Is there a way to lock the camera Z axis?

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Hello,

I’m making a 3d side scroller. In some areas I want the camera to follow the player while moving horizontally, but restrict the Z axis so the camera doesn’t move while jumping. When I use camera blocking volumes, the camera zooms to the player (due to the spring arm), and I can’t find a way to avoid that without disabling collision checks on the camera. If I don’t use a spring arm I can’t restrict the rotation of the camera and everything goes south.

Using blueprints I’ve been able to set up everything so it should work (trigger volume, variables, etc.) but I can’t find a way to restrict the actual camera component.

Thanks for your help,
Don

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Hi @EtCetera,

  • In your area, place a trigger box.
  • On begin overlap, you
    have to spawn another “temporary
    camera” in your level and Set view to
    it.
  • Each tick copy X and Y “camera
    character” location to your
    “temporary camera” location → Z value will be
    fixed.
  • When you exit the trigger box (end overlap),
    destroy the temporary camera and Set
    view to your “camera character”.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21672921/_FORUM/ue4-176592.jpg

Good luck =)

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martoof,
Thanks for your response, I’ve got it working for the most part. I’m just going to have to do some tweaking from here. Thanks again for your help!
Don

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You are welcome @EtCetera,
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