Sidescroller Camera? | Forums

[rlmergeuser]

I'm trying to make a 2D sidescroller and I'm having issues with the camera. I've got the camera porition and target behaviour "glued to target" and the position and target interpolation at 100. I've got the camera angle where I want it, but the camera moves whenever my bike moves. So my question is, how do I lock the camera vertically, but have the camera move with my player horizontally?

[Euphoric Fusion]

Wouldn't using "keep position" be better for that?

[rlmergeuser]

It does the same thing as glue to target. The camera moves whenever the bike moves vertically

[rlmergeuser]

So you want the camera to follow the rider, but you don't want the camera to jump with the rider?

Maybe you could use one of those object positioning thingamablobs and make a invisible box stay at the same position as the rider. I'm sure it would be possible in some way to make it only take horizontal position into account and not vertical. That way a box could always slide along the ground and not jump with the rider.

Then set the camera target as the box and it should work.

I don't know much about object positioning event stuff but there are some guys who know everything about it. I think what I said is possible.

EDIT: I sure you can set it so one axis is set as the rider's position, whilst another axis is a value of your choosing.

[Euphoric Fusion]

I thought glue to target followed the rotation of the bike as well.
Keep position just pans.
Well thats what I've noticed since messing with the camera settings for my own project.

[RetiredRonin]

So... Like Roadkill from Trials HD?

I used about 100 custom cameras in there. I'll mess around with it some tomorrow and get back to you with my findings if you don't get it before then.

[sparkierjonesz]

you could use a object position event on the camera that follows the x and y vallue(add some distance with operators) of your rider but not the y value