Make character face camera on Y axis?

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#1

This might be super simple, but I can’t figure it out. Currently I have it so my character looks where the camera is looking on all axis, how do I make it so the character stays on the ground and rotates only along the Y axis?

while wait() do
	local rot = CFrame.new(Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.p) * (Camera.CFrame - Camera.CFrame.p)
	Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = rot
end
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#2

Have you tried to use orientation?

#3

using orientation will disconnect welds, it’s not an option

#4

Oh, true. I forgot about that.

#5

Don’t set CFrame to rotate the character. This will make you spass out and potentially fling when rotating close to walls. I recommend client-side BodyGyro/AlignOrientation instead.

Get the XZ unit-vector of the camera and use that to form the CFrame rather than the full look-vector

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#6

Yeah BodyGyro or AlignOrientation would be better, but here is my solution with cframe anyways.


local SHIFT = math.rad(90) -- math.pi/2

local character = script.Parent
local root = character.HumanoidRootPart

local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

while wait() do
	
	local lookVec = camera.CFrame.lookVector
	local angle = -math.atan2(lookVec.Z, lookVec.X) + SHIFT
	
	root.CFrame = CFrame.new(root.Position) * CFrame.Angles(0, angle, 0)
end
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#7

Yes, I’m using BodyGyro, I only did CFrame as an example here.