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Question Dolly Track always prioritizing closest point by Z-axis.

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by Telephantasm, Jun 15, 2020.

  1. Telephantasm

    Telephantasm

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    Hello everyone,
    I have been using cinemachine for a 2.5D game and have encountered a problem when using the dolly track in a trigger activated zone. Everything seems to be working fine when all the points on a dolly track have the same Z-axis value.
    However, when I want the point to be closer by Z-axis, the virtual camera seems to always stay in the closest point towards the follow target no matter where the target moves alongside the track.

    Is this the correct behavior or am I doing something wrong?
     
    Telephantasm, Jun 15, 2020
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  2. Gregoryl

    Gregoryl

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    Are you using Auto-dolly?

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    This algorithm will attempt to place the vcam at the point on the path that is the closest to the target. The distance calculation is made in 3D. If this algorithm is not appropriate for your needs, then you should turn this feature off and position your vcam on the track using a more suitable algorithm. You can do that with a custom behaviour on the vcam that manipulates trackedDolly.m_PathPosition.
     
    Gregoryl, Jun 15, 2020
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  3. Telephantasm

    Telephantasm

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    Thanks, it was one of the options I had been considering. Will try this!
     
    Telephantasm, Jun 15, 2020
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