Is Roll-A-Ball tutorial outdated?

I'm following the camera movement tutorial word-for-word, and I've even tried my own algorithms, but for some reason, I just cannot get the follow C# code to work:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. using UnityEngine;
3. using System.Collections;
4.  
5. public class CameraBehavior : MonoBehaviour
6. {  
7.     public GameObject player;
8.     private Vector3 offset;
9.  
10.     //y
11.     void Start ()
12.     {
13.         offset = transform.position;
14.     }
15.  
16.     // y
17.     void LateUpdate ()
18.     {
19.         transform.position = player.transform.position + offset;
20.     }
21. }
22.  

The camera will simply stay in the same position while the player moves without it.


EDIT:

Also, the player is NOT parented to the camera, and I'm certain "player" is a reference to the GameObj, which is a sphere.

 

Everything looks good to me. Have you added the CameraBehavior to the camera gameObject in your scene, and also, have you assigned the Player gameObject in the inspector?

 

"LateUpdate()" is only called if it's enabled (http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.LateUpdate.html)... try using regular "Update()" and if that doesn't work, tell us.

Also, like gtzpower said, you need to make sure that the variable "Player" is filled in the inspector.

 

Yeah, "player" is a reference to my Player game object.

Also, I need lateUpdate() because the player moves on FixedUpdate(). Don't wanna run into jerky camera controls.

 

Well, uhhh....

This is embarrassing.


For some reason, I named my CUBE "Player" instead of my sphere. Thanks for the help, guys. I'll try to pay better attention next time.

 

EDIT: posted at the same time as your solution. Glad you figured it out!

In that case, I would try adding this into the FixedUpdate() function:

Code (CSharp):

1. Debug.Log(player.transform.position)

This will tell us if the LateUpdate() function is running at all, and if it is, we will be able to see if the position of the player is changing as read by the LateUpdate() function.