Question Camera allows scrolling backwards when camera's raycast hits something behind?

when a ray hits and i zoom out and when there's an object behind the camera, how can i prevent the camera from zooming out but at the same time, allow for the camera to zoom in to the target?
how would i stop allowing the player to zoom out while the raycast is hitting an object, but allow the player to be zoomed in?
As you can see in the video clip, I can still zoom in and out, but if I zoom out too far, then I try to zoom back in, it waits until `desiredDistance` reaches a certain zoom distance and THEN allows me to zoom the camera back into the target.

so when i zoom in like this, how can i stop the zoom number from going any further back until it is zoomed in forward again?

Code (Csharp):

1.  
2. public float zoomRate = 10.0f;
3. public float zoomMindistance = 0.1f;
4. public float zoomMaxdistance = 34.0f;
5.  
6. [ HideInInspector ]
7. public float desiredDistance = 0.0f;
8.  
9. [ HideInInspector ]
10. public float correctedDistance = 0.0f;
11.  
12. [ HideInInspector ]
13. public float zoomDistance = 0.0f;
14.  
15. public float GetPercentage ( float value, float percentageMultiplier = 100.0f, float percentageDivider = 100.0f ) {
16.     return ( Mathf.Round ( value * percentageMultiplier ) / percentageDivider );
17. }
18.  
19. private float CalculateZoom ( ) {
20.     // Calculate the desired distance
21.     desiredDistance = GetPercentage ( desiredDistance );
22.     Debug.Log ( $"desiredDistance : { desiredDistance }" );
23.     desiredDistance -= GetAxis ( "Mouse ScrollWheel" ) * zoomRate;
24.     desiredDistance = Mathf.Clamp ( desiredDistance, zoomMindistance, zoomMaxdistance );
25.     correctedDistance = desiredDistance;
26.     return correctedDistance;
27. }
28.  
29. void Start ( ) {
30.     desiredDistance = zoomDistance;
31.     correctedDistance = zoomDistance;
32. }
33.  
34. void LateUpdate ( ) {
35.     zoomDistance = CalculateZoom ( );
36. }
37.  

Here's a small video showing what the camera is doing when zooming out while the camera's raycast hits an object behind the camera.

I would like to fix MY ABOVE CODE! NOT ANYthing else!

Thanks!

 

It seems like you're just trying to implement something Cinemachine does right out of the box. I would recommend just using Cinemachine instead.

 

I don't want to use Cinemachine. I simply want to fix my above code.

 

If someone could actually help me with this, I would greatly appreciate it!

 

It's been 24 hours. Small bump.