Camera Controller, rotation issue. Have a minute to spare?

Hee guys,

I just recently got into scripting and get around so far, just finished my character controller.
But now my camera controller script is not doing as I would expect.
There is something wrong in my 'rotation' , its missing definition to call from, somewhere.
But I just can't figure it out. Anybody that has a spare moment to help me out?
Cant be that much, probably just missing a line or quaternion somewhere.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour {
5.     public Transform target;
6.     public float lookSmooth = 0.09f;
7.     public Vector3 offsetFromTarget = new Vector3 (0, 6, -8);
8.     public float xTilt = 10;
9.  
10.     Vector3 destination = Vector3.zero;
11.     CharacterController charController;
12.     float rotateVel = 0;
13.  
14.     void Start()
15.     {
16.         SetCameraTarget (target);
17.     }
18.  
19.     void SetCameraTarget(Transform t)
20.     {
21.         target = t;
22.  
23.         if (target != null)
24.         {
25.             if (target.GetComponent<CharacterController> ()) {
26.                 charController = target.GetComponent<CharacterController> ();
27.             } else
28.                 Debug.LogError ("The camera's target has no character controller.");
29.         }
30.         else
31.             Debug.LogError ("Your Camera needs a target");
32.     }
33.  
34.     void LateUpdate()
35.     {
36.         MoveToTarget ();
37.         LookAtTarget ();
38.  
39.     }
40.         void MoveToTarget()
41.         {
42.         destination = charController.TargetRotation * offsetFromTarget;
43.         destination += target.position;
44.         transform.position = destination;
45.         }
46.  
47.         void LookAtTarget()
48.     {
49.         float eulerYAngle = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, target.eulerAngles.y, ref rotateVel, lookSmooth);
50.         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(transform.eulerAngles.x, eulerYAngle, 0);
51.     }
52.  

- the TargetRotation in
void MoveToTarget()
Is not recognized somehow.

Hopefully someone sees the error in my script.
Thanks in advance!

 

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Hi,

I am not sure if there is a specific reason you need your own LookAtTarget function, but if not, would Transform.LookAt achieve what you need?

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.LookAt.html

 

I want the camera to rotate around the character whilst looking at it.
Instead of just rotating around the Z axis and viewing the world around the character as it rotates.

 

I would put the camera in a holder object, then offset the camera on X or Z axis off center, set it to look at the target and make the camera holder have the same position as the character and rotate it on Y axis.

 

ok
it is a problem because of there is a another script that belongs to the Character.
forget it
let`s fix it:
Add these two var before the Void Start :

public float closeT = 2; // increase this value the camera closes to Target(character)
Vector3 myDestination = Vector3.zero;

then in Void MoveToTarget

myDestination = offsetFromTarget / closeT ;
destination = target.rotation * myDestination;
// this is your problem
//destination = charController.TargetRotaion * offsetFromTarget;
destination += target.position;
transform.position = destination;

keep that mind you can change the base position of camera with changing th "closeTo" .

GoodLuck