Choppy Camera Follow

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Hi, I'm using a custom sidescroller script and am getting extremely choppy camera movement. I know many people have had t$$anonymous$$s issue, and I've been trying all kinds of suggestions with no luck. My script:

 void Start () 
     {
         origDist = distance;
     }
 
     void Update () 
     {
         if (target)
         {
             if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl))
                 distance = origDist * 5;
             else
                 distance = origDist;
 
             Vector3 targetPos = target.position + Vector3.up * extraHeight;
             targetPos.z = -distance;
             transform.position -= (transform.position - targetPos) * 0.25f;
             
         }
     }

I've tried FixedUpdate and LateUpdate as well. How can I get t$$anonymous$$s script to smoothly follow a normal character controller? Thanks!

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Answer by vexe · Sep 15, 2013 at 05:52 AM

Whenever you're doing any changes to positions inside Update, multiply by Time.deltaTime as that will make it time-dependent instead of frame-dependent.

  transform.position -= (transform.position - targetPos) * 0.25f * Time.deltaTime;

I know you've mentioned that you've tried the script in FixedUpdate, but give it a try...

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Daphnis26 · Sep 15, 2013 at 06:00 AM 1

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Silky smooth, thanks for your help!

vexe · Sep 15, 2013 at 06:01 AM 1

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No problem, you're welcome :)

LieTR · Jan 31, 2014 at 04:35 AM 0

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I was struggling with this for a while too. The vexe answer was choppy when I used his code verbatim, but silky smooth when I put it in FixedUpdate().

 transform.position -= (transform.position - targetPos) *0.25;

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