# How to make my camera follow the player vertically but not horizontally?

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**Category:** Cinematics & Media\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [June 13, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-camera-follow-the-player-vertically-but-not-horizontally/235150 "2021-06-13T01:26:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![JaredTherriault](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jaredtherriault/32/1194499_2.png) [@JaredTherriault](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JaredTherriault)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-camera-follow-the-player-vertically-but-not-horizontally/235150/2 "2021-06-13T03:43:10Z")

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What have you tried so far?

I’d separate the camera from your player so they’re two separate actors. Then on Tick for the camera actor, get the World Z of your player and set your Camera actor’s World Location to 0,0, PlayerWorldZ.

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