouncing around in my head instead of working on implementing the things into a script by themselves…

#4

You can try reading the documentations - of - CFrame in the developer hub. Right, Front, and Look vectors are pretty self explanatory (it’s unit vector, unit meaning 1 stud long, that points on let’s say, the right side of the part when using RightVector).

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#5

I understand most things about CFrames, but I am looking to manipulate the camera in a way to allow it to move freely.

(it is not my fault that my three last braincells made me miss the entire point of everything you said lol)

#6

You can copy and paste the roblox developer cam and fork it so its on always and you CFrame a head to the camera cframe.

Edit: To get it, playtest the game, go into your player’s PlayerGui, and look for “Freecam”

#7

how can i make it so the player spawns in inside freecam mode?