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Game Development How to Make a Video Game Player Input and Cameras Make a Follow Camera

John Moron
John Moron
1,658 Points
Posted by John Moron
John Moron
1,658 Points

Camera not following frog

I added fallowCamera Script to the Main camera. My code is correct.

using UnityEngine; using System.Collections;

public class FollowCamera : MonoBehaviour {

[SerializeField]
private Transform player;
[SerializeField]
private Vector3 offset;
private float cameraFollowSpeed = 5f;


// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
    Vector3 newPosition = player.position + offset;

    transform.position = Vector3.Lerp (transform.position,newPosition, cameraFollowSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

}

}

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi John,

You have added your code into the 'Start' method instead of the 'Update'. This means it will not follow per frame, only once at the very start.

Just move your code from start to update:

void Update () {
    Vector3 newPosition = player.position + offset;
    transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, newPosition, cameraFollowSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
}
John Moron
John Moron
1,658 Points
John Moron
John Moron
1,658 Points

Ohhh I can't believe I didn't notice that! Thanks for the help!