Rotate camera with object

Hello, let me start by saying that i am VERY new to programming and don't know much. I am working on a project for my intro to programming class and have run into an issue. I have a sphere that I have established as the player for a maze game I am creating. It is pretty self explanatory, the sphere is the player and it has to make its way to the end of the maze. My issue has to do with when the player turns a corner. I have the camera set up to follow my player, which it does all the way through, but it doesn't rotate with the player when it turns a corner. The current code I have is below. Thanks!

Code (CSharp):

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

 

How do you move your player, out of curiosity?

 

With the W,A,S,D keys

 

lol, cool. Sorry, I should have been more specific. Do you move the transform or a rigidbody?

 

Rigidbody

 

You can try this.. hopefully there isn't a bug, as I just updated it to remove movement code I was using and change variables to post a cleaner example
Just drag n drop the rigidbody of the player in the inspector.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. [SerializeField]
3.     Rigidbody rb;
4.     Quaternion lookrot;
5.     void Awake()
6.     {
7.         lookrot = Quaternion.LookRotation(transform.forward);
8.     }
9.     void FixedUpdate()
10.     {
11.         if (rb.velocity != Vector3.zero)
12.         {
13.             Vector3 fwd = rb.transform.InverseTransformDirection(rb.velocity);
14.  
15.             lookrot = Quaternion.LookRotation(fwd.normalized);
16.         }
17.         transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, lookrot, 270f * Time.deltaTime);
18.         transform.position = rb.position - transform.forward * 3f + Vector3.up * 1f; // some offset, behind & above the sphere.
19.     }

There is some 'turning time' included, which isn't necessary.. it could be immediate. Plus, this doesn't care if you're actually going around a corner or not, it's only based on your direction --- it just puts the camera behind your last movement direction*.

 

I just put it in and it doesn't seem to work. If it helps, this is the code I use to move my player. Thanks again for your help!

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour {
6.  
7.     public float speed;
8.  
9.     private Rigidbody rb;
10.  
11.     void Start ()
12.     {
13.         rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
14.     }
15.  
16.     void FixedUpdate ()
17.     {
18.         float moveHorizontal = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal");
19.         float moveVertical = Input.GetAxis ("Vertical");
20.  
21.         Vector3 movement = new Vector3 (moveHorizontal, 0.0f, moveVertical);
22.  
23.         rb.AddForce (movement * speed);
24.     }
25. }

 

You put my code on the camera and then dragged n dropped the ball to the slot in the inspector and it didn't work?

 

Nevermind I had an error when copying. It’s fine now

 

Oh okay, that's good. Is it working how you'd like?

 

Hi Methos, I have exactly the same issue, but when I add your code and then move the sphere the camera moves around wildly. What am I doing wrong? Do I replace my camera code (same as the top of this feed) completely with your code or add yours underneath? I have tried both and neither work?

 

@Hotspur76 : If you're moving with a rigidbody, you can use the code provided. It was long ago that I posted it. If your camera is moving around wildly, it could be because it's a child of your player. Ensure it's not a child and try, if you haven't yet solved it. Sorry, I haven't been around the forums in quite a while.