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Camera Switcher - User Guide

Overview

The CameraSwitcher component provides the ability to smoothly transition between multiple Camera components that is registered inside a pawn/character.
The component automatically detects all of the Camera registered inside the character, and collect them inside a list.

The current version of CameraSwitcher will perform smooth transition for,

  • Camera Transform (Location, Rotation, Scale)
  • Field of View

Details of the list of functions that the CameraSwitcher component provides can be seen below.

Setup

Setup

Component initialization, should be called before the rest of the functions.

Parameter

  • Default Camera

    : Camera Component

    This is the default camera that will be used by the CameraSwitcher owner in the beginning of the game.
    If no value is set to the Default Camera, a random Camera Component will be chosen out of the ones registered with the owner.

SwitchToNextCamera

SwitchToNextCamera

Tell the CameraSwitcher to perform a transition to the next camera on the list.

Parameter

  • Camera Transition Mode

    : Camera Transition Mode (Enum)

    See Enums section for details.

  • Custom Interp Speed

    : Float

    The interpolation speed used when the Camera Transition Mode is set to CustomSmoothing.

SwitchToPrevCamera

SwitchToPrevCamera

Tell the CameraSwitcher to perform a transition to the previous camera on the list.

Parameter

  • Camera Transition Mode

    : Camera Transition Mode (Enum)

    See Enums section for details.

  • Custom Interp Speed

    : Float

    The interpolation speed used when the Camera Transition Mode is set to CustomSmoothing.

SwitchToCamera

SwitchToCamera

Tell the CameraSwitcher to perform a transition to the camera specified in the Camera Component parameter.

Parameter

  • Camera Component

    : Camera Component

    The next Camera Component that the CameraSwitcher should transitioned into.

  • Camera Transition Mode

    : Camera Transition Mode (Enum)

    See Enums section for details.

  • Custom Interp Speed

    : Float

    The interpolation speed used when the Camera Transition Mode is set to CustomSmoothing.

Camera Transition Mode (Enum)

The mechanism that should be used when performing the camera transition.

Values

  • NoSmoothing

    No transition is performed when changing from the old camera to the new camera.

  • BasicSmoothing

    Perform camera transition using Unreal Engine's SetViewTargetWithBlend.

  • CustomSmoothing

    Perform camera transition using a custom interpolation method.