Howdy, everyone! It’s been a while, but I’m going to be doing tutorials again! I will say, I sure have missed you guys. Enjoy the video. Let me know if there’s anything you would like to see, and y'all take it easy.
I can't thank you enough, your code worked perfectly!! I was ready to see godot crashing some 10 times, but it worked right in the first time! And I must say, after searching for this kind of camera for days, you are the only one teaching look-ahead camera for godot in the whole internet! I'll put you in the credits of the game!
Thank you! I plan on covering both of those in the near future actually. Moving platforms probably within a couple weeks, wall-jumping is a little more complex and will need a bit of setup first, but expect that one relatively soon.
I couldn't use these methods exactly in my 3D game since 3D cameras don't have these advanced settings like Drag Margins and Limits built-in. But this gave me the opportunity to code my own simple camera behavior that's fit exactly for my game. Before, the camera was a child of the player, which resulted in the primitive bahavior of the player being Always at the dead-center of the screen. This was good enough for the first prototypes but no longer fit for the current version. Now, the camera is no longer a player child, so that I could code exactly How the camera follows the player, with nuaunces like only changing the Y position when the player is on a floor or a wall, or always looking slightly ahead of the player. I haven't made my version of drag margins and limits yet, because I'll only do it if the lack of them becomes an issue. In game development, you want to work smart by only doing what is necessary for your game.
first minute of the tutorial Im just gotta say. I never seen anyone make a tutorial like a sergeant. I felt like a cadet here but nice tutorial nonetheless. I really am bothered by default camera controls where the camera is centered on player while hiding terrain they about to land and make it hard to land a jump safely. this is a really nice godot bootcamp sergeant
It's a shame, I wish more tutorial makers took a similar approach for when I watch them. I mostly just want information as fast as you can cram it into my ears and eyeballs. ;) But on the otherhand, I have my unique selling point.
Loving all of your tutorials, you do a really great job! Having a small issue though, when my character is moving I am having a bit of a distortion effect happening. It believe it is the inner box of the camera, changing the look of my tile map by a few pixels. So if I stand near a floating platform for example it will have a like visual break in it half way where part of the pixels no longer line up.
@@GameEndeavor I am not, I just tried that and it doesn't fix the issue but it does make it so it happens in a more snapping motion. I am sure I am doing a bad job at describing it, basically if I stand still I can see the edges of the camera in game, not like as the actual blue ui line you see in the editor but just like an invisible line that is offsetting my pixels at the edge of the camera by like 1 or so. So then as I move the tiles looks off.
@@Remirlis Odd. I've never noticed this, so I'm not sure what would help. I would suggest asking in Godot's Discord server if you haven't already, perhaps with a gif that demonstrates the issue.
@@GameEndeavor Okay! I will do that. Thank you so much. And again thank you for taking the time to make your tutorials, they have been incredibly helpful.
I dont know if you still read the comments here, but when I try to do the last thing with the tween, I get this error message: "Tween target object has no property named: position.x. At: scene/animation/tween.cpp:1314" I'm very new to programming so I have no idea where to put the "position.x" property or what syntax to use. plz help.
Howdy, everyone! It’s been a while, but I’m going to be doing tutorials again! I will say, I sure have missed you guys. Enjoy the video. Let me know if there’s anything you would like to see, and y'all take it easy.
Nice to see you back, you're one of my top 5 Godot tutorial makers, keep up the good work!
what are the other 4?
Hey, welcome back! I've missed your tutorials, and you explain things very well. Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you! I'm glad they're useful. :)
Your videos are the definition of quality content. I'm so glad I found out about your channel!
Such kind words, thank you! Glad you're enjoying the content.
I can't thank you enough, your code worked perfectly!! I was ready to see godot crashing some 10 times, but it worked right in the first time! And I must say, after searching for this kind of camera for days, you are the only one teaching look-ahead camera for godot in the whole internet! I'll put you in the credits of the game!
lol, yeah? I figured someone else would've made a video on it by now. xD Glad you found it useful. :)
I can't believe how well this still works in 3.4. No issues, thanks a ton!
Love that you are back.
Thank you! I'm excited to be back. I missed this.
Welcome back.
Great vid as always.
Thank you. :)
Glad to see you’re back!! I was wondering if you could cover wall-jumping and/or moving platforms in 3.1? I can never find anything that works
Thank you! I plan on covering both of those in the near future actually. Moving platforms probably within a couple weeks, wall-jumping is a little more complex and will need a bit of setup first, but expect that one relatively soon.
Awesome! Can’t wait to see more videos!! :D
Just found your channel last night. Thanks for the tutorials!
Thank you for watching them. :) I hope they're useful to you.
I accidentally wrote "if facing != 0' and was wondering why it wasnt working XD
For Godot 4 user's
extends Camera2D
const LOOK_AHEAD_FACTOR = 0.08
const SHIFT_DURATION = 1
@onready var prev_cam_pos = get_screen_center_position()
var facing = 0
var tween : Tween
func _process(delta):
check_facing()
prev_cam_pos = get_screen_center_position()
func check_facing():
var new_facing = sign(get_screen_center_position().x - prev_cam_pos.x)
if new_facing != 0 && facing != new_facing:
facing = new_facing
var target_offset = get_viewport_rect().size.x * LOOK_AHEAD_FACTOR * facing
position.x = target_offset
tween = create_tween()
tween.tween_property(self, "position:x", target_offset, SHIFT_DURATION).set_trans(Tween.TRANS_SINE).set_ease(Tween.EASE_OUT)
func _on_player_grounded_updated(is_grounded):
drag_vertical_enabled = !is_grounded
I love you, thank you so much.
The only thing you need to change is to remove the position.x = target_offset line, it conflicts with the tween
Thank you to all of you ❤
But About the node tween?
Now my camera is buttery smooth + smart
THIS!!!! OH MY GOD! THIS!!!!!
tysm bro, great video that saved me lots of time in figuring this out on my own!
Thank you so much! This was super helpful.
I couldn't use these methods exactly in my 3D game since 3D cameras don't have these advanced settings like Drag Margins and Limits built-in.
But this gave me the opportunity to code my own simple camera behavior that's fit exactly for my game.
Before, the camera was a child of the player, which resulted in the primitive bahavior of the player being Always at the dead-center of the screen. This was good enough for the first prototypes but no longer fit for the current version.
Now, the camera is no longer a player child, so that I could code exactly How the camera follows the player, with nuaunces like only changing the Y position when the player is on a floor or a wall, or always looking slightly ahead of the player.
I haven't made my version of drag margins and limits yet, because I'll only do it if the lack of them becomes an issue. In game development, you want to work smart by only doing what is necessary for your game.
Thankyou.Great tutorial.🤩
Very nice video tutorial again!
first minute of the tutorial Im just gotta say. I never seen anyone make a tutorial like a sergeant. I felt like a cadet here but nice tutorial nonetheless. I really am bothered by default camera controls where the camera is centered on player while hiding terrain they about to land and make it hard to land a jump safely. this is a really nice godot bootcamp sergeant
It's a shame, I wish more tutorial makers took a similar approach for when I watch them. I mostly just want information as fast as you can cram it into my ears and eyeballs. ;) But on the otherhand, I have my unique selling point.
Many thanks!!!
Loving all of your tutorials, you do a really great job! Having a small issue though, when my character is moving I am having a bit of a distortion effect happening. It believe it is the inner box of the camera, changing the look of my tile map by a few pixels. So if I stand near a floating platform for example it will have a like visual break in it half way where part of the pixels no longer line up.
Thank you! :) The first thing that comes to mind is do you have pixel snap enabled via Project Settings?
@@GameEndeavor I am not, I just tried that and it doesn't fix the issue but it does make it so it happens in a more snapping motion.
I am sure I am doing a bad job at describing it, basically if I stand still I can see the edges of the camera in game, not like as the actual blue ui line you see in the editor but just like an invisible line that is offsetting my pixels at the edge of the camera by like 1 or so. So then as I move the tiles looks off.
@@Remirlis Odd. I've never noticed this, so I'm not sure what would help. I would suggest asking in Godot's Discord server if you haven't already, perhaps with a gif that demonstrates the issue.
@@GameEndeavor Okay! I will do that. Thank you so much. And again thank you for taking the time to make your tutorials, they have been incredibly helpful.
@@Remirlis Any time! Thank you for watching. :)
I so much need something like this in 3D
My camera keeps getting lost in time
Welcome back!
Thank you. :)
i know this video kinda old so i don't expect an answer but, you can't check if variables are = null anymore
You can. What makes you think you can't? (that's not meant to sound snappy, lol. Trying to get information so I can help. :) )
@@GameEndeavor well, it was just me being dumb, i tried to put the variable = null instead of variable == null
make a video about the state machine and explain it for beginners
but how we manage the limit border?
func check_facing not working. Nothing happens
The problem is that the code keeps flipping the camera from left to right and back
Yes I made the camera width bigger and edited the code a little that made it better but not perfect.
@@icwhy4366 is it possible for you to share your solution?
I dont know if you still read the comments here, but when I try to do the last thing with the tween, I get this error message: "Tween target object has no property named: position.x.
At: scene/animation/tween.cpp:1314"
I'm very new to programming so I have no idea where to put the "position.x" property or what syntax to use. plz help.
If it's the 2nd argument in the method then it needs to be "position:x" with a colon.
@@GameEndeavor Ah thank you! Idk how I missed that colon lol
@@HiveQu33n Any time. :)
0:27 kkkkkkkkk
tween hasn't got interpolate method, because the $ShiftTween doesn't exist :( Why?
You have to rename the tween to ShiftTween
Your code crashes Godot...also $ShiftTween doesn't exist?
>>> it works, but in the moment camera move too far >>> onready var tween = $ShiftTween (write it below constans)
@@jamesxxxyz8775 i did it doesnt work
you have to create a tween node to your camera and give it the name ShiftTween
????
Maybe it changed in Godot 3.2?
That goddamn undertale reference ahha
Hate to be the Bearer of bad news, but I haven't played Undertale enough to be making references to it. :)