Attaching camera to a socket

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hi, I tried attaching camera to a socket on the mesh. For some reason it doesn’t seem to be working.

I edited the 3rd person template code for it.


	// Create a camera boom (pulls in towards the player if there is a collision)
	CameraBoom = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<USpringArmComponent>(this, TEXT("CameraBoom"));
	CameraBoom->AttachTo(Mesh, "FirePoint");
	CameraBoom->TargetArmLength = 0.0f; // The camera follows at this distance behind the character	
	CameraBoom->bUseControllerViewRotation = true; // Rotate the arm based on the controller

	// Create a follow camera
	FollowCamera = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(this, TEXT("FollowCamera"));
	FollowCamera->AttachTo(CameraBoom, USpringArmComponent::SocketName); // Attach the camera to the end of the boom and let the boom adjust to match the controller orientation
	FollowCamera->bUseControllerViewRotation = false; // Camera does not rotate relative to arm

This is the location of the socket
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The camera is getting attached to the chest for some reason.
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2

Did you try attaching the camera directly, rather than using a boom at all, more like the first person template?

3

Tried same thing happens


	FollowCamera = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(this, TEXT("FollowCamera"));
	FollowCamera->AttachTo(Mesh, "FirePoint");
	//FollowCamera->AttachTo(CameraBoom, USpringArmComponent::SocketName); // Attach the camera to the end of the boom and let the boom adjust to match the controller orientation
	FollowCamera->bUseControllerViewRotation = false; // Camera does not rotate relative to arm
4

Try following the steps here and see how you go:
Wiki: Oculus_Rift#True_First_Person_Viewpoint