Top down camera toggle

[bossthinker]

Hello, i edited this free isometric camera script in the toolbox, but i dont know what angles i need to use so it becomes a top down camera.
if anyone knows how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated.

heres the script.

local zoom = 50
local minZoom = 6
local maxZoom = 45
local FieldOfView = 70
local toggleEnabled = true

--// Do not edit unless you know what you're doing //-- 
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom

-- Toggle functionality with "B" key
Mouse.KeyDown:Connect(function(key)
	if key:lower() == "b" then
		toggleEnabled = not toggleEnabled
	end
end)

Mouse.WheelForward:Connect(function()
	if toggleEnabled then
		zoom = math.clamp(zoom - 3.5, minZoom, maxZoom)
	end
end)

Mouse.WheelBackward:Connect(function()
	if toggleEnabled then
		zoom = math.clamp(zoom + 3.5, minZoom, maxZoom)
	end
end)

-- Update the camera properties on every frame
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if toggleEnabled then
		Camera.FieldOfView = FieldOfView

		if Character and Character:FindFirstChild("Head") then
			game:GetService("SoundService"):SetListener(Enum.ListenerType.ObjectCFrame, Character.Head)

			Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(
				Vector3.new(
					Character.Head.Position.X + zoom,
					Character.Head.Position.Y + zoom,
					Character.Head.Position.Z + zoom
				),
				Character.Head.Position
			)
		end
	end
end)

[pullman45]

-- top of script
local zoom = 50
local cameraOffset = Vector3.new(0, zoom, 0)

-- in render stepped connection
Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Character.Head.Position + cameraOffset, Character.Head.Position)

The way the original script was setting the camera CFrame was verbose and less easy to modify the direction of the camera offset.

You can also specify which direction the camera should be orientated when looking down by using CFrame.lookAt:

-- top of script
local zoom = 50
local cameraOffset = Vector3.new(0, zoom, 0)
local cameraUpVector = Vector3.xAxis -- this will make the top of the camera align with the x-axis when the front of the camera is pointing down

-- in render stepped connection
Camera.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(Character.Head.Position + cameraOffset, Character.Head.Position, cameraUpVector.Unit)

[2112Jay]

These can seem tricky. You have to deal with the camera overlapping the player’s HumanoidRootPart, as this can trigger fall damage when you zoom in. So either avoid zooming in or handle the overlap. This script does the latter.

--LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts

local zoom = 50
local minZoom = 10
local maxZoom = 45
local FieldOfView = 70
local toggleEnabled = true
local smoothSpeed = 0.15

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable

Mouse.KeyDown:Connect(function(key)
	if key:lower() == "b" then
		toggleEnabled = not toggleEnabled
	end
end)

Mouse.WheelForward:Connect(function()
	if toggleEnabled then
		zoom = math.clamp(zoom - 3.5, minZoom, maxZoom)
	end
end)

Mouse.WheelBackward:Connect(function()
	if toggleEnabled then
		zoom = math.clamp(zoom + 3.5, minZoom, maxZoom)
	end
end)

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local currentCFrame = Camera.CFrame

RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if toggleEnabled and Character and Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
		local hrp = Character.HumanoidRootPart
		Camera.FieldOfView = FieldOfView
		local targetCFrame = CFrame.new(hrp.Position + Vector3.new(0, zoom, 0), hrp.Position)
		currentCFrame = currentCFrame:Lerp(targetCFrame, smoothSpeed)
		Camera.CFrame = currentCFrame
	end
end)