Orbital camera (issue with Roblox CameraModule)

[TuroIatias (Turolatias)]

When I do

game.Workspace.CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Orbital

I constantly get this error

attempt to multiply a Vector2 with an incompatible value type or nil - Client - CameraInput:214 20:03:46.205 Stack Begin - Studio 20:03:46.205 Script 'Players.TuroIatias.PlayerScripts.PlayerModule.CameraModule.CameraInput', Line 214 - function getRotation - Studio - CameraInput:214 20:03:46.206 Script 'Players.TuroIatias.PlayerScripts.PlayerModule.CameraModule.OrbitalCamera', Line 220 - function Update - Studio - OrbitalCamera:220 20:03:46.206 Script 'Players.TuroIatias.PlayerScripts.PlayerModule.CameraModule', Line 496 - function Update - Studio - CameraModule:496 20:03:46.206 Script 'Players.TuroIatias.PlayerScripts.PlayerModule.CameraModule', Line 136 - Studio - CameraModule:136 20:03:46.206 Stack End - Studio 20:03:46.206 RunService:fireRenderStepEarlyFunctions unexpected error while invoking callback: attempt to multiply a Vector2 with an incompatible value type or nil

I have no idea why, I haven’t touched the Roblox default PlayerModule. Does anyone have an idea about what could be the cause?

[LegendOJ1 (Owen)]

This has been reported as a bug and acknowledged by Roblox here:

CameraModule.OrbitalCamera error

Reproduction steps: enable orbital camera Staff forgot to pass over the dt argument to this function within the module. Took me a minute to troubleshoot. Line 220 under CameraModule.OrbitalCamera. --snippet from the module function OrbitalCamera:Update(dt: number): (CFrame, CFrame) local now = tick() local timeDelta = (now - self.lastUpdate) local userPanningTheCamera = CameraInput.getRotation(dt) ~= Vector2.new() -- ^ -- …

You can fix this issue by manually editing the CameraModule if it’s something you need at the moment:

Setting player's camera to Orbital causes a runservice error in the CameraModule [RESOLVED]

Roblox forgot to pass deltatime to the getRotation function in the CameraModule after a short investigation. You can fix this by adding the “dt” argument to the call at line 220 under CameraModule.OrbitalCamera showcased here [image] Really stupid mess up to be honest, how did this slip by Roblox?? I spent literally 2 minutes troubleshooting and immediately found the issue.

[TuroIatias (Turolatias)]

Oh I didn’t know about it, thanks!