Over the shoulder camera

[Xanthys]

I want to have a simple OTS camera system, currently I am using Over-The-Shoulder Camera System however it is very buggy and I wish to just manipulate the default roblox camera.

[jdihog (Panzermeister)]

The best solution is to write your own OTS camera system. I am not aware of a way to manipulate the default roblox camera in a way that would create and OTS camera system.

[Xanthys]

Definitely has something to do with MouseDelta and the CameraOffset, but I’m still not sure on how to do it.

[jdihog (Panzermeister)]

I still recommend writing your own as you have much more control over it.

[Xanthys]

That’s what I’m saying, but I don’t know where to start.

[Forummer]

Weapons Kit

You could isolate the shoulder camera script(s) from a weapon belonging to this kit.

[jdihog (Panzermeister)]

Well, first I would set the camera to scriptable and weld it to your head. Next, I would detect mouse movement simply by measuring the distance moved on the screen, and I would move the camera and character accordingly.

Here are some resources:

Camera Manipulation

Camera Manipulation

Have you ever seen a game where they change the player’s camera? Such as Kitchen Gun by @Inkthirsty. In this tutorial I’ll explain how you can change the player’s camera view. To start off, put a local script in StarterPack: [Screen Shot 2020-11-14 at 8.10.47 PM] Now let’s hop into the script, let’s define the CurrentCamera and the custom camera you want the player to have. If you want, it might also be helpful to define the player. Like this: local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer local …

There are also many videos about it on YouTube.