Custom extension with axis recenterin

I'm trying to write a "Look Around" extension for a Vcam with a FrameTransposer. I managed to set up two axis for the mouse / gamepad input that I will use to offset (and rotate) the Camera.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class CinemachineCameraLookaround : CinemachineExtension
2. {
3.     private AxisState m_YAxis = new AxisState(-15, 15, false, false, 100f, 0.1f, 0.1f, "Mouse Y", false);
4.     private AxisState m_XAxis = new AxisState(-15, 15, false, false, 100f, 0.1f, 0.1f, "Mouse X", false);
5.  
6.     private void Update()
7.     {
8.         m_XAxis.Update(Time.deltaTime);
9.         m_YAxis.Update(Time.deltaTime);
10.     }
11.  
12.     protected override void PostPipelineStageCallback(
13.         CinemachineVirtualCameraBase vcam,
14.         CinemachineCore.Stage stage, ref CameraState state, float deltaTime)
15.     {
16.         if (stage == CinemachineCore.Stage.Body)
17.         {
18.             state.PositionCorrection += new Vector3(m_XAxis.Value, m_YAxis.Value, 0);
19.         }
20.     }
21. }

I have a couple of questions.
1) Is it okay to Update the Axis in the Update function, or is there a better way? (Cinemachine internally)
2) How can I access / use the recenter function of the Axis?

I'm struggeling to set up the recenter part. When I look in the inspector, the Axis already have the recentering part, but I don't know how to access it.




I would appreciate any hint in the right direction Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks for your valuable and fast input, Gregoryl.

My camera follows the player at a fixed camera angle. Upon mouse input I want to achieve a look around effect, as if the player moves his head, and thus his vision. Ultimately I want to achieve to rotate the camera around the player's head a bit, while still looking at player, so that you see more of the environment.

Since transform.LookAt didn't work, I figured I'd split this effect into first moving the camera and then rotating it enough degrees to look back at the player (trigonometry ftw).

Code (CSharp):

1.      
2. private void Update()
3. {
4.         xAxis_silent = !m_XAxis.Update(Time.deltaTime);
5.         yAxis_silent = !m_YAxis.Update(Time.deltaTime);
6.  
7.         if (xAxis_silent)
8.         {
9.             m_XAxis.m_Recentering.DoRecentering(ref m_XAxis, Time.deltaTime, 0);
10.         }
11.         else
12.         {
13.            m_XAxis.m_Recentering.CancelRecentering();
14.         }
15.         if (yAxis_silent)
16.         {
17.             m_YAxis.m_Recentering.DoRecentering(ref m_YAxis, Time.deltaTime, 0);
18.         }
19.         else
20.         {
21.            m_YAxis.m_Recentering.CancelRecentering();
22.         }
23. }

Do you know why in this example m_WaitTime has no effect? If I set up another
private AxisState.Recentering m_XRecentering = new AxisState.Recentering(true, 1, 2);
and switch out "m_XAxis.m_Recentering" with the new "m_XRecentering", the m_WaitTime is in effect...

 

I'm essentially going for the effect you get with a Frame Transposer on the body and a POV on the air. However, I have damping and a Dead Zone set up on my Frame Transposer which results in a laggy, jagged movement. I tried to come up with a smooth solution for that.

 

Thanks. Do you happen to know if state.OrientationCorrection is in local space? I tried the following and I can't figure out how to rotate the camera (which is at a 40 degree angle facing down) around the world up axis.

Code (CSharp):

1. state.OrientationCorrection = Quaternion.AngleAxis(-calculatedAngle, Vector3.up);

Using version 2.3.4 by the way...