make camera follow prefab

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I'm trying to get the main camera to follow a sphere. At first I managed to have the camera follow the ball with no problem. But since I'm gonna have the ball instantiated several times I turned the sphere into a prefab. But ever since I did that the camera won't follow the ball anymore.

Here's the code for the camera:

 public var Ball : Transform;

public var cam : Vector3;

function Update () { transform.position = Ball.position + cam; }

I already assigned the prefab so the camera knows what it follows, but the camera doesn't follow the ball. Why isn't the camera following the ball like it should?

Answer 1

Answer by adam_melhem · Nov 01, 2012 at 12:47 PM

my friend if you create a new ball in the sense the smooth follow should not follow the original prefab it should follow the new clone , so it should be like this:

i figure out this solution to my self also just 1 min ago .

var new_player_prefab : Transform ; var new_player : Transform ;

function Update ()

{

new_player = Instantiate(new_player_prefab,transform.position,transform.rotation,0); Camera.mainCamera.GetComponent(SmoothFollow).target = new_player ;

}

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Khaled_A_Younes · Nov 01, 2012 at 01:53 PM 0

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thank you :D I'll try it when I get the chance

Answer 2

Answer by adam_melhem · Oct 30, 2012 at 11:56 AM

add cam "smooth follow"(it in the assets script) and delete the rotation var (at all) from the scripts , i am sure this will work .

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Answer by agentperrys · Aug 07, 2012 at 07:49 PM

try dragging the camera on the ball from your hierarchy

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Khaled_A_Younes · Aug 07, 2012 at 10:44 PM 0

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But that would make the main camera a child object and the camera will rotate when the ball rotates. I need the camera to follow the ball as it rolls. The ball is the prefab

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Answer by Khaled_A_Younes · Aug 07, 2012 at 07:31 PM

I already told the camera which ball to follow. I assigned the prefab to the camera to have it follow the prefab around, but the camera won't follow the ball :(

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Answer by Sundar · Aug 07, 2012 at 05:34 PM

You have to tell the camera which ball to follow, when you instantiate a ball, you have created a new gameobject than the one you assigned to the camera before creating the prefab.

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