Cinemachine Free Look in a 3rd person controller

Hi all,

I am trying to create a 3rd person controller with Cinemachine's Free Look camera (as stated in the title). Previously I was using my own camera system and when it came time for handling collisions I felt it might just be easier to use Cinemachine (given we are using it for a few other things in the game already).

Anyway, I set the Free Look camera as I wanted. However when it comes to movement, the player doesn't move in the direction of the camera. So picture you rotated your camera around the target to look to its right. Then decided to move forward. I want the character to auto rotate and face that direction (i.e. camera direction = movement direction). Previous camera setup I had worked flawlessly. With Cinemachine I am having a hard time getting this to work.

Anyone has any pointers on how do this? Below is my movement code:

Code (CSharp):

1.     [SerializeField] private float moveSpeed;
2.     [SerializeField] private float turnSmoothTime = 0.02f;
3.     [SerializeField] private float moveSmoothTime = 0.3f;
4.     [SerializeField] private Transform cameraTransform;
5.     private float turnSmoothVelocity;
6.     private float moveSmoothVelocity;
7.     private float currentSpeed;
8.     private new Transform transform;
9.     private PlayerAnimation animations;
10.     private CharacterController controller;
11.  
12.     public void MovePlayer(Vector2 _direction)
13.     {
14.         currentSpeed = GetCurrentSpeed(_direction);
15.  
16.         Vector3 velocity = transform.forward * currentSpeed * _direction.magnitude;
17.  
18.         controller.Move(velocity * Time.deltaTime);
19.  
20.         animations.AnimateRunning(_direction.magnitude, moveSmoothTime);
21.     }
22.  
23.  
24.     public void Rotate(Vector2 _direction)
25.     {
26.         if (CanRotate(_direction))
27.         {
28.             float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(_direction.x, _direction.y) * Mathf.Rad2Deg +                                                      cameraTransform.eulerAngles.y;
29.  
30.             transform.eulerAngles = Vector3.up * Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, targetAngle,              ref turnSmoothVelocity, turnSmoothTime);
31.         }
32.     }

I already tried a few changes and tweaks but nothing bared fruit. Any help is appreciated.

 

I wasn't trying to change anything on the camera, just pull its Y rotation.

This worked very well. You're a wizard Gregoryl. Thank you very much.

 

Hi @Vallar . Did you ever manage to get the camera's Y rotation?

 

I wasn't able to get it and ended up using a CInemachine Virtual Camera with "Nothing" in both Body and Aim.

 

By "Aim" and "Body", I assume you're talking about "Follow" and "Look At"? If so, have you come across any tutorials or articles on how to do this? I might be able to figure it out on my own..... but this would save me hours/days of trial and error.

Thanks in advance!

 

Perfect! I'll give that a try. Thanks for the quick response!