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Question 2D Game: How to have camera follow player only if player moves in one direction?

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by antonioniii, Oct 5, 2023.

  1. antonioniii

    antonioniii

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    Here is the game I'm using for reference for my game project.
    You'll see that the camera will move as the player moves up but does not follow them as they go down

    https://guselect.itch.io/cheese-bit

    . How can I config Cinemachine for this same effect/outcome?

    Here's a video of my current Cinemachine configuration to emulate this. However, when my player falls down, the camera follows as expected. How would I go about locking it to only an increased Y value?

     
    antonioniii, Oct 5, 2023
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  2. antoinecharton

    antoinecharton

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    Heyyoo :) ,

    I don't think there is a way to do it with cinemachine components. However in your case you could create an empty gameobject that could simulate where the camera should be.
    If the player goes up the target matches the position. If it goes down you stop updating the target.

    Would that be a viable option?
     
    antoinecharton, Oct 5, 2023
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  3. antonioniii

    antonioniii

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    Oh wow! I think that will work just fine… thank you for the great idea! .

    I need to be able to think more outside the box like this :D
     
    antonioniii, Oct 5, 2023
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