Why is CameraMinDistance capped at 0.5?

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#1

Why is it capped at 0.5? Was this ever explained??

How can I uncap it? Ive tried changing some values around in the CameraModule but I couldnt get it to work. In my game you can scale down your character, which means that if you have a part right above your head, you can look through it.

EDIT: Already tried changing this function in ZoomController:

local function updateBounds()
		cameraMinZoomDistance = Player.CameraMinZoomDistance
		cameraMaxZoomDistance = Player.CameraMaxZoomDistance
	end

to this:

local function updateBounds()
        local distance = Player.CameraMinZoomDistance

        if Player.CameraMinZoomDistance == 0.5 then
            distance = 0
        end

        cameraMinZoomDistance = distance
        cameraMaxZoomDistance = Player.CameraMaxZoomDistance
    end

But it still doesnt work properly. It only works if I set the max zoom also to 0, but then you cant zoom out

CameraMinZoomDistance stuck at .5, even in first person
#2

It’s because 0.5 is considered First Person, so anything under that would just be infront of your character.

#3

Well I mean, why is 0.5 considered first person and not 0?


As you can see in the video above, thats me in first person. However when I rotate my camera, it still orbits around a point, 0.5 studs away, instead of rotating in place (which is what I would expect from a first person camera)

#4

Alright, I found it. Turns out setting it to 0 freaks out the rotation of your character in first person. A low value like 0.01 works though.

Changes made:
ZoomController: local MIN_FOCUS_DIST = 0.01
BaseCamera:
Line 42 local FIRST_PERSON_DISTANCE_MIN = 0.01
Line 647 self.currentSubjectDistance = 0.01
Line 654 self.currentSubjectDistance = 0.01

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