How do I make the camera follow the head in first person animation?

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#1

So, I’m making a first person cutscene in my game. In it, the player looks around and moves around.
My question is, how do I make the camera follow the character? When I play the animation, the player can still control the camera, and it doesn’t move the way the head is looking.

Code:

local debounce = false
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

		local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://10406276727" -- 10405924371
		local Players = game:GetService("Players")

		local player = Players.LocalPlayer
		local character = player.Character
		if not character or not character.Parent then
			character = player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
		end

		local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
		local Animator = humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")

	
		local animationTrack = Animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
	
game.Workspace.Test.Touched:Connect(function()
	if debounce == false then
		print("animation playin")
		debounce = true
		animationTrack:Play()
		humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0

		camera.CameraSubject = character.Head
		
		wait(2) humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16
		camera.CameraSubject = character.Humanoid
	else
	end
end)

Thanks in advance!
-Bat

#2

You could change the camera’s CFrame on every frame

#3

How would I go about doing this? i’m not very experienced btw

#4

Something like

local Runservice = game:GetService("Runservice")

while CutsceneEnded == false do
Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Camera.CFrame.Position, Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position)

Runservice.RenderStepped:Wait()
end

Note that you have to put this in a local script

#5

I got an error that I’m indexing nil with camera.CFrame.Postition

#6

Try this

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Camera = workspace:WaitForChild("Camera")

Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable

while CutsceneEnded == false do
	Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Camera.CFrame.Position, Character.Head.Position)

	RunService.RenderStepped:Wait()
end
#7

doesn’t seem to be working. error says: “Attempt to modify a readonly table”

Here’s my full code:

local debounce = false
local cutsceneEnded = false
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

		local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://10405924371" --    10406276727  10406528662
		local Players = game:GetService("Players")

		local player = Players.LocalPlayer
		local character = player.Character
		if not character or not character.Parent then
			character = player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
		end

		local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
		local Animator = humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")

	
		local animationTrack = Animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
	
game.Workspace.Test.Touched:Connect(function()
		if debounce == false then
			print("animation playin")
			debounce = true
			animationTrack:Play()
			humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
		while cutsceneEnded == false do
			camera.CameraSubject = character.Head
			camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
			camera.CameraSubject = character.Humanoid
			CFrame.CFrame = CFrame.new(camera.CFrame.Position, character.Head.Position)

			RunService.RenderStepped:Wait()
		
			humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16

			camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
			camera.CameraSubject = humanoid
		end
			cutsceneEnded = true
		else
	end
end)
#8

try replacing CFrame.CFrame with camera.CFrame

#9

what a dumb mistake, it’s working, but the thing is, after it ends, the camera is locked in the place and when i move it just looks at my character. camera mode is firstpersonlocked btw

edit: camera doesnt go behind character after it ends, as soon as it starts it goes behind the character

#10

Do you play the animation when workspace.Test is touched?

#11

yes, its a test for another game where when i touch a transparent/cancollide off part, a cutscene plays

#12

does it play more than 1 time?

#13

no, it doesnt. it puts the camera right behind the character head while playing the animation, then when i walk away, the camera is locked in place, but looks at the character

#14

I was asking if the animation has to play more than 1 time

#15

oh, sorry, no it doesnt. just once

#16

So after it touches the hitbox you don’t want to run the code again?

#17

Nope, just once.

char limitttt

#18

Okay, let me write the entire code from the start

#19

wow, alright. good luck!

char limit

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#20

See if this works

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Camera = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Camera")

local Animation = Instance.new("Animation")
Animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://10405924371" --    10406276727  10406528662

local PlayersService = game:GetService("Players")

local Player = PlayersService.LocalPlayer

local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")

local AnimationTrack = Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)

local TouchedConnection

TouchedConnection = game.Workspace.Test.Touched:Connect(function()
	TouchedConnection:Disconnect()

	AnimationTrack:Play()
	
	Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0

	local AnimationEnded = false

	AnimationTrack.Stopped:Connect(function()
		AnimationEnded = true
	end)
	
	Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
	
	while AnimationEnded == false do
		Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Camera.CFrame.Position, Character.Head.Position)

		RunService.RenderStepped:Wait()
	end
	
	Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16

	Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
	Camera.CameraSubject = Humanoid
end)
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