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Question by JamieHickman · Feb 19, 2012 at 01:16 AM · cameraobjectball

Camera Following Spawned Object

I have found some sample code which is of a pinball machine and it's basic mechanics.

The thing that I am trying to do is get the camera to follow the ball, but the ball isn't spawned until the game is run, and every time the ball falls between the flippers, a new ball is spawned.

Can anyone show me how to set the camera to follow a specific object if it exists, and if it doesn't, set the camera to another default position.

Thanks in advance!

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Answer by Berenger · Feb 19, 2012 at 01:57 AM

When the ball is instantiated, tell the camera to follow it. It depends how your doing that though. By parenting (Camera.main.transform.parent = ball.transform) ? By script (Camera.main.GetComponent(FollowScript).target = ball) ?

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Answer by JamieHickman · Feb 19, 2012 at 06:00 PM

Thanks for the response. The ball is crated within a Java Script called Player.

The code for creating the ball looks like this:

// Releases a ball into the playfield

function ReleaseBall() : Ball {

// Now create a new ball

 var newball : GameObject;
 
 newball = GameObject.Instantiate(ballPrefab, Vector3(62.70164, -45.26075, 0),
 Quaternion.identity);
 
 newball.transform.localScale = ballPrefab.transform.localScale;    
 newball.name = "Ball";            
 // Update our ball array so other objects can quickly do a seek on all balls
 UpdateBallArray();    
 return newball.GetComponent("Ball");
 

}

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