Change FreeLook binding mode seamlessly (from SimpleFollow to WorldSpace)

Hello !

I have a FreeLook camera with a SimpleFollowWithWorldUp heading and when the player wants to control the camera position, I would like to set it to the World Space. Then, after x second without any camera input, I want to put back the SimpleFollowWithWorldUp binding.

Currently, I cant find a way to do this seamlessly (I tried to report the m_XAxis.Value but it doesnt seem to work at all).

I want this because the camera controls in SimpleFollowWithWorldUp looks like the player is fighting against the default camera behaviour.

Thank you !

 

Hey, thanks for your answer. However, given our workflow we cant really use this solution unfortunatly (ld have set a lot of different cameras). Isnt there any way to change the binding mode seamlessly ?

 

This is exactly what I'm doing but it doesnt seem to work.
When I change the binding from the World to SimpleFollow it reset the camera to the world Z. Its like if it use the 0 in X axis in world space and then switch to SimpleFollow. But I do at the same time. I tried it in a coroutine after a yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame, or a yield return null but its still the same.
For the SimpleFollow to the World, the camera seem to take a rotation not so far but definitly a pop there.

 

Its the exact same

 

I dont know if I can put a project together but I can make you a video. We use the CM 2.2.0 with Unity 2017.4.5f1.

 

Here you are ! Its a test script I put together to test the binding switch.
For the SimpleFollowToWorld I'll check the maths first.



The Brain is set to LateUpdate.
No other bits of scripts modify the x axis.

 

It works perfectly !!!
Thank you very much for this, you make us save a lot of time !

Have a nice day !

 

I am having a view issues with this, for some reason i still get weird artefacts sometimes, even when using similar code. I am switching from WorldBinding to LookToTarget and i get a flicker for one Frame, is there anything i did wrong or overlooked?

Code (CSharp):

1. private void ApplyBindingMode(CinemachineFreeLook camera) {
2.             float value;
3.             switch (m_BindingMode) {
4.                 case CinemachineTransposer.BindingMode.WorldSpace :
5.                     value = SwitchToWorldBinding(camera);
6.                     break;
7.                 case CinemachineTransposer.BindingMode.SimpleFollowWithWorldUp :
8.                     value = SwitchToSimpleFollow(camera);
9.                     break;
10.                 case CinemachineTransposer.BindingMode.LockToTarget :
11.                     value = SwitchToLookToTarget(camera);
12.                     break;
13.                 default:
14.                     Debug.LogError($"Switching the Camera to BindingMode '{m_BindingMode}' at runtime isn't implemented yet");
15.                     return;
16.             }
17.             camera.InternalUpdateCameraState(Vector3.up, -1);
18.             camera.m_XAxis.Value = value;
19.             camera.PreviousStateIsValid = false;
20.         }
21.      
22.         private float SwitchToWorldBinding(CinemachineFreeLook camera) {
23.             Vector3 offset = (camera.State.RawPosition - camera.Follow.position).xOz();
24.             float value = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.back, offset, Vector3.up);
25.             camera.m_BindingMode = CinemachineTransposer.BindingMode.WorldSpace;
26.             return value;
27.         }
28.  
29.         private float SwitchToSimpleFollow(CinemachineFreeLook camera) {
30.             camera.m_BindingMode = CinemachineTransposer.BindingMode.SimpleFollowWithWorldUp;
31.             return 0;
32.         }
33.  
34.         private float SwitchToLookToTarget(CinemachineFreeLook camera) {
35.             Vector3 offset = (camera.State.RawPosition - camera.Follow.position).xOz();
36.             float value = Vector3.SignedAngle(- camera.Follow.forward.xOz(), offset, Vector3.up);
37.             camera.m_BindingMode = CinemachineTransposer.BindingMode.LockToTarget;
38.             return value;
39.         }

 

Hi there! I recently came across this solution for my needs and it works almost perfectly for my project save for one issue: there is a tiny snap in rotation the frame after changing binding modes. I noticed that this hitch goes away when I remove horizontal and vertical damping from the Aim of the rigs. Any way I can conserve the smoothing through the transition to keep it smooth?

 

Bummer. It adds so much more overhead to have to manage two cameras for what almost works perfectly with this solution.