How do I remove this "smoothness" from this script?

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I found a script that lets you pan the camera from a top down, Top Down Camera Pan [Open Source] - #4 by KUW_Alt1, but I had to make it work horizontally. But for some reason it’s a little “smooth”. I thought it was the lag of the tiles but it isn’t.


If I let go of the pan button, then it abruptly stops. I want the entire panning thing to but non-smooth.

Code:

local runService = game:GetService("RunService")
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local dragging = false
local PAN_SPEED = 10
local lastDragPosition

camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(0,0,-50)) * CFrame.Angles(0,math.rad(180),0)
camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
camera.FieldOfView = 50

runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function(dt)
	if dragging then
		local delta = Vector3.new(mouse.Hit.Position.X,mouse.Hit.Position.Y,0) - lastDragPosition
		camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(camera.CFrame.Position + -delta * dt * PAN_SPEED) * CFrame.Angles(0,math.rad(180),0)
	end
end)

uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input,gpe)
	if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton3 then
		dragging = true
		lastDragPosition = Vector3.new(mouse.Hit.Position.X,mouse.Hit.Position.Y,0)
	end
end)

uis.InputEnded:Connect(function(input,gpe)
	if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton3 then
		dragging = false
	end
end)
2

If you move the camera every frame, it will logically end up being smooth. A simple debounce will probably fix the “problem”. But honestly, why would you want it to be jagged instead of nice and smooth? Anyway, the code is something like this:

local debounce = true

runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function(dt)
  if dragging and debounce then
    local delta = Vector3.new(mouse.Hit.Position.X,mouse.Hit.Position.Y,0) - lastDragPosition
    camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(camera.CFrame.Position + -delta * dt * PAN_SPEED) * CFrame.Angles(0,math.rad(180),0)

    debounce = false
    task.wait(0.02)
    debounce = true
  end
end)

task.wait(0.02) will slow down the camera, so try increasing PAN_SPEED to compensate.

3

This is what the debounce did lol but thanks

Good point, do you know how I can make it smooth when I stop dragging, instead of it instantly stopping?

4

Maybe I’m just dumb, but that seems complicated seeing as you don’t know when the client will stop dragging. The simplest thing to do is to play a tween in the dragging direction when the client stops dragging, but that would make the camera a little inaccurate since you’re moving it even though the client isn’t dragging it anymore.