How to lock free look mouse rotation and set camera behind player?

Hi guys!

In my game sometimes I need to block the free look camera mouse rotation and set it just behind the player. Here a video demostration:

How can I achieve this?

 

I have modified a bit the script of this answer, however when I stop pressing the activator key (in this case Q), the camera returns to its previous orbit rotation. I'm using Binding Mode as World Space:




The script:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using Cinemachine;
3. using Cinemachine.Utility;
4. using DG.Tweening;
5.  
6. public class ZTargeting : MonoBehaviour {
7.     public string input;
8.     public float recenterTime = .5f;
9.     public DOTweenAnimation targetBorderTop;
10.     public DOTweenAnimation targetBorderDown;
11.     [HideInInspector] public bool targetActive;
12.  
13.     private bool _recenter;
14.     private bool _targetBordersActive;
15.     private CinemachineFreeLook _cm_freeLook;
16.     private CinemachineOrbitalTransposer[] _orbital = new CinemachineOrbitalTransposer[3];
17.     private CinemachineVirtualCamera[] _rigs = new CinemachineVirtualCamera[3];
18.  
19.     void Start() {
20.         _cm_freeLook = GetComponent<CinemachineFreeLook>();
21.         for (int i = 0; _cm_freeLook != null && i < 3; ++i) {
22.             _rigs[i] = _cm_freeLook.GetRig(i);
23.             _orbital[i] = _rigs[i].GetCinemachineComponent<CinemachineOrbitalTransposer>();
24.         }
25.     }
26.     void Update() {
27.         targetActive = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Q);
28.  
29.         if (targetActive && !_targetBordersActive)
30.             ShowBorders(true);
31.         else if (!targetActive && _targetBordersActive)
32.             ShowBorders(false);
33.  
34.         var target = _cm_freeLook != null ? _cm_freeLook.Follow : null;
35.  
36.         if (target == null)
37.             return;
38.         // Disable the transposers while recentering
39.         for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
40.             _orbital[i].enabled = !_recenter;
41.         if (_recenter) {
42.             // How far away from centered are we?
43.             var up = _cm_freeLook.State.ReferenceUp;
44.             var back = _cm_freeLook.transform.position - target.position;
45.             var angle = UnityVectorExtensions.SignedAngle(back.ProjectOntoPlane(up), -target.forward.ProjectOntoPlane(up), up);
46.            
47.             if (Mathf.Abs(angle) < UnityVectorExtensions.Epsilon)
48.                 _recenter = false; // done!
49.             // Do the recentering on all 3 _rigs
50.             angle = Damper.Damp(angle, recenterTime, Time.deltaTime);
51.  
52.             for (int i = 0; _recenter && i < 3; ++i)
53.                 _rigs[i].transform.position = Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, up) *
54.                                               (_rigs[i].transform.position - target.position) + target.position;
55.         }
56.     }
57.  
58.     void ShowBorders(bool flag) {
59.         _targetBordersActive = flag;
60.  
61.         if (_targetBordersActive) {
62.             _recenter = true;
63.             targetBorderTop.DORestart();
64.             targetBorderDown.DORestart();
65.         } else {
66.             targetBorderTop.DOPlayBackwards();
67.             targetBorderDown.DOPlayBackwards();
68.         }
69.     }
70. }

 

I've solved it partially, basically the answer was always there, it was just mistake on my part to not see it , sorry guys:



However, this does not recenter the yAxis. I can simply set the value manually (vcam.m_YAxis.Value = .5f) but there would not be a smoothed rotation, so my next question is: How can I recenter the yAxis with a smoothed rotation?

EDIT: Finally I solve the issue, here the code, maybe it could be useful to someone:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using Cinemachine;
3. using DG.Tweening;
4.  
5. public class ZTargeting : MonoBehaviour {
6.  
7.     [HideInInspector] public bool active;
8.     public string inputButton;
9.     public float yAxisRecenterValue = .5f;
10.     public float yAxisRecenterSpeed = .5f;
11.     public DOTweenAnimation targetBorderTop;
12.     public DOTweenAnimation targetBorderDown;
13.  
14.     private bool _locked;
15.     private bool _updateYAxis;
16.     private CinemachineFreeLook _cm_freeLook;
17.  
18.     void Start() {
19.         _cm_freeLook = GetComponent<CinemachineFreeLook>();
20.     }
21.  
22.     void SetActive(bool flag) {
23.         _locked = flag;
24.         _cm_freeLook.m_RecenterToTargetHeading.m_enabled = flag;
25.     }
26.  
27.     void StopRecenterYAxis() {
28.         _updateYAxis = false;
29.         _cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value = yAxisRecenterValue;
30.     }
31.     void Update() {
32.         if (!Link.Enabled)
33.             return;
34.  
35.         active = Input.GetButton(inputButton);
36.  
37.         if (active && !_locked) {
38.             SetActive(true);
39.  
40.             _updateYAxis = _cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value != yAxisRecenterValue;
41.             _cm_freeLook.m_XAxis.m_InputAxisValue = 0;
42.             _cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.m_InputAxisValue = 0;
43.             _cm_freeLook.m_XAxis.m_InputAxisName = string.Empty;
44.             _cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.m_InputAxisName = string.Empty;
45.  
46.             targetBorderTop.DORestart();
47.             targetBorderDown.DORestart();
48.  
49.         } else if (!active && _locked) {
50.             SetActive(false);
51.  
52.             _cm_freeLook.m_XAxis.m_InputAxisName = "Mouse X";
53.             _cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.m_InputAxisName = "Mouse Y";
54.  
55.             targetBorderTop.DOPlayBackwards();
56.             targetBorderDown.DOPlayBackwards();
57.         }
58.  
59.         if (_updateYAxis)
60.             if (_cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value > yAxisRecenterValue) {
61.                 _cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value -= yAxisRecenterSpeed *
62.                                               (Time.deltaTime / _cm_freeLook.m_RecenterToTargetHeading.m_RecenteringTime);
63.                 if (_cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value <= yAxisRecenterValue)
64.                     StopRecenterYAxis();
65.             } else if (_cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value < yAxisRecenterValue) {
66.                 _cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value += yAxisRecenterSpeed *
67.                                               (Time.deltaTime / _cm_freeLook.m_RecenterToTargetHeading.m_RecenteringTime);
68.                 if (_cm_freeLook.m_YAxis.Value >= yAxisRecenterValue)
69.                     StopRecenterYAxis();
70.             }
71.     }
72. }

 

I guess it's because I'm using CM from the asset store. I'll have to update, thanks