How to Trigger State-Driven vcam?

Hello!

I have a state driven camera that switches camera setups according to the player's animation state. Is there a way to switch vcams based on a collider trigger? The player's animation might not change, but I'd like to change the camera setup for certain parts of the game.

Thanks,
rich

 

So onTriggerEnter I can activate another vcam outside of the SDC? Do you have an example how to do that? Camera.Enable doesn't seem to see the vcams.

Thanks,
rich

 

Excellent! I will try that. Also I'm guessing priority on the vcam will sort everything out?

-rich

 

Hi again,

Kinda grasping at straws here---

using Cinemachine.Utility;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Serialization;

public class vCamSwitch : MonoBehaviour {

public CinemachineVirtualCamera vcam;


void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
switchToThisVcam();
}

public void switchToThisVcam()
{

vcam.gameObject.SetActive();
}


}


What am I missing ?
-rich

 

Okay I got it working but It's not blending, it's a direct cut to the camera. However, it blends on exit. Any suggestions how I blend it in?



thanks,

rich


here's the code:

using Cinemachine.Utility;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Serialization;

public class vCamSwitch : MonoBehaviour {
public GameObject vcam;

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
switchToThisVcam();
}


void OnTriggerExit(Collider other) {
switchVcamOff();
}


public void switchToThisVcam()
{

vcam.gameObject.SetActive(true);
}

public void switchVcamOff()
{

vcam.gameObject.SetActive(false);
}


}

 

I think i figured it out -- When I created the new Virtual Camera, at some point I wound up with a Camera component and a Cinemachine Brain. When I disabled these two components it seems to work. Not sure how the extra camera and brain got in there tho - here's a screenshot:



I have noticed something else. If I put the newly created Virtual Camera into the CM StateDrivenCamera object (along with the other cameras), I can't seem to reference it from my trigger script. If it's outside of the group, then I can. See image (vcam4 specifically).

 

I created it using the Cinemachine Menu but I'm unable to recreate it - it's possible I duplicated an earlier camera at some point.

 

Thanks, this worked for me too. Im not a coder so much appreciated.

 

Hi @Gregoryl, this method is not working for me.

On my Trigger Zone, I have a Box Collider with Trigger bool checked. Regarding to this post https://forum.unity.com/threads/cinemachine-trigger-action-not-working-anymore.794331/, I also added a Rigidbody with Gravity unchecked.

On my SDC, I made an EaseIn/Out transition when switching between the TriggerCam and the GameplayCam. But there are no transition happeing on entering/exiting the Trigger zone.

Questions :

• Should I deactivate the TriggerCam first?
• Should I support this method with any other code?
• or is this simply a bug?

On the trigger zone


SDC

 

Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, it does not. I removed VCAM_HOUSE_CloseUp from the SDC hierarchy and expected to switch from CM_ThirdPerson_FreeLook to it when entering the trigger zone, but nothing happens.

Also, let's say it did work. How then will it be possible to blend between those two cameras without having them under the same SDC? (Sorry if it's a newbie question, I'm freshly starting with SDC).

 

I took your advice and tried a different approach. I stopped using SDC beacause as you said, as it is only for animation states mapping, I woulf have been stucked at a certain point with this limit. I can't find the post, but someone suggested to have a simple list containing all my Vcams on a parent node under which they are and call them individually and when needed by index. This indeed works perfectly for me.

I'm really loving Cinemachine right know due to this

Again, many thanks for your help!