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Clear shot randomize choice is not working

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  1. Mozq8

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    Unity 2019.4.13
    Cinemachine latest update from Package Manager.
    So basically I want to create a list of randomized cameras with the clear shot system but for some reason, the system does not work, it just stays on one virtual camera
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    Or maybe there is a different solution in Cinemachine?
    I am aware of the Blend List, but it's executing cameras on the specific order, what I need is the system with random virtual cameras
    @Gregoryl maybe you could help me with that, I am bit lost.

    It doesn't have to be a clear shot system, I just chose it because it has a randomized function in it, basically I need a Blend List but with randomized cameras
     
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    Clearshot selects a vcam that has visibility on the target. If there are more vcams with visibility on the target, then clear will pick one and stay with it. Clearshot won't keep switching between them.

    What you'd like to have is a list of vcams from which you randomly select an active vcam in some given interval, right?
    You could make a script that activates a vcam from a list of random vcams at every x seconds.
     
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    Thanks for the response.
    So, for instance, I will create some kind of parent gameobject with an array of vcam cameras as a children where I take one camera from random range list, what component do I need to place on parent gameobject so it works with different systems like Blendlist/Clear shot?
     
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  5. gaborkb

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    You could do that with Mixing camera. Look at the MixingCamera example scene.

    Cinemachine mixing camera is for mixing different vcams, but in your case, you would not "mix" them. You will just put a weight of 1 for the vcam you'd like active, and 0 to the ones you don't want active.

    Note, you could also achieve what you'd like to do with an empty gameObject which groups your vcams. This empty gameObject would have a script that randomly selects a vcam from its children.
     

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    Thank you so much for the clarification!
     
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    One last question though, if Clear Shot is not designed to switch the virtual cameras - what is the point of such properties as Activate After, Min duration and how to use them properly?
     
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    ClearShot switches virtual cameras, but it switches based on visibility, e.g. if you shoot a ray from the camera to the target, does the ray hit anything before it hits the target.

    Have a look at the ClearShot example scene.
     
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    Activate after: when clear shot wants to activate, react after x sec
    Min duration: once you activate a vcam, don't deactive it for at least x sec
     
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  10. Mozq8

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    Thanks! You guys rock!
     
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