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Get current orthographic size TargetGroup Camera when its not live

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by hosseinpanahloo, Apr 15, 2020.

  1. hosseinpanahloo

    hosseinpanahloo

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    Hi, I'm making a strategy game. I add all the buildings to the Targetgroup camera, and the Orthographic size adjusts nicely to the main camera and I want to use this Orthographic size as the Maximum for zooming out manually.
    But the problem is when the TargetGroupVcam is not live (Another Vcam is live for zooming in and meanwhile new buildings spawn and the maximum orthographic size should change because of that). I cannot find a way to get the Orthographic size of the TargetGroupVcam.
    I tired "Vcam.m_m_Lens.OrthographicSize" but its value is not changing.
     
    hosseinpanahloo, Apr 15, 2020
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  2. gaborkb

    gaborkb

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    Hi
    You are right, when using a target group, the vcam's orthographic size parameter does not update.
    However, the unity camera (main camera) keeps track of the change. So you could get the Orthographic size from Camera.main.
     
    Last edited: Apr 16, 2020
    gaborkb, Apr 15, 2020
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  3. Gregoryl

    Gregoryl

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    A slight update to what @gaborkb said:

    Vcam.m_Lens.OrthographicSize
    will not update, and it is not supposed to. That's the initial setting of the vcam. If it has a procedural ortho size adjustment, you will find the updated ortho size in 
    vcam.State.Lens.OrthographicSize
    .

    Make sure to set the vcam's Standby Update method to Always, if you want it to update when not live.

    In general, all procedurally-updated vcam properties will be found only in 
    vcam.State
    , with the exception of the position/rotation (which is also pushed back to the transform, as a special-case to make things easier to follow in the scene view).
     
    Last edited: Apr 16, 2020
    Gregoryl, Apr 15, 2020
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  4. hosseinpanahloo

    hosseinpanahloo

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    Thanks guys, This is great.
     
    hosseinpanahloo, Apr 16, 2020
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