How to Zoom to Part in Studio, when playtesting on Client?

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#1

Hello
What is the easiest way to position the camera on a distant part, when playtesting in Studio?
If I am on the server side I can use the F shortcut to do this, but this does not work on the client…

Thanks

#2

The F key will take you to the part you have selected. Not sure there is a different way.

#3

Why are you trying to do this on the client?

#4

It does not work when playtesting in Studio on the Client side. It is even disabled in the context menu when right clicking on the part

#5

there are multiple parts created locally so I would like to view their locations

#6

I see. Unfortunately, this feature was not considered useful in the client context, so it was not implemented on the client; you’ll have to implement it yourself as a plug-in. Use UserInputService to detect when the client presses “F”, then follow these steps:

  1. Access the client’s camera via Workspace.CurrentCamera.
  2. Retrieve the selected BasePart via Selection:Get.
  3. Set Camera.CameraSubject to the selected BasePart.

You can implement this feature as an alternating function that returns the player’s camera to their character after pressing “F” again. You can implement that behaviour using some boolean state:

local isViewing = false

local function viewSelected()
    isViewing = not isViewing

    if isViewing then
        -- View
    else
        -- Return
    end
end

Returning the camera to the client’s character is as simple as setting its “CameraSubject” to its original value, which is the client’s current Humanoid.

…Altogether, you’ll get a script like this:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Selection        = game:GetService("Selection")
local Players          = game:GetService("Players")


local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera


local isViewing = false



local function tryReturnCamera()
	local character = Player.Character
	if not character then
		return
	end

	local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
	if humanoid then
		Camera.CameraSubject = humanoid
	end
end

local function tryViewSelected()
	local selected = Selection:Get()[1]
	if not (selected and selected:IsA("BasePart")) then
		tryReturnCamera()
		
		return
	end
	
	isViewing = not isViewing
	
	if isViewing then
		Camera.CameraSubject = selected
	else
		tryReturnCamera()
	end
end

local function onInputBegan(input: InputObject, gameProcessedEvent: boolean)
	if gameProcessedEvent then
		return
	end
	
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.F then
		tryViewSelected()
	end
end



UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)

Store this as a LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts, right-click the LocalScript, and click “Save as Local Plug-in”.

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