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I need to combine both camera that follows the player and the camera shake effect in the same moment. The problem is in that, if I make the shake effect for the camera, then the camera doesn't follow the player and if I make the camera follow the player, then the shake effect doesn't appear. The basic idea of my script is next:`

Vector3 originalPos; GameObject targetPlayer; bool canShake; void OnEnable() { originalPos = camTransform.localPosition; } void Update() { // Camera shakes if (CanShake) { transform.localPosition = originalPos + Random.insideUnitSphere * shakeAmount; } // Camera follows the player else { transform.position = new Vector3(targetPlayer.transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z; } }

Does anyone have ideas how to combine these two things (camera shake effect and camera that follows the player) at the same moment?

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A simple solution would be to create and empty object( Camera container ) that follows the player and have the camera as a child. You can animated the shake independently however you want with the camera gameobject as long as it's a child of the container.

-- Container Object (Follow player)

└ Camera Object ( do animation )

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Wow! This seems to be a very cool solution! Thank you very much! \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 21, 2014 at 9:04
  • \$\begingroup\$ Glad you liked it, if you for really want to use scripting in the future for something similar, Transform.translate is probably what you need to use. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 21, 2014 at 9:07
  • \$\begingroup\$ Do you mean using tranform.translate instead of using transform.localPosition = originalPos + Random.insideUnitSphere * shakeAmount? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 21, 2014 at 9:12
  • \$\begingroup\$ It would still be overly complicated (depending on what you need) since you need to keep 2 locations in mind, the camera follow location and the camera shake added over it. or this could work: ` if (CanShake) { transform.position = new Vector3(targetPlayer.transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z; transform.translate = Random.insideUnitSphere * shakeAmount; } else { transform.position = new Vector3(targetPlayer.transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z; }` \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 21, 2014 at 9:19
  • \$\begingroup\$ Aha! Yes, this is a very good idea! Thank you very much again! \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 21, 2014 at 9:22

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