Camera following Pivot not working

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I want to make a t$$anonymous$$rdpersonshooter-camerascript
the player is the parent of an empty(pivot) and the camera should follow the pivot
camera

when i move my mouse to the left the player rotates to the left with the pivot but the problem lies with the camera:
it keeps the distance to the pivot but it doesnt inherit the rotation
(red is how the camera is, green is how the camera should be)
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following the responsible part of the cameracontroller:

 //rotation of the camera
 transform.position = pivot.transform.position + (pivot.transform.rotation * (new Vector3 (0.5f,2,-2)));
 targetlook = Quaternion.LookRotation (pivot.transform.position - transform.position);
 transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp (transform.rotation, targetlook, smoothlook * Time.deltaTime);
 transform.LookAt (pivot.transform);

any advice?

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Answer by Runalotski · Aug 02, 2015 at 03:02 PM

make a new empty game object and call it pivot and then c$$anonymous$$ld it to the character

now make the camera a c$$anonymous$$ld of the pivot object,

now make a script that makes the pivot rotate with mouse movement and attach it to the pivot game object

you can the camera any distance and starting rotation you like it will rotate around the pivot game object.

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ColouredCarnival · Aug 05, 2015 at 11:48 AM 0

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i did that but as long as this piece of code is active its the same case as above:
xRotation -= Input.GetAxis ("Mouse Y") * mousespeed;
xRotation = Mathf.Clamp (xRotation,-110,110);
transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler (xRotation,0,0);

Runalotski · Aug 06, 2015 at 01:47 PM 0

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Dont set the rotaions you want to add to it

use

 transform.Roate(-Input.GetAxis ("Mouse Y") * mousespeed,0,0,space.self);
 transform.Roate(0,0,Input.GetAxis ("Mouse X") * mousespeed);

if you set the Rotation that is its absolute value in world coords so you are ignoring all rotations from the parent

Or

and this might be easier actualy

change your last line of code to

 transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler (xRotation,0,0);

but i have not tried this

ColouredCarnival · Aug 06, 2015 at 09:51 PM 0

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nice it works now :D
Thanks very much :DD

i use "transform.localRotation" and it works

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