Question How do I get two Vcams to interpolate between each other based on distance?

Hey all,

I've set up two virtual cameras within cinemachine, in my code
i've got them named as "Battle Camera1" and "Battle Camera2".

Basically, I want the either camera to gain higher priority based on the distance between the player and the enemy AI object.

In battle camera one the priority is higher if the player and the enemy AI character is farther apart, while this camera is active the player's view is of an over head shot of the world.

When the player and the enemy AI is close to each other and engaging in combat the Battle Camera 2 should be active, that camera view is more intimate, and close to showcase the visceral nature .

code is as follows.
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Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEditor;
4. using UnityEngine;
5. using Cinemachine.Utility;
6.  
7. public class CameraZoom : MonoBehaviour
8.  
9.  
10. {
11.     //Virtual Camera Variables that will store the Virtual camers  that will swap based on distance
12.     [SerializeField]
13.     private GameObject[] battleCamera;
14.    
15.  
16.     //Variable for storing the Camerablend  component
17.    // [SerializeField]
18.    // private CameraBlender vCamBlender;
19.  
20.     //Virtual Camera Priority/Weight Variables that store the priority of the dominant Camera
21.     [SerializeField]
22.     private float battleCamOnePriority;
23.     [SerializeField]
24.     private float battleCamTwoPriority;
25.  
26.     //Distance Variable for storing distance
27.     [SerializeField]
28.     private float enemyDistance;
29.     [SerializeField]
30.     private float playerDistance;
31.  
32.  
33.     //Actor game object Variables to store the game characters
34.     [SerializeField]
35.     private GameObject player;
36.     [SerializeField]
37.     private GameObject enemies;
38.  
39.  
40.  
41.  
42.  
43.     //State of Virtual Cameras that will become active and inactive depending on the player's distances
44.     private bool battleCameraOneIsActive = true;
45.     private bool battleCameraTwoIsActive = false;
46.  
47.     void Awake()
48.     {
49.         //upon starting the scene, Distance variables are set to the player and enemy's transoforms
50.         playerDistance = Vector3.Distance(player.transform.position, enemies.transform.position);
51.         enemyDistance = Vector3.Distance(enemies.transform.position, player.transform.position);
52.  
53.    
54.  
55.     }
56.  
57.     // activating the virtual cameras
58.     public void ActivateCamera(int index)
59.     {
60.         for (int i = 0; i < battleCamera.Length; i++)
61.         {
62.             if (i == index && playerDistance > enemyDistance)
63.             {
64.                 battleCamera[i].SetActive(true);
65.                 battleCamOnePriority = 5;
66.                 battleCamTwoPriority = 0;
67.  
68.             }
69.             else
70.             {
71.                 battleCamera[i].SetActive(false);
72.                 battleCamTwoPriority = 0;
73.  
74.             }
75.         }
76.  
77.         for (int i = 0; i < battleCamera.Length; i++)
78.         {
79.             if (i== index && playerDistance <= enemyDistance)
80.             {
81.  
82.                 battleCamera[i].SetActive(true);
83.                 battleCamTwoPriority = 5;
84.                 battleCamOnePriority = 0;
85.             }
86.             else
87.             {
88.                 battleCamera[i].SetActive(false);
89.                 battleCamTwoPriority = 0;
90.             }
91.         }
92.     }
93.  

 

Hi Gregory,
I'm trying to get my virtual cameras to interpolate between each other based on the calculating the distance between the player object and the enemy game object.

Since cinemachine camera virtual cameras display views on a priority system, I'm trying to code specific a specific function in which battle camera one has more priority when the player and the enemy game object is far apart, and when the player is in close proximity and attacking each other the second camera takes priority to better display it.

Currently in the code, the camera's aren't functioning as I want and I'd just like some help in getting them to work

I hope i was clear enough.

 

Thank you so much, I did some reworking in the hours that followed and came to a similar solution. I really appreciate your assistance to this.

kindest regards