Camera orbit request

Hi all!

I'm looking for a mouse orbit script that satisfy this request:

Playing with the standard mouse orbit I met the limit of the Y axis, when I'm on the top of the target the camera spin around



What I want is a different behavior, as show in the next screenshots




How can I modify the mouse orbit script to achieve that?

Tnx a lot

 

Hi, welcome to the forum!

You can do this by using the transform.RotateAround function. The point is the centre of the sphere, the axis is the camera's local X or Y axis (X for upwards movement, Y for sideways) and the angle is determined by the movement delta. However, under these circumstances, the camera is not "locked" upright with respect to the sphere, so its angle can wander and it may be difficult to control with the mouse. Is this the behaviour you need or is there something particular about the poles that lets you change direction?

 

This is now answered: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/171380/camera-relative-free-orbit.html and it's not using RotateAround nor its equivalent AngleAxis. It's just doing the delta with Quaternions rather than Euler. Thanks to astorga!