Creating a Third Person Camera using Cinemachine in Unity! (Tutorial)

You can download the final project with the camera setup here: on.unity.com/36nVNzt

Very impressive stuff, unity is making it easier and easier to make more complex games. Before I never thought about creating a full 3d game alone, but now its looking possible.

This is a great tutorial and I recommend everyone to download the free project in the description if you have trouble implementing it into your project and analyzing the way it works. Also try out the Sample projects that come packed with Cinemachine!

Good video tutorial. After the aim status, you can use a virtual camera to follow a short time range the arrow even shows the effect on the target. The change of camera for aim staus need to be short.

Very cool tutorial. I also like the stylized characters, building and environment. I didn't found that kind of any stylized human characters in unity asset store. If someone sell it, I would love to buy it.

In my testing, the camera did not automatically move to and focus on the player's forward position. I ended up making the look-at-target the Follow Target game object to get my camera to look that way. I'm not sure if I messed up somewhere, but this was the only way I could get it looking in the right direction.

I was trying to replicate this tutorial, but since in this proyect (the Unity Royale Project ) there are not the same assets ( I mean the scripts PlayerInput, PlayerMovement, PlayerAimController and so on...) it is being quite a bit difficult, since I needed start by programming something similar. It would help if you give us this scenario. Thanks a lot, and anyway this is a great tutorial.

Great video please keep making more. Tilemap system seems unfinished, would love an update for that and tutorials.

Wow, they actually listened and made almost real tutorial with an explanation on what is going on, nice👏

You forgot to mention that by enabling and disabling, the cameras keep the last position before disabling

Very well done! Thanks!

Rotate the target object! That's a good trick. A lot simpler than what I have been doing.

I'm still learning unity, but I'm impressed with so many features :D

Guys, if you can't find the third person follow option, it could be cause you're using the latest cinemachine version. Don't forget he's using the 2.6.0 versión in the package manager

Great explanation. Question to anyone that might be able to help: How would I make the character rotate towards the direction of where it's going (right, left, backwards) without the camera snapping to behind the character when he does. Thanks in advance :)

This actually worked well! Thank you!

So satisfying just watching this gameplay and all effects 🙂

Make sure you select the main camera in your scene before clicking Create Virtual Camera! Its unclear to me where you put the first script that was created.

This needs to be updated for the Unity 2021 . Cinemachine installation changed a bit etc

thank you so much for linking the Unity Royale Project. I've seen so many Unity tutorials use assets from there, but didn't know where the project was.

Wow, I think I found the golden tutorial, can’t wait to try it out.

After around 4 minutes, I have no idea what's going on as far as coding and the additional settings go lol other than that, this was a great video

Is your player snapping when it rotates? Does that annoy you? I responded below to a comment about the character snapping to the followTarget's rotation. Reposting it here for more visibility. The Problem: The transform.rotation value of the player is being set instantly, which leads to player snapping away from the camera when the player starts moving. This is undesirable behaviour. We want a smooth rotation from the player's current rotation to that dictated by the camera. The Solution: First, make sure your follow target is NOT A CHILD OF THE PLAYER. If the follow target is parented to the player, this approach will fail. Next, give your movement script a reference to the followTarget transform. In the mover's update function, always set the position of the followTransform to that of the mover. Then, only when the mover is moving (MoveInput != Vector2.zero), Lerp the mover's transform from its current rotation to that of followTransform (only on the y axis). Unlike the video, I never reset the followTransform's y rotation to zero. See the pseudo code below and let me know of any questions. Happy to Help! public class Mover : Monobehaviour { [SerializeField] private Transform followTransform; private float rotationSpeed = 10; private Vector2 MoveInput; public void Update() { followTransform.position = transform.position; ... if(MoveInput != Vector2.zero) { Quaternion targetRotation= Quaternion.Euler(0, followTransform.rotation.eulerAngles.y, 0); transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.rotation, targetRotation, Time.deltaTime * rotationSpeed); } } }

Hi! Good video! I cannot find cinemachine impulse listener, cinemachine 3rd person aim, cinemachine volume settings in my project. I have cinemachine installed and I'm using it, the camera works fine but I think I need those components to create the aim mechanic in my game. Any help? :)

Amazing video, thank you so much

I did as the video says, but the virtual camera is located exactly where the "follow target" object stands and it stays there no matter how I change the distance.

Well done... We, the community, await for final ECS packages. Animation are missing in pure ECS, so please hurry up. We are waiting for it.

Please share the Project Files, along with this the finished implementation of this tutorial (so we can review/references it)! cheers :)

Excellent work.

The tutorial was almost perfect. The code just didn't show what _look was so I had to download the project to find out what that was.

Nice Cinemachine tutorial! 🤓🧡

is there anyway to stop my follow cam from 'jiggling' with the idle animation? In your tutorial the camera is perfectly still and follows smoothly. In mine the cam moves with the character breathing, and shakes a lot, I wonder why.

How about the collision of camera with obstacles? I'm curious.

Thanks Unity, really cool!

Hey everyone, I used the script but my camera automatically TP to the feet of the player, any idea where it could have came from ?

I've seen that you can change the cinemachine camera priority to switch between different camera angles, is enabling/disabling them more efficient?

Can Cinemachine cameras be cut when targets warp or position changes? In my project right now, in this case, there is a problem with the camera chasing the target with a fast damping speed.

What about camera occultation and collision?

That's a good tutorial thanks. Please, in the Editor my cinemachines are great but on a build they are pretty slow(very slow)and that's not the whole game just the cinemachines camera, how can I make my cinemachine smoother after making a buid

can you share the rotation mouse look 3:43 where i can script like that?

If this was done less than two months ago then why is third person not an option under body? Edit: Might be a version issue, checking. edit edit: Version issue ,needed to update (for some reason package manager did not default to current version)

Coming back to this a year later, Some things I kind of understand.. but it still passes right by me(it feels like I'm being talked to by a teacher that goes at their own pace and not the students if that's the right wording). One thing I would've made different in my approach to getting this information across, would be a concise explanation on *how* the code is meant to be implemented, *where* it should go, and *why* does it work(all of this being related in more simple terms.) He speaks like we already know exactly how C# works and needs to be structured, which is very problematic for most viewers. If I could give some advice to Unity, it would be much appreciated if you made an updated video that is more heavily focused on helping newcomers understand how Unity works and how to apply these functions to our own games. The way the video was prepared was more focused on the way "this" game is built, and isn't really as adaptable to other projects due to the lack of information on how scripts and bits of code should be layered. In relative speaking I understand that he is presenting this from his level of experience, and we could easily go to a new video to learn how to adapt this to our projects... but do you guys understand how annoying it can be for most people to switch between two different videos just to understand where the code from one video should go in the second? Some people just don't have the attention-span(especially people like me with ADHD which literally thrive off dopamine) to stay with it if it's too complicated. Also for any of you who don't have ADHD, imagine that feeling you get when you don't want to do something... but it's ALWAYS THERE if you don't enjoy it enough. All of these problems can be solved with mileage and experience.. but the initial start is what draws people to want to keep coding and creating in the first place. That's just my two cents tho so take it as you will. I wish all new coders the best with their projects and cant wait to see what you guys make!

I tried downloading this project, it says "Insufficient permissions", and there's nothing I can do about it. Any other alternatives?

BROOOO I NEEDDED THIS. I feel like there are alot of things in Unity without a Tutorial. Like how to use the particle effects in detail, what every litle thing does, things like that.

Ok but where do I get the variable _look?

notes for anyone watching this in 2022 With the newer versions, Cinemachine no longer appears in the main menu. You'll find it in the GameObject menu, or if you right-click on the hierarchy.

Great video. Also I don't know if it's worth to say, but I love the way the host is talking. He sounds like a great guy 👌

6 errors on his code. They are 1) Assets\Scripts\Cameras\PlayerMovementInputController.cs(5,19): error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'InputSystem' does not exist in the namespace 'UnityEngine' (are you missing an assembly reference?) 2) Assets\Scripts\Cameras\PlayerMovementInputController.cs(7,26): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'PlayerInput' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) 3) Assets\Scripts\Cameras\PlayerMovementInputController.cs(32,24): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'InputValue' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Every line that had InputValue became an error

Oh my god! Unity is so good ☺☺! Keep going unity workers, 👍👍👍 to u, Respect ur efforts!

Do u have video how to set up character mesh to aviche aim effect. I mean, while u aiming and move camera then ur character also move top (head, torso, schoulders, bow).

where and how do you create such assets? I want to learn how to model and animate like this ,can someone suggest me tutorial?

Gogo unity teach us everything... Brackeys gone for a while ... ♥️

cool tutorial, thx you

How do you change the camera distance in C# while using the 3rd Person Follow?

Awesome video!

Me when I code: "I need this to go fast... let's try Uhhhh.... 1500... No... *700... No... 400? Yeah that looks ok." Unity: "343 meters is the speed of sound." Me: ".../cough/ yeah I knew that...."

Please make a tutorial about particle system with more details. I really need some knowledge about it.🙏🙏🙏🙏

What is the asset name for the archer and all?

All I want is a simple fly through. Can you do a video on that? or anyone know if there is a good video on this?

The script you mentioned for rotating the camera, can you share that?

Where can I get a hold of these scripts from this video/project?

Justo lo que necesitaba

How to use cinamachine brain And create cut scenes in the game Or use cut scenes made in 3d render engine into mp4format like resident evil 4 tekken 4 did ? I am thinking changing priority number in code . So there needs to be a script if 3D cutscene or your cg starts Cinemachine state is already done I want to see how powerful cinemachine brain is

I will be very happy if you make a tutorial about shooting games bots AI don't you wanna make me happy ? :)

Ugh. Such an annoying problem. To get the mouse aim to work, set the vmcam Body to Framing Transposer and Aim to POV. Then keep tweaking parameters until the camera stops flying off the screen randomly.

can someone tell me where is he getting the nextRotation value? like what type of variable that is? I know its Quaternion but where is he declaring it?

unitys particle system is life

3:43 Wait you have to do this manually now? What happened to the Component "Cinemachine FreeLook Camera"?

only 11 minutes and some seconds. You Ujnity Tech people are really amazing.

Hi, how did u made the bow and arrow function? Plz make a tutorial

Basically it adds linear interpolation from one position to another, this can be done with a lerp() function.

Need a similar video for a Diablo like camera :) Pleeeease

We need more of 3rd person shooter

Doesn't cinemachine already have a 3rd person camera rig? The extra script in this video seems redundant and less customizable.

Great Video. Thanks.

If you make games that are suppose to pay out cash have them pay out. I have been playing Solitaire Real for about 3 weeks and I have only gotten to $19.90. With a $20.00 payout I am wondering how long I need to play to get paid? I got to to $19.90 in about 6 days. I am up to level 342. What level do I need to get to to get the $20.00? If this is not fixed I we spread to NOT play your games!

😍😍😍

This is awesome, than you so much

I love that character!

can someone help me, I'm trying to learn how to use the scripts but I don't know where to add them as components? mainly my character isn't moving - any advice on this?

Holy compile errors, Batman.

its priceless. the slickness and the passion of the devs. priceless. what is cheaper and better than soft? Piracy is NOT the answer if you

Will I be able to tilt my camera for wallrun? I was having rotating tha players

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but I'm not so sure that this tutorial is in my wheel house. A lot of the variables and things presented here, went really fast in the video so I wasn't able to really pick up on anything besides some of the basic camera setups in the beginning. I understand we can download the final project, but I'm not as much interested in the base files as I am in learning the fundamental aspects of this through a more regulated pace(aka: Learning to construct the scripts from scratch so I can learn the process without having to download a bunch of unnecessary files that I won't be using for my project anyways), so maybe this wasn't the right source to go to for a beginner? I'm not one to make judgement though. I am not calling this tutorial bad(because it certainly is not, it touches upon a lot of great subjects), I'm only stating that it was a little too rapid for me. Does anyone have a link to a video that might be a bit more mild-paced for beginners?

How do we get hold of those camera scripts?

You know what's so funny. Is that almost no game shows two different aim point on a third person character. Most games will adjust the character's aim point based on your camera's aim point which collides with an object. And when I try to get the "look direction" from CinemachineVirtualCamera.Transform.Forward, Guess what. CinemachineVirtualCamera doesn't rotate. OK how about I get the real camera that's following the CinemachineVirtualCamera? Well, didn't find any documentation says how to do so. Thus I have to breach the "blackbox" of my character class, again, to pass in a reference to the real camera object... yeah I just forget why I needed Virtual Cameras in the first place 😑😑😑

How about: 1. Releasing an official debugger for Visual Studio Code? 2. Integrate out of the box Steam API features? 3. Integrate Firebase inside Unity? 4. Integrate Playfab into Unity? 5. Integrate Admob and various other ad networks inside Unity? 6. Integrate a complete backend system similar to playfab or firebase to help developers? 7. Integrate Google Play Services inside Unity? 8. Fix AOT in BOLT as it doesn't sometimes work. 9. Give more love to Linux and fix the bugs present in the builds. 10. Offer more language options instead of removing them. 11. Create official templates for casino games. 12. Create a good payout system for prize games. These are all of the things that your competitors are doing.

I want to revolve the camera around avatar on mouse drag. I have used the virtual camera. On the main camera object i have achieved this functionality by a script but when I used that script on virtual camera its not working. any solution for that..??

Everyone: "We love to make first-person games, and FPS are trendy games." Unity: "We see... hey, let's make literally every type of camera except this kind."

3:22 Anybody understood how to set up the mouse movement script? I didn't get that part.

how do I make it move with the mouse?

I don't understand where the scripts shown at 4:00 comes from, is that their script? Or we have to make it? How is it applied????

The project doesn't seem to work when imported. Anyone have the scripts used in the video please?

I just made this whole setup from scratch and you're telling me this can be done so easily with cinemachine? T.T

Doesn't seem to work properly if a player is standing on a fast moving surface/platform/planet...

When i run the game i get an error message that says: "display 1 no cameras rendering" how could i fix this?

I opened the project but I can't move the player or the camera? Do I need to do something before?

The Github project does not contain the actual code presented in this video?

Thank you!!!

I keep creating the virtual camera but it's in the ground or too close to the character, nto sure what I'm doing wrong here.