Orbital camera and player directions | Official Unity Discord | Page 1

edgy crow Oct 24, 2025, 5:38 PM

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I have an orbital camera around my char and i want the player go towards the camera when i press DOWN and to the opposite when i press UP, but I'm not getting how to do it

sharp nacelle Oct 24, 2025, 5:39 PM

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you can get the direction the camera is pointing in via its transform, and then project that onto the x/z plane and normalize it to get a horizontal direction vector

edgy crow Oct 24, 2025, 5:40 PM

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i didn't get the second part

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how would i project camera dir onto x/z

sharp nacelle Oct 24, 2025, 5:40 PM

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the orbital camera can tilt vertically, right?

edgy crow Oct 24, 2025, 5:40 PM

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yes

sharp nacelle Oct 24, 2025, 5:42 PM

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so basically the forwards direction of the camera would be the red arrow, and that needs to kinda be "flattened" onto the x/z plane to get the movement direction to use

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so you would use this method for the projection part
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.ProjectOnPlane.html

edgy crow Oct 24, 2025, 5:44 PM

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ok, i'll try

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