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Question How to clamp the Y-Axis of Cinemachine FreeLook Camera

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by Krooq, Oct 31, 2022.

  1. Krooq

    Krooq

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    How can I clamp the Y-Axis of the Cinemachine FreeLook Camera?
    This is useful to prevent looking directly down or limit the tilt so the camera cannot look upwards.
    I do not want to change the orbit parameters because the shape is already not quite spherical and changing them squishes it more.

    I'm actually after a pretty basic "top-hemisphere", z-up, orbital camera with zoom, tracking and damping, but it seems pretty hard to achieve this with Cinemachine without jankiness.
    Perhaps there is a better way?
     
    Krooq, Oct 31, 2022
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  2. gaborkb

    gaborkb

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    I think it would be easier to achieve that with 3rdPersonFollow using an approach that is close to what you see in this video:


    Changing Freelook's rig setup would also be a solution.
     
    Last edited: Oct 31, 2022
    gaborkb, Oct 31, 2022
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  3. mainver01

    mainver01

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    upload_2023-5-10_12-42-27.png
    For anyone has same problem (use cinemachine freelook camera to 3rd person), in Cinemachine Freelook camera, find Orbits, change Binding mode to World space. Change "height" of TopRig and BottomRig to clamp camera's Y axis.
    You can see gizmos circle like this upload_2023-5-10_12-47-38.png
     
    mainver01, May 10, 2023
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