unity camera follow rolling box - unity3d

i have a cube that rolls with the arrow keys or control pad
up goes up, left turns left, and right turns right, so only the up makes it roll
im trying to get a camera to follow but not really getting anywhere
i found this script cant rember where that im trying to alter
but as i roll the cube forward the camera spins
simple video showing movment
https://imgur.com/a/BfoR1VF
any pointers in the right direction sorry about the pun would be good
simple lookat script
public Transform player;
void Start()
{
}
void Update()
{
Vector3 targetPostion = new Vector3(player.transform.position.x, transform.position.y,player.transform.position.z);
transform.LookAt(targetPostion);
}
and the follow script
// The target we are following
public Transform target;
// The distance in the x-z plane to the target
//So this would be your offset
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;
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
Vector3 thetargetPostition = new Vector3(0, target.position.y,0);
transform.LookAt(target.position);
//transform.LookAt(thetargetPostition);

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Here is the script that I've attached to the camera
using UnityEngine;
public class MainCamera : MonoBehaviour
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Vector2 mousePosition;
Vector3 orthogonalCameraVector;
float degreesPerUnitWidth = 180f / Screen.width;
float degreesPerUnitHeight = 180f / Screen.height;
float cameraRadius = 10;
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transform.position = new Vector3(0, 0, -cameraRadius);
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if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
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}
if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
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I realized the orthogonalCamerVector only needed to be rotated about the y-axis because I wanted to keep it parallel with the xz-plane. I then applied this rotation to the orthogonalCamerVector before rotating the transform so it would always be rotating about a fixed plane so it looks something like this:
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Rotate Camera vector to look at player Unity

I create a game, like minigolf/pool. I want to have a camera which follow player.
Position is normally ok, I get the ball direction and I lerp.
Rotation is almost ok. Currently, rotation by Y axis is ok, but camera look straigth forward, and don't look down to the player :
I already try many thing , quaternion angleToaxis, quarternion lookat ... but doesn't look good, the camera go look away ...
Here my code
namespace CameraManagerNameSpace
{
public class CameraManager : MonoBehaviour
{
public float cameraHeight=13f;
public PlayerNameSpace.Player playerToFollow;
public float followSpeed = 3f;
public float rotationSpeed = 1f;
float distance;
Vector3 position;
Vector3 newPos;
Quaternion rotation;
Quaternion newRot;
Vector3 playerPrevPos, playerMoveDir;
bool firstMoveDone=false;
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distance = Vector3.Distance(transform.position,playerToFollow.player_transform.position);
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{
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firstMoveDone = true;
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Well in
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you are saying the camera to look in the same direction the player is moving ... not to look at the player. This would work if you wouldn't give the camera an extra position offset in the Y axis.
You might want to rather try
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You should also rather use Update since FixedUpdate is only used for physics related stuff (also see Update & FixedUpdate)

Can't import SmoothFollow.cs in Unity 2018

I'm using Unity 2018 and trying to import the package Standard Assets from the unity store.
There is one file that I can't import. It's called SmoothFollow.cs. There is no checkbox next to the script. It's located in the Standard Assets/Utility folder.
Very odd. Maybe you already have a script with the same name somewhere in your project? I imported SmoothFollow.cs just now on Unity 2018.2.4f1 and it works just fine. Here is the code:
using UnityEngine;
namespace UnityStandardAssets.Utility
{
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[SerializeField]
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[SerializeField]
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[SerializeField]
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[SerializeField]
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[SerializeField]
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// Use this for initialization
void Start() { }
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{
// Early out if we don't have a target
if (!target)
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// Calculate the current rotation angles
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var wantedHeight = target.position.y + height;
var currentRotationAngle = transform.eulerAngles.y;
var currentHeight = transform.position.y;
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// Damp the height
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// Set the position of the camera on the x-z plane to:
// distance meters behind the target
transform.position = target.position;
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I am having a few strange issues with the way my camera is working. I am trying to do a perspective view of the player to allow for multiple layers to act like a parallaxing effect.
Here is the code I am using on the camera. ( I have dragged the Player onto the Transform target)
public Transform target;
public float distance = 3.0f;
public float height = 3.0f;
public float damping = 5.0f;
public bool followBehind = true;
public float rotationDamping = 10.0f;
void Update()
{
Vector3 wantedPosition;
if (followBehind)
wantedPosition = target.TransformPoint(0, height, -distance);
else
wantedPosition = target.TransformPoint(0, height, distance);
transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, wantedPosition, Time.deltaTime * damping);
}
Here is what is happening:
If you look at the Scale it is set to .5 , but when I press play it looks like this:
My ultimate goal is to follow the player. Be some distance away and then be able to adjust the height of the camera, so that my player is towards the ground. Any help would be awesome.
wantedPosition probably has a different z axis and is changing the z axis of your camera. I suggest you get the z axis of the camera then store it somewhere else. Always change the z axis of wantedPosition to that default value before assigning it to the camera.
public Transform target;
public float distance = 3.0f;
public float height = 3.0f;
public float damping = 5.0f;
public bool followBehind = true;
public float rotationDamping = 10.0f;
float defaultZPos = 0;
void Start()
{
Vector3 tempCamPos = Camera.main.transform.position;
defaultZPos = tempCamPos.z;
}
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{
Vector3 wantedPosition;
if (followBehind)
wantedPosition = target.TransformPoint(0, height, -distance);
else
wantedPosition = target.TransformPoint(0, height, distance);
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I try to make a 3rd person camera, which follows my player and the camera should rotate, but not the player, if I use the right analog Stick of my controller. I followed this tutorial
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transform.LookAt(player.transform);
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My problem is that the camera rotates way too fast, I tried to change the dividend of the horizontal value but it did not help.
That's why you always should incorporate deltaTime into transform operations that happen every frame. That way you aren't rotating it at magnitude every single frame, but instead over time. Also you should incorporate a speed variable which can be manipulated in real time, so you can tweak it just how you want:
public float speed = 5f;
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{
Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.identity;
if (Input.GetAxis("RightStickX") != 0f)
{
float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("RightStickX");
transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * horizontal * speed * Time.deltaTime);
float desiredAngle = transform.eulerAngles.y;
rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, desiredAngle, 0);
}
transform.position = player.transform.position-(rotation * offset);
transform.LookAt(player.transform);
}