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Cinemachine causing jitter in Game View in Editor

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by chainsawpenguin, Sep 6, 2018.

  1. chainsawpenguin

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    I often have the game view open in a pane in the Editor so that I can watch both it, and, say, an animator. But with a Cinemachine camera enabled, when NOT in Gameplay mode, the Game panel just freaks the hell out. Why is it moving at all? I'm not touching the camera or its target, I'm just navigating around the editor.

    EDIT: For example, resizing the Game pane causes the camera preview to jerk around by 90 degrees, back and forth. I could just hide Game pane, but then I need to UNhide it when I'm troubleshooting... GAH!
     
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  2. Gregoryl

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    Shouldn't happen.. Which version of CM ant what kind of vcam and target?
     
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  3. chainsawpenguin

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    Cinemachine version [2.2.7] - according to the #Changelog

    The vcam is a Cinemachine Freelook with a Cinemachine Collider.

    The target is an empty Game Object that is a child of my main character, set to roughly the height of his head.
     
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  4. Gregoryl

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    Does it still happen if you disable the CM collider? Can you post an image of your vcam inspector? And the hierarchy, showing the vcam, the main camera, and the target?
     
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  5. chainsawpenguin

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    See here:
     

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  6. Gregoryl

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    Is the vcam looking straight down? If so, that might explain it. Vcam composers don't like to look straight up or down. Give that top orbit a little radius.
     
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  7. chainsawpenguin

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    Does it still happen if you disable the CM collider?

    Yes.

    Can you post an image of your vcam inspector?

    Yes. See below.

    And the hierarchy, showing the vcam, the main camera, and the target?

    I don't know how to show all three of those things at once in a single screenshot. If the image attached is insufficient... I'll work on it.
     

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  8. Gregoryl

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    The vcams should not be parented to the main camera. That might be the cause. Take them out.
     
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  9. chainsawpenguin

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    They don't have to be parented to the Main Camera with the Cinemachine Brain?

    ...Trippy. Okay, that seems to have worked!
     
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  10. Gregoryl

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    They must not be parented to the main camera. Think of them as independent agents that, when active, reposition the main camera's transform to be the same as their own. If they are children of the main camera, then they will move when the main camera does, creating a feedback loop, which is what you were seeing.
     
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  11. chainsawpenguin

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    Very cool explanation, and excellent troubleshooting. Please give this nice sir a raise, Unity!
     
    chainsawpenguin, Sep 6, 2018
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