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Virtual camera always starts at 0,0,0

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by georgeq, Sep 28, 2018.

  1. georgeq

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    I have a camera rig that includes a virtual camera, everything works fine, except for the fact that when I instantiate the prefab, the virtual camera always begins at 0,0,0 then starts to follow the target object. This behavior is inconvenient in many ways, and I just can't override it, no matter what I do. Is there any solution for this?
     
    georgeq, Sep 28, 2018
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  2. Gregoryl

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    When do you set the vcam's Follow target?
     
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  3. georgeq

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    On the fly after instantiating the prefab, on Awake. I even tried to set all damping parameters to zero (on Awake also), but the first frame is always taken from 0,0,0
     
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  4. Gregoryl

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    Is it possible that the target object is not correctly positioned at that time? Is the target object part of the prefab? What version of Unity, and what version of CM?
     
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  5. georgeq

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    Unity 2018.3.03b, Cinemachine 2.2.7

    No, the target is correctly located and the targets is not part of the prefab. The target is instantiated then the camera rig is instantiated and finally the target is assigned to the virtual camera, all this is done on the game controller's Awake.
     
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  6. Gregoryl

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    I tried to repro your issue, but it works perfectly for me. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

    Create an empty project, install Cinemachine, then import this package and run the scene. It does what (I think) you're trying to do, and there is no bad frame.
     

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  7. georgeq

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    You are right it works fine. I forgot I added a new component to my player and I didn't update the link reference. Sorry my fault!
     
    georgeq, Sep 29, 2018
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