Hello, i need the player to face the camera’s direction but the script i made makes the player spin infintely
RunService:BindToRenderStep("CharacterDirection",Enum.RenderPriority.First.Value,function()
local cameraCFrame = camera.CFrame
local humanoidRootPartCFrame: CFrame = humanoidRootPart.CFrame
--Transform the look vector of the humanoid root part to
--the camera 3D space coordinate by multiplying the camera's
--CFrame with the look vector
local humanoidRootPartRelativeToCameraCFrameXZ = cameraCFrame * ((humanoidRootPartCFrame.LookVector * Vector3.new(1,0,1)).Unit)
--Tries to calculate the offset angle between the lookvector
--And the horizontal of the camera's 3D space (X axis of the camera's 3D space)
local angleOfRotation = math.atan2(humanoidRootPartRelativeToCameraCFrameXZ.Z,humanoidRootPartRelativeToCameraCFrameXZ.X)
humanoidRootPart.CFrame = humanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0,angleOfRotation,0)
end)
Any help would be appreciated, and please provide an explanation if you have a somewhat long/math/hard solution
The issue you’re experiencing with the player spinning infinitely is likely due to the continuous update of the angleOfRotation without any condition to stop or stabilize it.
-- Assuming you have these defined somewhere in your script
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local humanoid = script.Parent.Humanoid
local humanoidRootPart = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart
local function updateCharacterDirection()
local cameraCFrame = camera.CFrame
local humanoidRootPartCFrame = humanoidRootPart.CFrame
-- Calculate the look direction vector of the humanoid relative to the camera
local lookVector = cameraCFrame.Position - humanoidRootPartCFrame.Position
lookVector = Vector3.new(lookVector.X, 0, lookVector.Z).Unit -- Ignore vertical component
-- Calculate the rotation to face the camera
local desiredRotation = CFrame.new(humanoidRootPart.Position, humanoidRootPart.Position + lookVector)
-- Smoothly rotate the character towards the desired rotation
humanoidRootPart.CFrame = desiredRotation
end
-- Bind to RenderStepped for continuous update
RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
updateCharacterDirection()
end)
Key things to take out of this code block:
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Vector Calculation:
lookVector calculates the direction from the player’s root part (humanoidRootPart) to the camera, ignoring the vertical component (Y-axis) to avoid unwanted rotations.
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Desired Rotation:
desiredRotation constructs a CFrame that rotates the humanoidRootPart to face the calculated lookVector.
Make sure to replace script.Parent with the actual reference to your player’s model. This script assumes it’s placed within the player’s character.
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Hello, sorry for the late response. I have tested your code but now the player is facing the camera and not the camera’s direction. I have tried to switch to the opposite of the lookvector relative to the camera but now the player doesn’t face the camera perfectly.
Example of what i mean :
When i change the look vector to its opposite (Not looking perfectly at the camera direction like shift lock would do) :
With shift lock :
I would also preferebly have a solution using trigonometry because i’m bad with it and i wish to improve
