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);
	}
}

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!