How can i make my camera follow the player smoother and slower

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Currently i have a custom camera behavior script which only follows the x and z axis of the player. It works fine its just that i want it to behave more smoothly

example:

this is what im looking for without the y axis movement (when the player jumps)

my code:


local function UpdateCamera(Character, CameraPart, Camera)
	
	local MaxZ = 100
	
	local PlayerPos = Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame
	
	local CameraPos = Vector3.new(PlayerPos.X, 20, PlayerPos.Z + 20)
	
	local LookAt = Vector3.new(Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X, 0, Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z)
	
	if CameraPos.Z > MaxZ then
		CameraPart.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(Vector3.new(CameraPos.X, CameraPos.Y, MaxZ), LookAt)
	else
		CameraPart.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(CameraPos, LookAt)
	end
	
	Camera.CFrame = CameraPart.CFrame
end

local UpdConnecter = RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	UpdateCamera(Character, CameraPart, Camera)
end)

Also any feedback would be great.

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bumping post since no response

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you could use lerping to get the camera to follow, and change the delta to move the camera based on distance such that the farther the camera distance is, the greater the delta in the lerp is to create an easing effect

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Hey, Instead of setting Camera.CFrame = CameraPart.CFrame you could try using TweenService to keep things smoother. You can perform your Tween action per frame rendered.

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How would some of rhat code look? Im not experimced with what delta is

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adding it onto your code, it would look something like this:

local function UpdateCamera(Character, CameraPart, Camera)
	
	local MaxZ = 100
	
	local PlayerPos = Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame
	
	local CameraPos = Vector3.new(PlayerPos.X, 20, PlayerPos.Z + 20)
	
	local LookAt = Vector3.new(Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X, 0, Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z)
	
	if CameraPos.Z > MaxZ then
		CameraPart.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(Vector3.new(CameraPos.X, CameraPos.Y, MaxZ), LookAt)
	else
		CameraPart.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(CameraPos, LookAt)
	end
	
    local deltaValue = .1 -- just set it to .1 for now, you can experiment with this later

	Camera.CFrame = Camera.CFrame:Lerp(CameraPart.CFrame, deltaValue)
end

local UpdConnecter = RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	UpdateCamera(Character, CameraPart, Camera)
end)
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