What is the camera angle?

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#1

Hello,
I am trying to get the camera angle that Roblox uses for thumbnails for a very long time now. I have tried mading a localscript that changes the CurrentCamera to match the Roblox’s but Its not looking the same. I need help with this.

Here is my script:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local dummy = workspace:FindFirstChild("Dummy")

local humanoidRootPart = dummy:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")

if not humanoidRootPart then
	warn("HumanoidRootPart not found in Dummy model!")
	return
end

local modelCenter = humanoidRootPart.Position

local cameraOffset = Vector3.new(-6, 6, 6)

local cameraPosition = modelCenter + cameraOffset

camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
camera.CoordinateFrame = CFrame.new(cameraPosition, modelCenter)

Here is what I am trying to do:
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Here is what I get:

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#2

Can’t you just use

game:GetService("Players"):GetUserThumbnailAsync(UserId, Enum.ThumbnailType.AvatarThumbnail, Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size420x420)

?

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#3

I want to my own characters with the angle

#4

what’s so difficult? Just play around w the offsets? I just played around w them and got something close to the image you provided:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local dummy = workspace:FindFirstChild("Dummy")

local humanoidRootPart = dummy.PrimaryPart

if not humanoidRootPart then
	warn("HumanoidRootPart not found in Dummy model!")
	return
end

local modelCenter = humanoidRootPart.Position

local cameraOffset = Vector3.new(-5, 2, -6)

local cameraPosition = modelCenter + cameraOffset

camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
camera.CoordinateFrame = CFrame.new(cameraPosition, modelCenter)

You might need to adjust the FOV a little as in the image you provided, its zoomed in al little.

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#5

Roblox is doing it somehow for many years now. I feel like maybe they are doing it somehow else? I don’t think they would be specifying any offset but rather “Generate” it.

#6

the camera would be locked to center of Character’s primary part (HumanoidRootPart), zoomed out with an unkown value and with some unkown angle that depends on the model/part/meshpart. I have no idea what Roblox is using/doing to achieve this

#7

They don’t generate it, they just get the profile picture of the player, and the player sets it in the avatar creator. All models have the same offset, I don’t know where you got that its using an unknown offset. It’s all the same.

Heres a function you can use to get that shot:

function GetIcon(UserId : number) : number
	if type(UserId) ~= "number" then warn("Error: UserId is not a number") return end
	
	local ThumbnailType = Enum.ThumbnailType.AvatarThumbnail
	local ThumbnailSize = Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size420x420
	
	return game.Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(UserId, ThumbnailType, ThumbnailSize)
end

Though its not possible to get what you are describing without making something custom.

Play around w the settings, maybe you can get something similar. But otherwise, you really can’t.

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