Stupid Unity scripts : "Smooth Follow" from Standard Assets

SmoothFollow.cs

// Smooth Follow from Standard Assets
// Converted to C# because I fucking hate UnityScript and it's inexistant C# interoperability
// If you have C# code and you want to edit SmoothFollow's vars ingame, use this instead.
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class SmoothFollow : MonoBehaviour {
    
	// The target we are following
	public Transform target;
	// The distance in the x-z plane to the target
	public float distance = 10.0f;
	// the height we want the camera to be above the target
	public float height = 5.0f;
	// How much we 
	public float heightDamping = 2.0f;
	public float rotationDamping = 3.0f;

	// Place the script in the Camera-Control group in the component menu
	[AddComponentMenu("Camera-Control/Smooth Follow")]

	void LateUpdate () {
		// Early out if we don't have a target
		if (!target) return;

		// Calculate the current rotation angles
		float wantedRotationAngle = target.eulerAngles.y;
		float wantedHeight = target.position.y + height;

		float currentRotationAngle = transform.eulerAngles.y;
		float currentHeight = transform.position.y;

		// Damp the rotation around the y-axis
		currentRotationAngle = Mathf.LerpAngle(currentRotationAngle, wantedRotationAngle, rotationDamping * Time.deltaTime);
	
		// Damp the height
		currentHeight = Mathf.Lerp(currentHeight, wantedHeight, heightDamping * Time.deltaTime);

		// Convert the angle into a rotation
		var currentRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, currentRotationAngle, 0);
	
		// Set the position of the camera on the x-z plane to:
		// distance meters behind the target
		transform.position = target.position;
		transform.position -= currentRotation * Vector3.forward * distance;

		// Set the height of the camera
		transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x,currentHeight,transform.position.z);
	
		// Always look at the target
		transform.LookAt(target);
	}
}

thanks for your answer.
it's helpful.
I would also recommend others to refer to your answer to solve similar problem.

Thanks very much. Excellent solution. I was working on my own solution. I'm a newbie to C#. Your solution is way better. Thanks for making it available to the public freely. Not many people would. You saved me many hours of work.

Works like a charm for me. Thanks a lot!

Very useful, thanks.

I was modifying the target object's transform in a FixedUpdate method, and as a result there was a juddering effect. To solve this, I declared currentRotationAngle, currentRotation, and currentHeight outside of LateUpdate and then moved lines 44-51 (above) out of LateUpdate and into FixedUpdate. Works great!

My target is a sphere rolling around so its target.eulerAngles.y; rotates like madness. Doesn't work for me.

why does my camera view swivels?

@SpecOps167 - so edgy!

The code works , but isn't as smooth as I hoped.
I was looking for a GTA style camera that "waits" for you to get a considerable distance before it "snaps into action"

Works like a charm in 2017, thanks!

Thanks, that's perfect.

How do I set the target? I tried
void Start() { target = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").transform; }
But that doesn't work

// Place the script in the Camera-Control group in the component menu
[AddComponentMenu("Camera-Control/Smooth Follow")]

Unsure what this means - can you do this in Unity5? I couldn't see a way of doing it in the Add Component Menu

@azertyalex Drag the transform you'd like to follow onto "Target" in the inspector

when target rotate, the camera is shaking. why?

Best, Thanks :D

Absolute perfection, much appreciated!

Thanks!

It works fine and with all the comments it's easy to tweak according to your requirements.

Nicely done. Thanks -- worked better than mine.

Sweet, thank you! :D I'm updating my old projects from before 2012 and the standard asset scripts not working is making this a lot difficult that it should be, thank you so much! <3

no it doesnt dumbass

5 years later, seems like the dumb ass was you.

Thanks!

no it doesnt dumbass

r/confidentlyincorrect

this works:) thank you so much!

It works perfectly! Thank you for sharing