Hey there! I have made some code recently for a lock on camera system… As you can see, it’s just a Set Control Rotation based on a Look At from the Camera to the Locked target.
Issue is, I have found out that while strafing, while locked on, the player will move away from the target. This backwards movement grows stronger with proximity to the target.
I have tried a few methods based on applying a forward movement input while strafing locked onto a target, but it doesn’t yield results…
How can I make the player strafe in circles around a target while locked on?
This seems like it works at first glance, but upon recreating the code and testing I am met with this:
Green is the player movement speed, blue is the horizontal distance from the target.
As you can see, as the player strafes they move further and further away.
I believe this is because the player movement and orientation rotation are applied one after another and not at the same time, which creates a small offset that builds up over time.
I feel the best solution to avoid this is to rotate the vector a tiny bit to simulate rotating the object with a pivot on the target… Thing is, I don’t know the math for that.
