FPS Camera issue

This is embarrassing, but I'm not exactly sure how to have the weapons off center AND hit the middle of the screen.

Like this should be how to make an FPS 101, but I'm not seeing any tutorials that mention just this.

I've got the weapon off center and weapon camera.

But if the shot comes out of the weapon then it is off center.

I tried to keep the weapon center and offset the weapon camera, but then the shot doesn't match the weapon.

I also tried to have the gun point at the collision of a raycast shot out of the main camera, which actually worked pretty well, but has... issues.

Lastly, I tried to shrink down the weapon so the difference wasn't as great, but then lighting and shadows don't match up.

Any suggestions of links to tutorials?

 

Doesn't that depend on how you are doing your shooting? In a 3D environment, the concept of shooting "the middle of the screen" is a little skewed. The "middle of the screen" extends (potentially) infinitely along the "forward" axis. Which of those points is the gun aiming at?

Presumably, you would either raycast through the screen centre along the forward axis to see if something was hit. Or, similarly, raycast from the gun's perspective. Or otherwise, create a projectile and launch it from the gun'l position along the gun's "forward" axis and let the physics engine resolve it (assuming the projectile isn't moving too fast).

I don't have access to Unity at the moment but, if I recall correctly, can't you create a new 3D project starting off with an FPS controller, a bubble gun and a little demo scene with some obstacles to shoot at? Maybe you could compare against that to see how your scene differs.